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Dirt Impacts Your Life, Bet You Didn’t Know How Much!
P:resented By: DRI and S-E-A
Soil and soil-related issues are impactful in an astonishing number of construction claims/lawsuits. Are construction delays costing your client money? Is soil a factor? If your client has a construction related claim and is a general contractor, grading contractor, structural engineer, architect, civil designer, inspection company: soil may be related to the claim. Were the soils considered properly during design? It is a tangled web woven on a construction site given the interaction between prime and subcontractors, inspection duties, duty to protect, control of the site, duty of design professionals, etc.
Who Should Attend:
- Attorneys
- Adjusters
- Construction industry professionals that handle construction-related claims
What Will You Learn?:
- Soils-related issues impact a surprising percentage of construction cost-related issues, understand how to determine if your case is one those issues.
- Remember to consider dirt in your analysis, take away a better understanding of the relationships between soils and the parties in the project.
- Better understand soil-related issues and learn how to better indicate or exonerate the different parties in you case.
- Have a better understanding on when to consult with a geotechnical engineer with construction experience regarding your case.
Mark L. Drotar, P.E., S-E-A, Ltd.
Mark L. Drotar, P.E. has BS/MS and he is experienced with soil related issues including retaining walls, earth structures, earth movement such as landslides or settlement, construction-related issues such as QA/QC, materials testing, pavement failures, and earthwork issues. He has provided expert testimony in local, state, and federal courts.
Jason Ball, P.E., S-E-A, Ltd.
Jason Ball, P.E. performs forensic investigations of soils, foundations, building structures, and construction materials to determine or cause of the distress and/or damage. He provides evaluation and engineering consultation for foundations, settlement, earth structures and fill construction, concrete, masonry, pavements, and construction-related issues. He received his BS from Georgia Tech.
