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Expert in Petrochemical, Pulp & Paper, Tall Oil, Pump and Compressor Specification, Piping, Wastewater
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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He has extensive experience at the plant and manufacturing level, as well as many years' engineering design in the Chemical Process and Pulp and Paper fields. He has held positions of Production Engineer, Technical Director, Quality Control Engineer, Process Engineering Department Head, Senior Engineer. His design experience includes many years wtih major Engineering C & E firms designing Pulp and Papoer, Chemical Recovery, Distillation, Absorbtion, solids and fluids handling equipment, flares, fire safety systems, wastewater treatment, air pollution contol, corrosion engineering, steam and condensate systems, process debottlenecking, and other equipment and systems. Expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer in several States.
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Expert has extensive experience evaluating and troubleshooting all types of mechanical systems in many buildings. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer and is a Certified Building Inspection Engineer through N.S.P.E. Components designed and evaluated include Vertical Transportation, Chilled Water HVAC sytems, Fire Protection, VAV systems, other HVAC, etc.. Expert has been admitted to District and Federal courts as an expert witness in a number of cases.
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He is a Licensed Professional Engineer and is a Certified Building Inspection Engineer through N.S.P.E. He has inspected approxinately 3,000 buildings for Owners, Investors, Owners Associations, Banks, Attorneys, etc. His expertise and experience includes forensic structural investigations for various structural failures, as well as fire cause and origin investigations, indoor air quality investigations, water intrusion investigations, etc. Design experience includes wood framing design, steel design for various buildings. He has been admitted to District and Federal courts as an expert witness in a number of cases.
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Expert has many years' engineering design in the Chemical Process and Pulp and Paper fields. He has held positions of Production Engineer, Technical Director, Quality Control Engineer, Process Engineering Department Head, Senior Engineer. His design experience includes many years wtih major Engineering C & E firms designing Pulp and Paper, Chemical Recovery, Distillation, Absorbtion, solids and fluids handling equipment, flares, fire safety systems, wastewater treatment, air pollution contol, corrosion engineering, steam and condensate systems, process debottlenecking, and other equipment and systems. Expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer in several States
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Mobile, Alabama;
Gulfport, Mississippi;
Biloxi, Mississippi;
and Pensacola, Florida.
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1981
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BS
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Chemical Engineering
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University of Cincinnati
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1996 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Alabama and Gulf Coast Office
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President
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He is Prescient of this consulting Engineering firm. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with key clients, sales and marketing to old and new clients, Senior Engineer functions, profit and loss responsibilities.
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1996 to 1997
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Herzog Hart
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Mobile, Alabama office
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Senrior Engineer
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Expert wrote specifications for capital process equipment, designed Piping & Instrument Diagrams, assisted instrumentation engineers and designers, etc.
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1992 to 1996
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Walk, Haydel, & Associates
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Mobile, Alabama office
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Process Engineering Department Head
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He developed Piping & Instrument Diagrams, performed process calculations, specified process equipment, specified instrumentation equipment. Projects included various Chemical Process Industries clients, Pulp & Paper mills, etc.
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1991 to 1992
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BCM Engineers
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Mobile, Alabama office
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Senior Engineer
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His responsibilities were in the wastewater treatment department where he designed and specified equipment for activated sludge, chlorination, tankage and oil water separation equipment.
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1990 to 1991
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Brown and Root USA
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Mobile, Alabama office
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Senior Engineer
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He developed Piping & Instrument Diagrams, performed process calculations, specified process equipment, specified instrumentation equipment. Projects included various Chemical Process Industries clients, Pulp & Paper mills, etc.
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1985 to 1990
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Stone Container Corp.
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Panama City and Jacksonville, Florida mills
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Technical Director
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Expert was manager over a 60 person Technical services department which included Process Engineering, Quality control, Air Pollution measurement lab, customer service.
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1984 to 1985
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Sylvachem Corp.
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Panama City, Florida office
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Capital Engineer
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Specified and designed process equipment for a world class Tall Oil plant
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1981 to 1984
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ICI Americas
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Computer Film plant
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Engineer Shift Supervisor
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He participated in and in-depth training program as a shift supervisor for a polyterepthlalate computer film plant.
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Associations/Societies
NSPE
ASPE
NABIE
ASCE
ASTM
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Licenses/Certifications
Licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Lousiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania.
Certified Building Inspection Engineer
Strcutrual Pest Certified Operator License in Alabama
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Professional Appointments
Voting Member ASTM Committee C.04
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1997 to 1999
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U.S. National Park Service
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Consultant
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He has reviewed, audited, and assisted the National Park Serice in making changes to their alternate fuels electric bus program and gas fueling systems at the Grand Canyon National Park
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He has provided inspections and written evaluations of over 300 buildings that were damaged by Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina for Insurance, Owner, Bank, and Attorney interests. These reports evaluated the mechanism of roof and structural failures for insurance claims.
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Reviewed and studies heavy metal contamination of soils for a Class Action lawsuit in Florida. This involved review and evaluation of hundreds of soil core samples and lab results, strucutural evaluation of over 350 houses, and testifying in Florida District Court.
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Evaluated an injured worker's exposure to chlorine dioxide in a paper mill to substantiate an insurance claim. Performed a site investigation and ran gas cloud dispersion mathematical models.
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Inspected and wrote a detailed report for a U.S. Gulf coast Condominium building damaged by 2 hurricanes and a tropical storm over several years. The report sorted out the damage over time for an insurance claim. Then generated bid packages for cost estimating of repairs. Provided a detailed report and cost estimate to client.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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He has been designated as an expert witness in over 300 cases involving hurricane damage to various buildings and construction defects in buildings. He has also been an expert witness in cases involving defective firehose nozzles, worker exposure to workplace poisonous materals, environmental heavy metal contamination in soils.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Liner board making expert for consulting on processes and chemicals used in liner board paper.
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litigation consulting and support, forensic services, or any related expert witness services.
A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
(patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), and insurance matters. Remember, your initial screening
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Has worked in formulation and customer service in the polymer, Tall Oil, and Pulp and Paper industries.
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research needs. For research needs involving multiple experts or secondary research,
a Research Director can be assigned to coordinate the work into a custom report for you as a potentially quicker
and more cost effective alternative to doing this work yourself or hiring a boutique consultancy.
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Expert is free.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
He has developed and teaches seminars in fluid flow calculations for non-Engineers, Building Codes, Wood Destyoying Organism and rot in wood structures, Stucco and cementitious materials in building facades
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Extensive experience locating, working with, and obtaining quotes for chemical process and constrcution equipment over many years.
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Other Skills and Services
Has accumulated specialized training and certifications as a Licensed Professional Engineer, Certified Building Inspection Engineer, Wood Destyoying Organism Certified Ooperators license, etc.
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