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• Featured Lister
  Daniel John O'Connell CSP
  Principal Consulting Safety Engineer
  O'Connell and Associates Forensic Safety Consultants / SAFETRAN, LLC

  4627 Norris Road
  Fremont, CA 94538-6706
  

  Phone: (510) 894-0229
  Alternate: (510) 386-1241
  Fax: (510) 894-0332
  Email: daniel@safetransafety.com
  www.d-oconnell.com
  www.linkedin/daniel-john-o-connell-csp-asp-cet-chmm-chst-chcm-12413b16/

  Specialties

  Consulting safety engineer, educator, author, expert. Occupational safety & health, regulatory compliance, employee training specialist, analyst, inspections, program evaluation. Construction, Roofing, Trucking, Industry, Confined space, Rescue, Hazardous materials responder and specialist.

  Degrees/Licenses

  Cert. Safety Trainer (CET); Construction Safety & Health; State Rescue Tech.; State Hazmat Responder; California CDL

  Formal Education

  Graduate Certificate, Safety Management, University of California, 2001; B.S. cum laude, Occupational Safety & Health, Columbia Southern University, 2006

  Reg/Lic

  Certified Safety Professional (CSP-#32751); CHMM; CHST; CET.

  Previous/Current Position

  Forensic safety consulting, rescue chief, construction safety engineer, fleet manager, OSHA safety trainer.

  Honors/Awards

  Graduate cum laude, appointed ASSE Advisory Board Transportation Practice, appointed Senior Fellow of the International Safety Quality Environment Management Association (ISQEMA).

  Prof. Affil.

  American Society of Safety Engineers, ASTM International, National Safety Management Society, ANSI/ASSE Z117, NFPA 241, ANSI Z15, and NFPA 350 standard accreditation committees.

  Publications

  Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Confined Space Safety, Roofing Construction Trade Toxicity and Flammability Hazards, Open Roof Holes and Roofing Industry Injury Prevention.

  Prior Expert

  Over 100 cases representing plaintiff and defendant, numerous depositions, arbitrations, presentations at mediation, and trial testimony. Analysis of company safety and training programs, fleet safety audits, driver and employee safety, post-accident investigation, analyze standard of care, OSHA-DOT compliance, hazmat, fire safety audits.

• Featured Lister
  David A. Stern PE
  President
  Westec Construction, Inc.

  11693 San Vicente Blvd
  #201
  Los Angeles, CA 90049-
  

  Phone: (310) 560-8217
  Alternate: (310) 395-3066
  Fax: (310) 395-6761
  Email: davidstern9@gmail.com
  www.constructologist.com
  

  Specialties

  39 years of development and construction experience. Full litigation support including construction defects, estimating, CPM scheduling, claims analysis, code violations, construction quality and delay evaluation, PI and construction accidents.

  Degrees/Licenses

  Bachelor of Science in Engineering (cum laude); General Contractor (CA) and Registered Civil Engineer (CA).

  Formal Education

  BSE, Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 1976.

  Reg/Lic

  Licensed general contractor and Professional Engineer (Civil).

  Previous/Current Position

  Project Manager, Stegeman & Kastner, Inc., Project Management Consultants. Field Superintendent, Turner Construction, Inc., Lecturer in Construction Technology at University of California, Irvine and UCLA.

  Honors/Awards

  Patent #6,110,038 for Carbon Monoxide Purging System, Sigma Xi national scientific research society.

  Prof. Affil.

  Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.

  Publications

  4, including Apartment Manager and Energy Buyer's Guide.

  Prior Expert

  Over 100 cases representing both plaintiff and defendant. Numerous depositions, arbitrations, presentations at mediation, and trial testimony. Organize destructive testing, meetings of experts, analyze standard of care, estimating and CPM scheduling.

• Featured Lister
  W. Charles Perry & Associates
  W. Charles Perry PE
  Principal Engineer

  231 W. 41st Avenue
  San Mateo, CA 94403-
  

  Phone: (650) 638-9546
  Email: charles@wcharlesperry.com
  www.wcharlesperry.com
  

  Specialties

  Failure analysis and accident reconstruction of industrial accidents, automobile accidents, personal injuries, building fires, industrial fires, carbon monoxide poisoning, and industrial explosions. Design evaluations of products and buildings at the system and component level. Safety evaluation of construction sites and industrial facilities. Products evaluated include chairs, ladders, rolling-scaffolds and barricades, medical tables, water heaters, space heaters, furnaces, file cabinets windows. Vehicles evaluated include cars, forklifts, bicycle, pedestrian, golf cart and cranes. Fires & explosions include houses & commercial kitchen fires, methamphetamine lab explosion, ammonium perchorate factory explosion, synthetic crude oil refinery fire, natural gas explosions, urban-wildland fire and print-shop fire. Construction defects & failures evaluated include structural collapse, mold infestations, EIFS failures, slab failures, pipe leaks and breaks, retaining wall failures, sub-sea level sewer tunneling failure, foundation failures, neighborhood flooding, roof and window leakage. Earthquake damage evaluation of residential, light commercial and high-rise buildings.

  Degrees/Licenses

  MS, BS, PE, (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Materials Engineering, Fire Science & Engineering and Construction Management).

• David Benaroya Helfant PhD
  Senior Project Engineer/Project Mgr.
  Seisco Engineering and and Bay Area Structural, Inc.

  1187 Ocean Avenue
  Emeryville, CA 94608-
  

  Phone: (510) 547-8540
  Alternate: (510) 719-8250
  Fax: (510) 527-7785
  Email: davidbhelfant@gmail.com
  www.seisco-inc.com
  

  Specialties

  Construction defect; Code compliance; Accidents, construction safety; Storm drainage, environmental investigations and mold testing; Concrete construction, curing, waterproofing; Foundations, repairs; Earthquake reinforcing; Litigation support, forensic investigations; ADR; Cost estimating; Casualty loss.

  Degrees/Licenses

  BS, PhD, Post Doctorate: Architecture & Engineering, CA "A"-Gen.Engr., CA "B"-Gen.Bldg., CA "C-21"-Demolition, Hazardous Remediation Lic., ICC #266760

  Formal Education

  BS, Cornell University, 1969; PhD, Statistical Analysis,University of Chicago, 1977; Post Doc., Architecture and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-83; Post Doc., Architecture/Environmental Design.

  Reg/Lic

  Full Member-American Society of Civil Engineers; AIA, Assoc. Member, Professional Member, International Code Council, California General Engineering (A); California General Building (B); Hazardous Materials Removal and Remediation (HMRRC), Demolition and Structure Moving Licence (C-21).

  Previous/Current Position

  Design Principal, Seisco Engineering & Environmental Design Associates, General Mgr., Senior Project Engineer, Bay Area Structural, Inc., General Engineering Corporation. Research Specialist, Environmental Design Research; Professor, Community Development Studies; Professor, Public Administration. General Engineering and Environmental Designer and Construction Manager. Technical Expert - California State Contractors License Board. Certified Arbitrator, Cont. State License Board. Certified Arbitrator, Cont. State License Board.

  Honors/Awards

  US-Army Corps of Engineers-"Outstanding-Project"-1997; US-Air Force: "Outstanding Proj. Mgmt."-1999.

  Prof. Affil.

  American Society of Civil Engineers; Professional Member, International Code Council. American Institute of Architects, Assoc. Mbr; Associate member American Institute of Architects; Charter member Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE.

  Publications

  4 publications; Two books - Earthquake Safe: A Hazard Reduction Manual for Homes; Drainage Methods for Dry Buildings and Stable Sites (forthcoming).

  Prior Expert

  250 cases as an expert witness; 750 special investigations; 10,000 structural and engineering inspections and assessment reports.