Traffic Safety Industry Expert - Business Owner

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Matt Fatka has worked in the traffic safety industry since 2002, building his career from laborer to owner and executive of multiple traffic safety companies performing work across multiple states. Throughout his career, Mr. Fatka has gained firsthand experience in virtually every aspect of traffic safety contracting, including temporary traffic control, pavement markings, highway signing, work zone operations, estimating, project management, production, equipment management, quality control, safety, and executive leadership. His progression through every level of the business provides a unique perspective on how traffic safety work is actually planned, executed, and managed in the field. Mr. Fatka has served on numerous industry committees and boards with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA). Throughout his career, he has also held numerous industry certifications related to traffic safety, work zone operations, and contractor practices, working alongside contractors, owners, and industry leaders to advance best practices and improve roadway safety. What distinguishes Mr. Fatka is his practical, real-world contractor experience. Having personally performed field work, managed crews, estimated projects, overseen operations, and owned traffic safety companies, he understands not only what contract documents and industry standards require, but also how work is realistically performed under field conditions. His opinions are grounded in decades of hands-on experience across thousands of projects, providing attorneys, insurance companies, contractors, and government agencies with insight into contractor operations, industry practices, work zone implementation, and the standard of care expected of experienced traffic safety contractors. Mr. Fatka is available for matters involving temporary traffic control, work zone safety, MUTCD compliance, pavement markings, highway signing, contractor operations, estimating, construction claims, project management, production practices, and roadway safety. He provides case review, document analysis, expert reports, deposition testimony, mediation, arbitration, and trial testimony. Mr. Fatka's expertise is based on practical contractor operations and industry leadership. He offers opinions regarding contractor practices, field execution, and industry standards, while recognizing that engineering design and accident reconstruction opinions are appropriately provided by licensed engineers and reconstruction specialists.