Forensic Engineering, Transportation Construction, Drainage, Hydraulics, Caltrans & Expert Witness

Multi-Disciplined Forensic Services and Expert Witnessing

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Expert Witness

Transportation Construction describes the civil engineering specialty regarding highways, bridges, rail, airports, harbors and associated infrastructure. This area of expertise encompasses knowledge and experience in multiple phases of project delivery including Planning, Environmental Studies, Design, Right-of-Way Activities, Construction, and Operations and Maintenance.

Issues addressed in litigation include estimating, scheduling, productivity, cost overruns, structural failures, construction work zone accidents, construction safety (OSHA), temporary structures, design code violations, construction defects, failure analysis, hydraulic and drainage, ADA violations, inspections, traffic safety, and signage.

It requires knowledge of government policies, procedures, project development, design, and construction standards and methodologies. Transportation Construction involves planning, financing, development, design, surveying, construction, operations and maintenance of highways, roadways, bridges, tunnels, storm sewer, and utilities.

Expert Witness – Forensic Expert – Litigation Support – Speaker

Thomas Young, PE provides project management and corporate leadership for development projects, design, surveying and construction. He leads multi-disciplinary teams solving urban transportation problems including complex interchange design, corridor planning studies, project reports, drainage studies and capital maintenance projects.

Services

Thomas Young’s company, CivTek International, provides engineering project management and multi-disciplined design in civil, drainage, structural and geotechnical engineering for public works, land development, industrial facilities and land surveying.

Programs and projects involve bridges, hydrology, hydraulics, geotechnical, drainage, highway related matters, particularly Caltrans and Department of Transportation (DOT) standards, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards, and land development issues.

• Problem Analysis
  Value engineering, constructibility review and failure analysis
• Project Scoping
  Feasibility studies, advance planning studies, project study reports, project reports and construction cost estimating
• Design Services
  • Water system design, sanitary and storm sewer system design
  • Bridge, culvert, retaining walls, tieback walls
  • Roadway, local streets, Caltrans highway system and interchanges, geometrics
  • Hydraulics, drainage, water distribution, sanitary sewage collection systems
  • Traffic, urban infrastructure and ADA requirements
• Specialized Services
  • Construction management and inspection
  • Transportation programs and projects federal aid funding
  • Quick assembly of top-notch teams for large projects
  • Plan review and project peer review
  • Forensic engineering, expert testimony and engineering opinions
  • Bridge and roadway inspection and maintenance engineering

Litigation Support Services

Thomas J. Young can act as an expert witness in all cases related to Forensic Engineering. A persuasive communicator skilled at negotiating successful outcomes to complex situations, Mr. Young’s expertise at analysis, problem solving, and bringing parties together in the public and private sectors is an asset in his performance in forensic engineering and expert witness testimony.

Areas of Expertise

Architecture
Bridges
Building Codes
Construction
Construction Accidents
Construction Claims
Construction Disputes
Construction Injuries
Construction Safety
Engineering
Engineering Civil
Engineering Design
Engineering Disciplines
Engineering Geotechnical
Engineering Highways
Engineering Investigation
Engineering Quality Assurance
Engineering Structural
Engineering Structural Failure
Failure Analysis
Fall Protection
Highway Safety
Hydraulics
Hydrology
Industrial Facilities
Land Development
Land Surveying
Landscape Architecture
Management
Professional Responsibility
Public Works
Sewers
Strategic Planning
Structural Failure
Surveys
Transportation
Transportation Construction

Profile

Mr. Young has completed 34 bridge structure designs, seismic retrofits, and special studies, including large cut and cover tunnels and numerous other complex structures for the $700 million design/build Eastern Transportation Corridor toll roads in Orange County, California. Bridge construction oversight on $1 billion Cypress Corridor reconstruction in Oakland, California. $10 million Sunrise/Highway 50, and $40-$50 million Douglas/Interstate 80 Interchange and Corridor designs in Sacramento, California. Performed broad ranging bridge and highway project development duties in Caltrans Districts 1-5, 7, 10-12.

He has broad construction management and design background for many of the knowledge and skill areas required in mining operations, bridges, highways, land development, major soil/structure type facilities, land survey, and construction surveying, including work in Arctic facilities and in desert regions.

He is a skilled integrator of the parameters of program and project life cycle. Knowledgeable of Federal program compliance and environmental processes.

Licenses

• Licensed as a Professional Civil Engineer in California and Alaska.

Professional Experience

His extensive experience includes serving as bridge engineer, transportation engineer, bridge construction manager, transportation engineer for Caltrans and associate engineer in bridge, highway, drainage and construction support for Dokken Engineering.

He performed broad ranging bridge and highway project development duties in Caltrans Districts 1-5, 7, 10-12. He is a skilled integrator of the parameters of program and project life cycle and knowledgeable of Federal program compliance and environmental processes.

Education

Mr. Young earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering at California State University-Sacramento, and is licensed as a Professional Civil Engineer in California and Alaska.

Consulting Practice

All States and International

More Information

• CivTek International CEO, Thomas Young, PE Speaks At CERI 2012 OIL CONFERENCE
• CEO Thomas Young, PE Featured: THE ARCTIC OIL & GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION (E&P) MARKET

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