KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

  • Residential and commercial building methods and materials experience across North America

  • Construction processes including roles and responsibilities

  • More than 40 litigation matters (depositions, trial, and mediations) including testimony in class action as well as complex, single and multi party disputes

  • Building and claim investigation as well as resolution

  • Remedial repair methodology

  • System/product testing and building codes

  • Building code development, industry trade associations, creation of industry standards (ASTM, ANSI, etc.) as well as ICC ES Acceptance Criteria for new and innovative products

  • Development of new, innovative products from concept to launch - more than 25 patents (US and foreign)

KEY INDUSTRY ROLES & ORGANIZATIONS
Biography
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  • ASTM E 6.58 Subcommittee Chairman for Performance of EIFS

  • ASTM C 11.03 Task Group Chairman for Non Metallic Lath

  • EIMA Board of Directors and Technical Committee

  • Co Chairman ASTM Symposium on Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS)

  • Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)

  • EIFS Industry Members Association (EIMA)

  • Florida Lath and Plaster Bureau (FLAPB)

  • International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC)

  • Building Enclosure Council (BEC) Jacksonville

PUBLICATIONS

  • ASTM STP 1187 - Development, Use, and Performance of EIFS (Retrofit: Considerations and options)

  • ASTM STP 1269 - EIFS Materials, Properties, and Performance) Projected Life Cycle Costs of an EIFS - co-author with Jason Iacovelli

  • BEST 2 Conference – Performance of Glass Fiber Lath as a Plaster Base in Exterior Portland Cement Plaster (Stucco)

  • ASTM STP 1585 - Design and Construction Considerations for EIFS and Exterior Wall Claddings that incorporate Continuous Insulation (CI)

  • Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII - Monitoring Performance of EIFS Clad Dwellings - co-authored with Eric Auman

  • 11th Canadian Building Science & Technology Conference- Glass Fiber Lath in Portland Cement Plaster (Stucco)

  • RCI Interface Magazine - Non-Metallic Plaster Bases (Lath) in Portland Cement Plaster

  • Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS): Performance, Progress, and Innovation—Book of seventeen papers from ASTM STP 1585 - co-editor with Peter Nelson

  • Prism – Do you need a NFPA 285 tested wall assembly for a project?

  • Construction Canada – The New Look of EIFS

  • Walls and Ceilings - Lath Accessories for CI Stucco Claddings

  • Trade magazines such as Construction Dimensions and Construction Specifier