The Artisans Group (TAG) offers remodeling, construction-related expert witness, and educational services. TAG’s construction division specializes in remodeling, historic restoration, and repairing structural and “bug & water” damage. We also love custom craftsmanship and constructive reuse projects. Our expert witness practice, along with members of our broad, deep network, addresses a diverse range of matters. Wayne Baruch is a prolific speaker on construction-related topics and an adjunct instructor at two Central NJ Community Colleges.
Expert Witness Services
The Artisans Group serves attorneys & prosecutors, construction professionals and craftspeople, real estate professionals, and home & business owners for construction matters including:
- General construction, fit and finish, and standards of practice
- Building inspections
- Damages evaluation
- Handling, storage, and application techniques for products & materials
- Project management, estimating, planning, scheduling, quality, and risk management
- Compliance with rules and regulations, contractual, code & ordinance, and design specifications
- Performance by parties
- Structural, animal, and water damage
I eagerly look forward to talking with you. Thanks for your potential interest!
Construction: Law, Risk, Liability & Respondeat Superior
A construction project involves so many stakeholders *1, each of whom has a several, often competing needs and interests. These interests and parties include, but are certainly not limited to: oneself versus one or more of the other stakeholders, home or business owner, financial, time, aesthetics, functionality, durability, features and specifications of products and materials, regulatory, professional standards, and ethics.
11/18/2011
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Consumer Protection & More Successful Construction Projects (We're In It Together)
Owners, consumers, professionals, tradespeople, vendors, and regulators are all involved in the purchase goods and services. However, how many are actually, accurately aware of their duties and rights for those transactions according to the law? Some parties are ethical and/or competent to make a wise purchase.
Lead Based Paint: Compliance With EPA's RRP Rule (40 CFR 745); Renovation, Repair, And Painting...And The Real World
By now, you have probably heard about the rules that tell us how to properly manage lead-based paint under the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), and most State, County, and Local governments.
Construction Expert Witness Practice
We all find ourselves in legal disputes from time to time.