Calvin Thomas
PE
Assistant Director
CivilStructural Engineering Services
SPECIALTIES
Large Complex Loss; Litigation/Expert Witness; Structural Engineering Investigations of Commercial Buildings, Schools, Sports Facilities, Parking Garages, Refinery and Chemical Plant Process Structures, ISBL/OSBL Pipe Racks, Tank Farm Areas, and Equipment Foundations; Construction Defect Investigations; Building Code Analysis; Construction Document Review and Analysis; Construction Means and Methods Analysis; Construction and Project Management Assessments; Procurement Analysis for Critical Path Schedule; Building Envelope Failure Investigations; Building Code Analysis; Standard of Care for Design Professionals; Damage Assessments for Wind / Fire / Explosions; Cause and Origin Evaluations; Repair vs Replacement Analysis
Biography
Calvin is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 40 years of experience in the field of structural engineering design and forensic evaluations. His specialties include Large Complex Loss and Litigation. He has performed the structural engineering design of commercial buildings, sports facilities, casinos, schools, new and brown field expansions of refineries and chemical plants and has lead numerous forensic investigations. In addition, he has refinery Project Management experience including Front End Loading (FEL) 1 to 4 estimates, modular design and construction, interface management, economic evaluation, concept to detailed design, procurement, constructability, construction, and Global Integrated Delivery (GID). He specializes in forensic investigations to determine the cause and origin of structural failures on commercial, refinery, and chemical plant structures.