Fire Sprinkler Expert Witnesses

San Diego, California

Plumbing, HVAC - HVAC, plumbing, fire sprinkler, construction defects, construction engineering, energy, failure analysis, engineering, refrigeration

Ivey Engineering, Inc. (IEI) is an HVAC, plumbing, process piping, fire sprinkler and energy management consulting firm. The firm performs building system design work, forensic analysis, expert witness consulting, product liability consulting, construction cost analysis and construction claims consulting. The staff is comprised of professional engineers and former construction executives. We are licensed engineers and licensed contractors and have performed consulting work in over 30 states. Our clients include contractors, homeowner associations, commercial building owners, tenants, hotels, casinos, design professionals, manufacturers, law firms, insurance companies and individuals. We know what it takes to design, bid and construct projects. IEI was founded in 1994 in San Diego, California. We have offices in San Diego and Richmond, Virginia and provide consulting and expert witness services nationwide. Each of our engineers are licensed as professional engineers in multiple stat...

Danville, California

Construction Defects, Energy - General Construction, Framing, Building Envelope, Mechanical, Electrical, Commercial, Residential, HVAC, Fire Sprinkler, Generators, MEP, Solar, Fire, Gas, Hybrid Water Heaters, Contract Scope, Cost to Repair, Industrial Controls, Electrocutions, Plumbing

Joe Scerbo is a distinguished construction consultant, expert witness, and construction management advisor with over 36 years of experience in the construction industry. As a licensed General, Electrical, and HVAC Contractor in California for 25 years, Mr. Scerbo has cultivated specialized expertise in Building Envelope, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) systems. His extensive background includes significant experience in solar energy systems, battery energy storage systems (BESS), microgrid controllers, generators, design-build projects, as well as coordination with local utility jurisdictions such as PG&E. As a Testifying Expert Witness, Mr. Scerbo has been involved in numerous construction-related cases. Serving as Senior Consultant at Danliv, Inc., in the San Francisco Bay area CA, he is a highly skilled expert in providing construction defect and litigation services, which include: - Testing and analysis of construction defects. - Destructive testing following ASTM s...

Walnut Creek, California

Engineering, Construction Defects - Fire Protection, Building Codes, Fire Codes, Fire Alarm, Fire Suppression, Fire Sprinkler, Life Safety, Fire Engineering

John R. Stauder is a Principal and Senior Consulting Engineer with The Fire Consultants, Inc. and is registered as both mechanical and fire protection engineer in multiple states. John has over 22 years of experience providing fire protection, building code consulting, and fire protection system designs and evaluations. John has worked with architects, developers, engineers, owners, and authorities having jurisdiction on the application of the model and state codes to design projects including mixed-use high-rise residential and office buildings, retail, low-rise residential podium projects, distilleries, airport terminal buildings, hotels, atria, aircraft hangars, military projects, and various other project types. He is experienced with the design of fire protection systems, including automatic sprinkler and standpipe, fire detection and alarm, fire pumps, special hazard systems and smoke control systems. John has performed code studies and has developed fire protection and ...

Coral Gables, Florida

HVAC, Plumbing - Fire Sprinkler, Building Controls, Humidity Control, MEP, Building Pressurization

My name is Felix Mendez. I am a licensed engineer in the State of Florida. I have been designing mechanical and electrical systems for over 20 years, since 2005. I have obtained a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Florida International University and a M.S. degree in construction management from the same. I work currently as the principal engineer for 3FM Consulting, where I have worked since 2013. I have been in responsible charge of the design of hundreds of projects. My design portfolio includes complex mixed-use projects, high-end residential, commercial and government projects. Prior to 3FM Consulting, I worked as a designer and project manager for large national engineering firms in the design of high-rise and mixed use projects. Over the past decade, I have performed over 20 evaluations of existing mechanical and electrical systems. As part of those evaluations, I have presented recommendations for system troubleshooting, retrofits and replacement. Please refer to my...