Civil Engineering & Land Surveying Expert Witness

Registrations

• Registration: Registered Civil Engineer in California
• Registered Land Surveyor in California
• General Contractor A & B in California – inactive Registered Civil Engineer in Texas – inactive.
• Registered Land Surveyor in Texas – inactive
• Certified Special Inspector (reinforced concrete) ICBO (inactive)

Education

• 5-yr. Civil Engineering and Land Surveying degree, University of Geodesy, 1972
• 4-yr. Civil Engineering degree, Roads and Bridges Construction College, 1966

Additional Courses: Flood Plain Hydrology, University of Texas, 1980

• Structural Engineering, California State University, 1992 Bridge Inspection, Texas DOT, 1979

Membership:   American Society of Civil Engineers, Life Member

• American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator
• Forensic Expert Witness Association, Past Member, Past Board Member

Expert Witness: 40 legal cases (Design defects, Construction Defects, Flooding, Property rights, Easements). See the attached list of the cases.

Experience

A Private Company, Lake Forest, CA, 2006 – Present

Principal

• Provide civil engineering and land surveying consultation and testimonies for various legal cases that involve civil engineering or land disputes. Consult other engineering companies.

GM Engineering, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1988 – 2006 President

• Performed hundreds of public and private engineering projects, including Grading and Drainage plans, Hydrology and Hydraulics analysis, Street and Highway design, Storm Drain and Sewer design, Water supply design, Detention pond and Lift station design, Street light design, Subdivisions, Topographic and Architectural surveys, Boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, Construction layouts, As-built surveys, Height certification, Legal descriptions, Tract Maps, Parcel Maps, Lot line adjustments, Flood certificates, Condominium maps. Received citations for late filing of a record of survey and late setting of tract monuments. All citations were resolved.

Engineering Technology, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA, 1986 – 1988 Project Manager

• Managed and supervised numerous civil engineering projects.

Albert H. Halff Associates, Inc., Houston, TX, 1985 – 1986, Project Manager

• Performed Flood Insurance Studies and Flood Plain Studies. Supervised surveying operations. Designed water supply systems,

CGS Engineering, Inc., Houston, TX, 1981 – 1985 Vice-President, Department Head

• Land development of large tracts through the creation of Municipal Utility Districts. Conducted feasibility studies, including analysis of flooding potentials and proposed drainage alternatives. Provided technical expertise for court and arbitration hearings. Supervised design and construction phases of projects.

Turner Collie & Braden, Inc., Houston, TX, 1979 – 1981, Staff Engineer

• Analyzed drainage problems through hydrologic and hydraulic studies. Conducted studies for Flood Insurance Administration and Corps of Engineers. Wrote engineering reports and designed drainage channels, levees, detention ponds, lift stations, and energy dissipaters.

Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, San Antonio, TX, 1976 – 1979, Office Engineer.

• Developed methodology and the computer model for the “201-Facilities Plan” for San Antonio. Supervised physical and television inspection and compiled data for San Antonio Sewer System Evaluation Survey (EPA project).

Tobin Aerial Survey, Inc, San Antonio, TX, 1975 – 1976, Photogrammetrist.

• Performed photogrammetric analytical computations and compiled aerial maps.

Naval Academy, Odessa, USSR, 1972-1974 Teacher at Faculty of Port Construction.

• Taught Engineering Geodesy.

Publications:  Available upon request.