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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Charles A. Budnick, PLS has over 43 years of experience as a licensed Land Surveyor. Mr. Budnick has over 30 years of experience as an Expert Witness and Consultant to forensic consultants and the legal profession. His services have been requested by both the public and private sector.

Area of Expertise:

Accident Site Mapping / Issues (Trip & Fall, etc.) Land Mapping Land Surveying Site Assessment Site Planning Boundary Disputes Adverse Possession Right of Way and Easement Disputes Right of Way Taking Issues

Construction Lay-Out Claims Earthwork Volume Issues Drainage Issues Wetland Encroachment & Flood Plain Filling Issues Land Development Issues Septic Systems Soils Wetlands

Vincent A. Ettari, P.E., P.C. specializes in many fields of Civil, Structural, Site, Coastal, Safety & Environmental Engineering, including the Design & Analysis of:

Structures, Buildings, Houses, Dwellings Foundations, Footings, Elevators, Retaining Walls, Dams Development Plan & Plats for Sites, Properties, and Residences Underground & Subsurface Chamber / Chambers Scaffold, Scaffolds, Scaffolding Site Plans & Subdivisions: Industrial, Commercial, Residential Roads, Roadways, Ramps, Walks, & Man Hole Cover / Covers Sidewalks, Walkways, Paths & Pathways Lighting: Lamps, Lights, Lamp Poles, Light Levels Luminaries & Illumination (Specifications) Rock Cuts & Blasting (Topography, Specification) Soil Slopes / Samples / Mechanics / Geotechnical Engineers Sanitary Facilities, Septic Systems (Board of Health Septics Approval) BOHA / DEP Approvals Water, Drains, Drainage, Sewer & Sewage Lines & Mains Culvert / Culverts, Manholes (Man Holes) & Catchbasins / Catch Basins Inspection, Supervision, and Certification of Construction House Inspector & Inspections Road, Roadway, Walk & Sidewalk Premises Liability (e.g., Steep Slope) Walkway, Path, Ramp & Pathway Premise Liability (e.g., Steep Grade) Coefficient of Friction / Slip & Fall (Snowy & Icy Conditions) Vertical Discontinuity / Discontinuities / Trip & Falls Small Ports / Port, Marinas / Marina, Marine Dredging Levees, Jetties, Dolphins, Piers, Sea & Flood Walls

Wharves, Breakwaters, Bulkheads, Weirs, & Revetments Groins, Dikes and Waterfront Structures Drainage Basin Analysis, Rainfall, Floods & Flood Plain / Plains Flooding Controls & Control Devices Storm Water Runoff (10, 25, 50 & 100 Year Storms) Pressure & Pressures: Wind, Wave / Waves, Ice, Snow Rain Fall Run Off & Storm Water Pollution Treatment Excavation, Grading, Fills & Filling Operations (Swales, Berms, Silt Fence) Erosion Control, Sediment Barriers, Sedimentation / Catch Basins (Hay Bales) Pumps and Pump System Line & Main Slope, Dam, Levee, Jetty, Dolphin, Pier, Wharf & Breakwater Collapse Bulkhead, Weir, Revetment, Groin, Dike, Footing & Foundation Failures Failure of Fire Containment Wall, Elevator or Water Front Structure Tenement House Façade Collapses Code History of Existing Multiple / Multi-Family Dwelling / Building Application of Municipal Building, Fire & Property Maintenance Codes City, Town & Village Zoning, Planning, Steep Slopes & Grades, Wetland & Wetlands Ordinances Testimony at Board Meetings as a Design Forensics Engineer

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Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) is an international management consulting firm that helps public- and private-sector organizations of all sizes craft practical, customized and technically sound solutions for a wide range of complex solid waste management challenges.

Since 1980, we have assisted hundreds of communities and companies throughout the United States and abroad, earning a reputation for achieving results through hard work and by treating our clients’ challenges as our own. As we address our clients’ current challenges, we also look to the future and have a reputation for creating long-term sustainable solid waste programs that continue to save money and bring results for years to come.

We plan and develop integrated waste management programs that do more with less. These programs improve efficiency, save money, enhance customer service and protect the environment. We also step in to actually manage solid waste operations and facilities, with results that include improved allocation of resources, expanded services, and reduced costs and customer complaints.

We pride ourselves in offering a broad array of experience, skills and technical resources. We are strategic, entrepreneurial and flexible. Our senior-level professionals work in partnership with our clients to develop innovative, cost-effective approaches that achieve measurable results.

Expert Witness Services

With more than a century of total years in the industry, GBB’s officers are uniquely qualified to give expert witness testimony and dispute resolution service on waste industry cases, including:

Contractual and other business disputes

Disposal fee and cost assessment disputes

Environmental pollution liability and potential responsible party cost allocation

Facility designation lawsuits

Personal or worker injury

Statutory and regulatory interpretation

Technology evaluations, license disputes and patent infringement

Waste characterization and market evaluations

Waste flow control lawsuits

Ray Helmer is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Ohio. He is available to perform Expert Witness Services in all 50 states.

At present, Mr. Helmer enjoys working in depth on Water & Wastewater cases such as: water supplies, toxic contamination, industrial pollution, water intrusion, and flooding.

Areas of Expertise:

Civil, Structural and Forensic engineering

Highway engineering, roadways, sight distance

Concrete and Asphalt Pavements

Highway / Street lighting

Traffic engineering, signals, signs, striping

Traffic noise studies

Accidents – automobile, train, motorcycle, pedestrian

Traffic accident testimony involving city / County / State DOTS

Hydraulics, hydrology, drainage, flooding

Sanitary engineering, sewers, overflows

Water treatment, distribution, pumping

Water disinfection byproducts (DBPs)

Wastewater treatment plants, lift stations

Soil expansion, contraction, settlement

Foundation failure, structural damage

Plumbing, leaks, water intrusion

Airports, FAA standards, runways, taxi ways, ramps

Bridges, buildings, corrosion, concrete cracking

Construction defects, fraud, accidents, delays, estimates

POWERPLANT Consultants, Inc., (PPC) is a technical services company providing highly specialized support services for Industrial Power Generation Systems, Cogeneration and Combined Cycle Power Plants. PPC specializes in Design, Performance, Forensics, Construction, Design Defects, Cost Analysis for Lost Operations, Maintenance, and Repair. PPC has extensive international experience and is OSHA Lockout / Tagout Certified.

Areas of Expertise

Power Generation

Marine Propulsion - Conventional / Alternative Fueled Systems

Microturbines

Boilers

Industrial Gas Turbines

Diesel Engines

Cogeneration

Geothermal

Landfill

Digester Gas

Wind and Solar Powered Generation Systems<

Construction Practice at Robson Forensic

The Construction Practice at Robson Forensic consists of experts in architecture and civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Our experts have designed, built and maintained residential, industrial, institutional, municipal, heavy civil and commercial buildings and structures.

Our Construction Group consists of more than 50 experts across 17 locations. Please contact one of the practice group leaders below to discuss your case and determine which of our experts is most appropriate to assist with your matter.

Mark E. Williams, AIA, NCARB
Architectural / Professional Liability Expert

Mark is a broadly experienced architect with a diverse career that included new construction, adaptive-reuse, and renovation projects on a wide range of building types and occupancies. Through his 25 years of experience and his focus on problem solving, Mark provides technical investigations and expert analysis on construction contract disputes, large construction defect claims, and matters of architect professional liability including claims of bad faith. View Curriculum Vitae



Brent Leisenring, P.E.
Civil Engineering / Construction Safety Expert

Brent is a Civil Engineer with more than 30 years of hands-on experience in construction and engineering. He has experience in construction as a contractor, construction manager, engineer, subcontractor and material supplier on projects ranging from single-family dwellings to oil refineries. His unique background and experience qualify him to analyze the actions and responsibilities of all parties involved to determine liability for defective construction as well as unsafe conditions on construction sites. He is a Professional Engineer in five states and has testified in several states. View Curriculum Vitae



Dale Cagwin, P.E.
Building Systems Expert

Dale’s experience includes over 20 years as a mechanical engineer designing, testing and maintaining building systems including fire suppression, HVAC, plumbing, gas, water and sewage in a variety of commercial, industrial, institutional and municipal buildings. Dale has served on standards writing committees and worked with product approval agencies. He is a P.E. in seven states, a Certified Fire Investigator and has testified in a broad range of building systems cases. View Curriculum Vitae

TCE Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) is one of India's leading Engineering Consulting Organizations. TCE offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary services in project engineering across several sectors. The firm has completed more than 4500 assignments, including the engineering of several power plants with total installed capacity of over 41,000MW, several large urban water supply and waste water projects, as well as those for smaller towns, facilities inside battery limits and offsite facilities for several chemical and industrial plants.

TCE has highly qualified and experienced professionals on its rolls. Design offices are located in several cities in India - Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Jamshedpur, and a branch office in the USA and South Africa.

TCE has successfully carried out several assignments overseas — in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas.

TCE has done projects funded by:

• World Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• United Nations Development Programme
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• World Health Organization
• United States Agency for International Development

Services Include:

• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Survey & Consultations
• Environmental Data Analysis & GIS mapping
• Environmental Sampling, Monitoring & Pollution Analysis (Air, Water & Soil)
• Environmental Clearance & Liaison with Statutory Authorities
• Industrial Site Visits and Identification of Suitable Waste Disposal Sites & Methodologies

Harold M. Wasserman, PE, has over 20 years experience with small to large professional engineering services, construction, and real estate development operations and over 10 years of experience as an Expert Witness. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a licensed Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor, and has served as a Site Safety Manager in City of New York, OSHA Outreach program trainer and Adjunct Professor, and Former Lobbyist to the NYS Legislature.

Areas of Expertise:

Civil & Structural Engineering Materials Engineering Systems Design Industrial Safety Industrial Hygiene Construction Safety Safety Engineering Construction Claims Premises Liability

Building Codes Standards Compliance Ergonomics Human Factors OSHA Standards & Compliance Slips, Trips & Falls Premises Accidents Lighting Construction Defects Safety Engineering Traffic Work Zone Safety

Services Include:

• Litigation Support and Expert Witness Testimony
• Exhibit Preparation, Computer Modeling and Animation
• Inspections/Photo-Documents & Evidence Collection
• Cost Evaluation & Estimating
• Code & Local Law Compliance
• Project Schedule Analysis
• Buyer/seller, owner/contractor dispute resolutions
• Personal injury/death cases
• Plans and specifications for construction and repair of: commercial, industrial, residential and public works: sites, subdivisions, and structures
• Second Opinion Reports
• Forensic Engineering – Consultation, technical investigation, testing and analysis.

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