Mr. Steven Parkhurst, CIH, LIH, CSP, CIEC, CETC, LMA has worked for over 30 years in studying the effects of contaminated air in a wide variety of work, office and residential environments. He has performed field studies and reviewed cases in hundreds of lawsuits involving exposure to heavy metals, Chinese drywall, toxigenic molds, allergens, asbestos, indoor air quality, organic solvents and chemicals, and biological organisms including mold and bacteria. He has worked on cases involving hurricane impacted buildings, water damaged structures, and smoke and fire damaged facilities.

His knowledge, objectivity and professionalism has resulted in favorable judgements or settlements for more than 95% of his clients.

Mr. Parkhurst's credentials include: Board Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Licensed Industrial Hygienist in Illinois (LIH), Council Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC), Council Certified Environmental Thermography Consultant (CETC), and Licensed Mold Assessor in Florida (LMA).

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Alvia Services, Inc. (Alvia) provides Engineering, Construction and related Forensic services including:

Civil Engineering: Comprehensive understanding of federal, state and municipal regulations. Develop timely and effective land-use, permitting, mitigation, and compliance strategies.

Geotechnical Engineering: All phases of construction, from feasibility and foundation studies through testing and construction management. Coordinate lab testing services with expert laboratories, certified by NIST and CCRL. Geotechnical studies and recommendations for site work, difficult excavation, slope instability, saturated ground conditions, and other adverse conditions.

Environmental Engineering: Compliance services to Public and private clients. Over 45+ collective years of experience between Engineering Geologists, Environmental Engineers, Environmental Assessors (REA I & REA II), and Environmental Technicians.

Structural Engineering: Value engineering solutions and multi-discipline team approach.

Construction Management: Project Management, Construction oversight, Cost Estimating, Scheduling and Claim Analysis and Preparation.

Forensic Services Residential and commercial site investigation of cause and origin of structural or mechanical failures or defects, fires and explosions, or mold. Environmental assessments. Damage assessment from defects, failures, or catastrophes such as windstorm damage, hail damage, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.

Types of Projects include: Buildings and civil construction, bridges, roads, hotels, storm and sanitary sewers, wastewater treatment plants, water treatment plants, single and multi-family housing, tunnels, mass transit, shoring, retaining walls, landslide stabilization, foundation upgrade, canals, levees, water conveyance and pipelines, shopping malls, governmental facilities, seismic retrofit, environmental restoration projects associated with wetlands, underground storage tanks (UST) and chemical contamination to soil and groundwater (RCRA and Superfund) in addition to asbestos abatement (TSCA).

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Baker Environmental Consulting, Inc. (BEC) offers nationwide training and consulting for the detection and control of environmental hazards. BEC provides only the very best quality environmental testing, inspection, consulting, remediation/abatement design, and training services. Our senior staff have the essential professional and technical expertise, as well as the actual hands-on knowledge and experiences, that can only be gained from being in the environmental hazard control industry since 1976.

Services Offered

Technical Review & Evaluations

Industrial Hygiene Monitoring

Personnel and Environmental Safety

Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Structures

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Laboratory Services for Hazardous Waste Determination

Lead-Based Paint (LBP) Inspections

Lead Hazard Risk Assessments

Mold Investigations

Asbestos Inspections

Abatement Monitoring and Observation

Lead Abatement/Hazard Control Project Designs, Plans and Specifications

Project Management

Regulatory Compliance Plan Development

Litigation Support and/or Expert Witness Consultation

Dr. Thomas M. Dydek specializes in the evaluation of the potential for chemical exposures to affect human health and welfare. He is a Board-Certified Toxicologist (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, D.A.B.T.) with a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology. He also did a post-doctoral fellowship in Toxicology and is a Licensed Professional Engineer, specializing in the area of environmental engineering.

Dr. Dydek has provided expert witness services in more than 100 toxic tort cases and regulatory agency Public Hearings. His work in these cases has included the evaluation of the health risks of chemical exposures, exposures to microbial agents, and drug and/or alcohol intoxications. These exposures have occurred in the community, in occupational settings, and in other indoor environments.

Areas of Expertise:

Organic Chemicals and Solvents

Toxic Gases

Pesticides

Metals and Other Inorganic Chemicals

Petroleum Products

Robert A. Hayes is a Forensic Geologist and Environmental Consultant. He uses geologic and environmental sciences to solve problems involving water, soil, and rocks. Mr. Hayes's 33 years of experiences solving problems in both public and private service provide unique knowledge and skills to quickly and efficiently identify and analyze evidence and data, explain the implications and alternatives to his clients and help devise win / win solutions.

Expertise Include:

Baseline Environmental Assessments Contaminant Age-Dating Consultant Oversight/Review Contaminant Source Identification Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Site Assessments Forensic Geology Analyses Geologic Expert Witness Testimony Groundwater Contamination Investigation and Remediation Groundwater Discharge Permits Hydrogeologic Investigations

Lake Level Stabilization Landfill Impacts Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Peat Mining Permitting and Mitigation Rock-Fall Investigation Sand and Gravel Mining Impacts Superfund (CERCLA) Site Investigation & Remediation Sedment Source Identification Soil Contamination Trench/Excavation Collapse Water Supply Contamination

Technical assistance to counsel in litigation involving Chemical and Environmental Forensics, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Materials, Regulatory Compliance, Dioxins, Fires and Explosions at waste facilities and cement plants, and injury or chemical exposure claims due to hazardous materials or hazardous operations.

GCI provides the technical expertise and develops the evidentiary basis for legal arguments relying on or involving:

Industrial and environmental chemical forensic analysis

Causation proved by fate and transport of chemicals and their degradation products in the environment

Appropriate standard of care for and regulations of hazardous waste and hazardous materials

Safety and prevention of catastrophic events such as fires and explosions

Prevention of injury or chemical exposure resulting from hazardous materials or hazardous materials operations

Prevention of chemical spills and/or proper management of historical environmental contamination

Dr. Dennis Stainken has over 25 years of Industrial and Government experience managing Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Projects. His experience includes assignments in engineering, analytical and toxicology sciences for regulatory compliance, product registration, risk assessment, technology development.

Dr. Stainken is a national expert in Environmental Toxicology & Ecological Research on the transport, fate and effect of pollutants, and in quality assurance in government and industry.

Areas of Expertise:

Health Effects Toxicology Chemical Exposure Health Issues/Physiology/Chemistry Water & Waste Water Ecological Services Contamination & Remediation Analytical Chemistry

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