Since 1990 I have been involved in forensic engineering, construction defect analysis, and have spoken to hundreds of groups of architects, engineers, code officials, and builders on design of wood-frame structures. I was involved in the development of the International Building Code as it pertains to wall bracing and have written numerous articles for builder and professional engineering publications. My article on the structural performance of recently built homes in the 2011 tornado outbreak appears in the September 2013 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine.I wrote a series of hurricane and tornado damage assessment reports published by APA. The focus of these observations is to promote a better understanding for performance of modern wood buildings and associated materials as they interact with wind forces. These and other reports are available for download at www.apawood.org.Specialties: Technical writing and presentation with a focus on wood construction technologies, building science; and forensic investigation of product failures, construction defects, and natural disasters.
Listed skills include Structural Engineering, Wood, Construction, Concrete, and 20 others.