Michael began his career as a structural design engineer. In this role, he provided a variety of designs for commercial, educational, institutional, industrial, and residential structures. The designs ranged from individual structural components for repairs, additions, and modifications to entire facility structural systems for new construction. Throughout his 25-year career, Michael honed his expertise in forensic investigations, which include structural failures and collapses, construction defects, roofing failures, water infiltration, fires and explosions, and severe weather damage assessments on a wide variety of construction materials and methods. He is well-versed in identifying building component deficiencies and resulting damage and liability. His investigations often result in providing recommendations and designs of unique and effective repairs to correct the deficiencies.

Michael has previous training and certification in determining the origin and cause of fires and explosions. His experience in physics, fire science, and engineering is an asset in the reconstruction of fire scenes to determine the incident’s origin and path of growth, which proves instrumental in determining the extent of resulting damage to the structure. Michael’s knowledge of the building life cycle (design to failure) provides an invaluable insight when conducting and managing multi-facility condition assessments and capital reserve studies for private, state, and federal agencies that took him throughout the U.S. and internationally. Michael’s forensic investigation services have been tested repeatedly in litigation proceedings. His technical knowledge, communication skills, and poise have been invaluable during dozens of depositions to expose the truth and close cases. He has also been tested in the courtroom.