Flooring Expert Witnesses

Florida

Slip Trip & Fall, Premises Liability - slip, trip, fall, stairway, ramp, sidewalk, lighting, cleaning, flooring, bath mats, parking stripes, tubs, tile, forensic analysis, walkway auditor, coefficient of friction, surface roughness, parking lot, ADA, OSHA

Mr. Collette has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a qualified Walkway Auditor. He has over 20 years of experience in developing, commercializing, analyzing, and troubleshooting walkway solutions including chemistry, tools, mats (walk-off, bath), cleaning processes, coatings, treatments, and flooring material selection. He worked in global innovation, product management/development, and customer solution development for DiverseyLever (institutional chemical business of Unilever), JohnsonDiversey (now Diversey), and Cintas. Mr. Collette is a Walkway Audit Certificate Holder (#31) and has a Certificate in Assessing Walkway Safety from the University of Northern Texas. He provides walkway management services to commercial and institutional facilities across North America. Mr. Collette provies walkway management consulting and services to customers designing, planning, building, maintaining, and insuring facilities. Consulting services include flooring material testing and spec...

Mokena, Illinois

Slip Trip & Fall - Floor Mats, Coefficient of Friction testing Tile, Carpet, Hard Wood, Vinyl and Laminate

Bill Zoetvelt is an experienced Floor Mat & Flooring covering Inspector and Instructor. After four years in the United States Air Force, Bill started his career in the floor covering industry as a carpet installer in 1987. Bill first was an installer then became owner/operator of an installation service company with 15 crews installing carpet and all hard surfaces. Bill has been involved in problem solving, dispute resolution and claims services for over 37 years. Certified by ITS, IICRC, IAWFP, CFSE (Certified Forensic Slip Expert), NFSI Walkway Auditor and the NWFA, Bill has been a full time flooring inspector and consultant for over 22 years and has testified as an expert witness in over 20 cases. He has served more than 10 years on the Board of the National Institute of Certified Floorcovering Inspectors including 3 years as President. Bill is a member of the NFSI, (National Floor Safety Institute), NSC (National Safety Council) and ASTM. Was a voting member of the ANSI S220 ...

Massachusetts

Construction Defects, Construction - Residential Construction, Structural Engineering, Framing, Carpentry, Water damage, Mold, Moisture, Roofing, Flooring, Leak, Ice Dams, Workmanship, Foundation, Masonry, Reconstruction, Siding, Building Code Violations, REVIT, architecture, contract

CONSTRUCTION I entered the construction industry in the 1980s and worked my way through college framing buildings on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Boston. I started my own construction company in 2001 that specialized in lead paint abatement, mold abatement, and single family/ multi-family remodeling. We performed over nearly 250 projects for clients spanning from New York to Maine. At the same time, I performed over 30 residential rehabilitations of single and multi-family properties in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I currently hold a Massachusetts Unlimited Construction Supervisor's License (CS-113267) ENGINEERING As an engineering consultant I completed over 175 projects of all sizes, and I have created more than 500 PE- stamped deliverables. Several engineering projects included expert witness services. Smaller engineering projects include beam calculations, construction deficiency reports, and a multitude of repair schematics. Medium-sized projects in...

Goffstown, New Hampshire

Construction Defects, Construction - Residential Construction, Structural Engineering, Framing, Carpentry, Water damage, Mold, Moisture, Roofing, Flooring, Leak, Ice Dams, Workmanship, Foundation, Masonry, Reconstruction, Siding, Building Code Violations, REVIT, architecture, contract

CONSTRUCTION I entered the construction industry in the 1980s and worked my way through college framing buildings on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Boston. I started my own construction company in 2001 that specialized in lead paint abatement, mold abatement, and single family/ multi-family remodeling. We performed over nearly 250 projects for clients spanning from New York to Maine. At the same time, I performed over 30 residential rehabilitations of single and multi-family properties in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I currently hold a Massachusetts Unlimited Construction Supervisor's License (CS-113267) ENGINEERING As an engineering consultant I completed over 175 projects of all sizes, and I have created more than 500 PE- stamped deliverables. Several engineering projects included expert witness services. Smaller engineering projects include beam calculations, construction deficiency reports, and a multitude of repair schematics. Medium-sized projects in...

Loveland, Ohio

Slip Trip & Fall, Premises Liability - slip, trip, fall, stairway, ramp, sidewalk, lighting, cleaning, flooring, bath mats, parking stripes, tubs, tile, forensic analysis, walkway auditor, coefficient of friction, surface roughness, parking lot, ADA, OSHA

Mr. Collette has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a qualified Walkway Auditor. He has over 20 years of experience in developing, commercializing, analyzing, and troubleshooting walkway solutions including chemistry, tools, mats (walk-off, bath), cleaning processes, coatings, treatments, and flooring material selection. He worked in global innovation, product management/development, and customer solution development for DiverseyLever (institutional chemical business of Unilever), JohnsonDiversey (now Diversey), and Cintas. Mr. Collette is a Walkway Audit Certificate Holder (#31) and has a Certificate in Assessing Walkway Safety from the University of Northern Texas. He provides walkway management services to commercial and institutional facilities across North America. Mr. Collette provies walkway management consulting and services to customers designing, planning, building, maintaining, and insuring facilities. Consulting services include flooring material testing and spec...