Architect Project Manager Design Construction Expert Witness

EDUCATION

• 1983 1985 – Yale University   Master of Architecture
• 1975 1980 – University of Toronto   Bachelor of Architecture
• 1974 1975 – McGill University   Bachelor of Arts program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: President of Architecture and Project Management Companies

• 1990 Present: Private Co.& Assoc., Architects, Capacity: President, Services: Architectural and Engineering
• 2003 Present: Private Co. Projects, Inc. – President (project management of design and construction), Capacity: President, Services: Project Management

Project Types:

• Apartment Buildings
• Coops
• Hotels
• Residential
• Banks
• Doctors’ Offices
• Laboratories
• Restaurants
• City/State/Fed Agencies
• Healthcare
• Medical Offices
• Retail
• Condos
• Hospitals
• Offices
• Townhouses

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Design & Construction Expert Witness

Project Type/Description/Represent/ Location:

1. Office, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services, Plaintiff, New York
2. Hospital, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services, Plaintiff, North Carolina
3. Office, Premises Liability, Defendant, New York
4. Office, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services, Plaintiff, New York
5. Restaurant, Premises Liability, Plaintiff, New York
6. Hospital, Premises Liability Plaintiff, Pennsylvania
7. Hospital, Premises Liability Plaintiff, New Jersey
8. Office, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New York
9. Office, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New York
10. Bank/Shop. Center, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Defendant Miami, FL
11. Office, Premises Liability, Plaintiff, New York
12. Hospital, Premises Liability, Plaintiff, New York
13. Apartment Building Construction Completion/Compliance Plaintiff, New York
14. Office, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services, Plaintiff, Ohio
15. Store, Premises Liability Plaintiff, Pennsylvania
16. Hotel, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New Jersey
17. Hotel, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New Jersey
18. Hospital, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New Jersey
19. Hospital, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Defendant, Middle East
20. Hospital, Construction Completion/Compliance Plaintiff, Caribbean
21. Hospital, Standard of Care – A/E/C Services Plaintiff, New York

Legend: A/E/C: Architectural/Engineering/Construction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Architecture and Project Management Prior to Founding Own Businesses

1/89‑2/90 – O’Brien Architecture (Chappaqua, NY),
Capacity: Partner
Projects: Residential and Commercial Projects (Westchester County, NY

3/86 12/88 Davis, Brody & Associates, Architects (NY)
Capacity: Project Architect
Projects: Columbia University Science Center (NY)
: Cornell University Science Center (Ithaca, NY)
: AT&T Solid State Technology Facility (PA)

Summer/84 Landmarks Preservation Commission (New York)
Capacity : Project Urban Designer
Project : Upper West Side Study (NY)

12/83 to 6/84 Office of Downtown and Harbor Development (New Haven)
Capacity : Project Urban Designer
Project : Audubon Arts Center Development (New Haven)

5/82 to 7/83 Sankey Partnership Architects (Toronto)
Capacity : Design, construction documents, client liaison, contract administration
Projects : Canadian Embassy (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

6/81 to 4/82 Shore Tilbe Henschel Irwin Peters Architects and Engineers (Toronto)
Capacity : Design, construction documents, client liaison, contract administration
Project : Western Nuclear Training Center (Ontario)
: Hanscomb Roy Head Office (Toronto)

6/80 to 5/81 Dunlop Farrow Aitken Architects and Engineers (Toronto)
Capacity : Design, construction documents, client liaison, contract administration
Projects : Grace Hospital (Windsor, Ontario) & Oakville Hotel (Oakville, Ontario)

AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS

Licenses: Architecture : NY, CT, NJ (NCARB certification allows license in addl. states within 30 days)
Member: Architecture : American Institute of Architects (AIA)
: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)

Member: Green Building : LEED®AP
Member: Construction : Construction Specifications Institute, Project Management Institute
Work Featured in : Architects FORUM, Architectural Record, Crain’s New York Business, Design Solutions, Hospitality Design, New York Real Estate Journal, Progressive Architecture, Sound & Communications The New York Times

Winning Entry : Progressive Architecture Design Review, Visiting Arch. Lecturer : Yale University, Lehigh University, Columbia University,
Panelist : Construction Management Association of America, American Society for Health Care Engineering

Author: Books : Two books on contemporary architecture.