Calif-legal.com: California Expert Witness, Ken Bird, Building Codes, Construction Contracts & Disputes, Construction Defects, Construction Safety, Expert Witness Services, General Contracting, Home Inspection, Slips, Trips & Falls

Summary of Experience:
Ken is a General Construction Inspector and has been deposed more than 1500 times as an expert witness in the capacity of construction inspection, consultant, arbitrator, construction code and law. He has representated both the plaintiff and defendant in cases, which includes court trials, binding arbitration hearing and settlement conferences, etc. He is recognized as an expert in the building code compliance, plans, specifications and contractual agreements. State Contractors License Laws, Federal and CAL-OSHA safety requirements. Ken performed under contracts with Federal, State, County, and City Governments. And is well versed with the requirements and guideline procedures that are involved with said agencies.

Areas of Expertise:

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR
EXPERT WITNESS in the following:

• All Building Trades/All AspectsPlans/Specifications/Contracts/Code Compliance in regards to:

All Local and National Building Codes
Construction Safety Orders

• OSHA, Federal and State Requirements
• Contract Law and Contractors License Law Requirements as per:

State Compliances
Chemical Analysis of
- Asbestos, Lead, Arsenic and other harmful Minerals and Elements in Construction Building Components

• Circulating Air Problematic Conditions

Both Positive and Negative Make Up and Ventilating Air Systems
- Combustion Air Problems
- Radon
- Carbon Minoxide
- Gas Detection

• Analysis Stress Fatique Conditions in All Construction

Related Materials and Components Complete Tests

• Analysis of All Problematic Conditions in Regards

Wood Lumber, Earth, Concrete, Steel, Plumbing Systems, Electrical, Solar, Insulation, Acoustical, Boiler Hot Water, Heating, Steam Systems, Cabinets and Mill Work, Paving, Flooring, Floor Covering, Fire Protection, Fire Sprinkler Engineering, Building Moving, Building Demolition, Ornamental Iron and Metals, Landscaping, Masonry, Painting and Decorating, Overhead and Underground Pipelines, Plastering, Lathing, Refrigeration, Sanitation Systems, Sheet Metal, Steel, Sheet Steel Reinforcing, Tile, Creamic and Mosaic, Welding, Roofing. and many other Construction Related Matters and Trades

• Thermo Dynamics
• Thermo Electricity
• Thermo Nuclear Reaction
• Hydrostatic Testing
• Dielectrical Testing
• All Electrical Problematic
• Conditions and Related Testing
• Analysis Seismic Conditions
• Analysis Soil and Compaction
• Density Testing
• Wood Timber Grading
• Load Tesing, Over Loading
• Stress Testing of:

Wood Timber
Steel
Concrete
Construction Related Materials

• Materials Condition Analysis Before, During and After Rupture and Failure, Do to Overload Conditions
• Any and Or All Conditions of Failure Either Related and Or Indirectly Related to Construction Component Failures and Ruptures

Licenses & Other Credentials:

B (General Building)
C-36 (Plumbing)
C-10 (Electrical - General)
SC-44(Solar)
C-2 (Insulation and Acoustical)
C-4 (Boiler, Hot Water Heating and Steam Fitting)
C-6 (Cabinet and Mill Work)
C-8 (Concrete)
C-12 (Earthwork and Paving)
C-15 (Flooring and Floor Covering)
C-16 (Fire Protection)
C-21 (Building Moving, Demolition)
C-23 (Ornamental Metal)
C-27 (Landscaping)
C-29 (Masonry)
C-33 (Painting and Decorating)
C-34 (Pipeline)
C-35 (Plastering)
C-38 (Refrigeration)
C-42 (Sanitation Systems)
C-43 (Sheet Metal)
C-50 (Steel - Reinforcing)
C-54 (Tile - Ceramic & Mosaic)
C-60 (Welding)
C-26 (Lathing)