Evaluation · boards, owners, property managers & attorneys
See what is failing. Know what to do next.
An independent read on waterproofing, concrete repair and construction defects, and a steady hand through the repair that follows. Pick where to start; the first call is free.
Boards, owners, property managers
Second opinion
A video call on what is cracking, leaking or failing, or on a repair bid before anyone signs it, with your photos, drawings and specification in front of us.
- What is actually failing
- Whether the proposed repair or bid fits it
- Questions to put to the bidders
First call free
Associations, commercial and civil structures
Site evaluation
One to two hours on site: the distress, the water path, the repair that fits, walked and talked through with you.
- What is failing, and why
- The repair methods that fit it
- What to put in the scope
Credited to owner’s-rep work
On the owner’s side, through the repair
Owner’s rep
Submittals, site visits and the questions to ask, from someone who used to run the crew doing the work.
- Someone at the table for the owner
- Site notes after each visit
- A straight read on change orders
For attorneys: construction and repair disputes
Expert witness
Consulting on repair failures, means and methods, and specification compliance. CV on request.
- A plain-language read of the repair record
- Where the work departed from the specification
- What to ask the other side
$3,000 retainer
From the field
Diagnosis, repair and restoration
Who you are talking to
A contractor’s eye, on your side of the table.
Independent consulting on waterproofing, concrete repair and construction defects, from a founding partner of a specialty repair and restoration contractor.
More than 20 years spent diagnosing, detailing and fixing what time and faulty installation do to buildings and civil infrastructure.
- Proposals
- 3,769
- Proposals
- Projects won
- 1,096
- Projects won
- Parking structures
- 400+
- Parking structures
Firm totals, seven years as COO. References on request.
- B.S. in civil engineering (structural focus), minor in architecture, University of Virginia
- Six years with a national restoration contractor; seven as founding partner and COO of a specialty repair firm
- More than 400 parking-structure and elevated-deck restorations won
- Held contractor licenses in nine jurisdictions: CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, TN, VA, WA and Washington, D.C.
- Built and ran a Trimble LiDAR point-cloud survey program, measuring wear between visits
- Past president of ICRI Southern California; active in IIBEC and ACI
- Manufacturer-trained, licensed installer of repair systems from Mapei, BASF, Sika, SealBoss, Simpson Strong-Tie, Dex-O-Tex and others
- Trusted partnerships across the repair and restoration industry
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Why boards call now
A reserve study says “repair.” Then what?
Maryland associations now update a reserve study every five years and fund toward it (HB 107, 2022). When the study names concrete, a garage or balconies, the next document on the table is a contractor’s bid — and the board is asked to approve a method it cannot check.
This is a second set of eyes on your side of the table: what is actually failing, whether the proposed repair fits it, and what to ask before anyone signs.
Send with your first note
- Photos of what is cracking, spalling or leaking
- The repair bid or scope, if there is one
- The reserve-study pages that name the work
- The building’s age and any past repairs you know of
What this is, and is not
Consulting on repair methods, contractor scope and the work in the field. It is not engineering: anything that needs a stamped design goes to a licensed Maryland professional engineer.
Describe what is failing.
(434) 409-9023(434) 409-9023Form, email, text, or voicemail — a reply within two business days.