Civil Engineering Expert Witnesses in Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

Civil Engineering - Floodway Violations, Floodplain Modeling, Flood Damage and Loss Assessment, Hydrology, Hydraulics, FEMA Floodplain Revisions, Drainage

Chris Hanstad is a Licensed Professional Engineer (IL, IN, KY, WI) and Certified Floodplain Manager with over 15 years of expertise in floodplain analysis and regulatory compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Since 2018, he has served as an expert witness in flooding and drainage-related litigation, providing written reports, discovery deposition, and trial testimony. As the lead of Illinois’ Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) program since its inception, Mr. Hanstad has overseen the evaluation and determination of hundreds of LOMR applications, ensuring compliance with rigorous floodplain modeling standards and NFIP regulations. His work directly informs revisions to FEMA floodplain maps. Mr. Hanstad specializes in assessing the flood risk impact of projects within floodplains, particularly their effects on adjacent properties. He has identified and reported seven floodway violations to FEMA and has provided litigation support in cases involving such violations. ...

Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering - Right-of-Way, Grading & Drainage, Easements, Due Diligence, Inverse Condemnation, Construction Defects, Wood Engineering, High-end Homes, Eminent Domain, Residential Structural, Land Use/Zoning, Permitting & Entitlements, Road & Highway Design, Planning, Local Government, Forensics, Hillside Homes

I am an engineering thought leader and expert in land planning and development, local government, civil engineering, and residential structural engineering. I have over 40-years of experience with subdivision and commercial project planning, land development permits, design, and construction, and structural and site (grading and drainage) design of high-end residences in snow country and on hillsides. I have a Master of Public Administration (MPA), extensive experience with local government, and have specialized in regulatory agency entitlement (permit) processing. I am a Professional Development Instructor in the Engineering Industry, teaching contracts, risk management, project management, professional liability, writing, and communication skills. I have my Professional Engineering license in 10-states. I also have over 42-years of experience as a Certified Ski Instructor with an active snowsports expert witness practice. My communication, research, writing, and professional exp...

Montgomery, Illinois

Civil Engineering, Failure Analysis - Site and Land Development, Project Management, Utility Design, Surface and Groundwater Flooding, Roadway Design, Bituminous and Concrete Pavement Design, Stormwater Management, Runway Pavement Design, Slip and Fall Injuries, Root Cause Construction Failures, Lead, Asbestos, Mold, Radon

Roger Machut is a Senior Civil Engineering Expert for Solution Engineering Group. He consults on all aspects of roadway design, bituminous and concrete paving design, runway pavement design, stormwater management, utility design, site development, and surface and groundwater flooding. Mr. Machut has over 30 years of practical professional experience in civil engineering, in both design and construction applications. Combined with decades of holding positions of leadership in various organizations, Mr. Machut has developed a unique ability to express the complex in ways understandable to individual audiences, allow each group to take action or make a decision. As a solution creator, he equally identifies root causes of failures, inefficient methodologies, and unsustainable construction. Adding to his total professional credentials is the Mr. Machut’s 33 years of service in the United States Marine Corps, from which he retired as a Brigadier General. In addition to his extensi...