RELATED PROJECTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, CONT.
¨ Expert Witness for litigation support for sprinkler
system failures in Orlando, FL; Memphis, TN; Stuart, FL; Hialeah, FL;
LaFayette, GA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and Elizabeth, NC; fire alarm system failure
in Atlanta, GA; and Orlando, FL; fixed suppression system failure in Tampa, FL,
and Bessemer, AL; community water supply conditions in SC; and firestop systems
in Cleveland, OH; Greenville, SC; and Atlanta, GA.
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Project Engineer for
design and construction period services for Winn Dixie Stores, Inc. Projects
include water storage tanks, fire pumps in pump houses, underground fire mains
and ESFR and Large Drop sprinkler systems in warehouses at three new
distribution centers.
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Project Engineer for
design and construction period services for over 20 aircraft hangar
projects. Projects include water storage
tanks, underground fire mains, fire pumps and AFFF fire protection systems.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIPS
Registered Professional Engineer
(Fire Protection):
Registered Professional Civil
Engineer:
Former Member of the Technical
Correlating Committee of the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101).
Former Member of the Standard
Building Code's (SBCCI) Fire Door Further Study Committee.
Former Member of the Committee
on Residential Sprinkler Systems (NFPA 13D and 13R).
Member of NFPA13 Task Group for
the utilization of sprinklers in Performance Based Codes.
Member of SFPE's Committee for
the Development of "The Engineering Guide to Performance Base Fire
Protection Analysis and Design."
Former Member of three NFPA-30
combustible liquids committees.
Former Member of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, formerly National Bureau of
Standards) Performance Base Building Codes
Advisory Committee.
Former Member of the Standard
Fire Prevention Code's (SBCCI/IAFC) Assisted Living/Residential Care
Occupancy Further Study Committee.
Former Member of SBCCI's
Plumbing Code Ad Hoc Committee for Medical Gas.
Former Member of the SBCCI's
Study Committee for Standpipe Requirements.
"Member" Grade of
Society of Fire Protection Engineers since 1980.
Member of National Fire
Protection Association since 1972.
Member of Standard Building Code
Congress International (SBCCI).
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
University of Maryland,
Department of Public Safety, College Park, MD; Fire Inspector, 1972-73
College Park Fire Department,
College Park, MD; Assistant Fire Marshal, Fire Marshal, 1970-73
Insurance Services Office of New
York, Syracuse, NY; Field Engineer, 1973-74, evaluating communities'
fire protection, including Building
Codes, Fire Code, and enforcement of same.
National Fire Academy,
Emmetsburg, MD; Adjunct Faculty, 1979-82
Gage-Babcock & Associates,
Inc., Oakland, CA; Vienna, VA; Atlanta, GA; Staff Fire Protection Engineer,
1974-80, Senior Fire Protection Engineer,
1980-87, Principal, 1987-2001
FCB Engineering, Atlanta, GA;
Principal, 2001-Present
EDUCATION
BS in Civil Engineering, Lowell
Tech, Lowell, MA, 1970
BS in Fire Protection
Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1973
TECHNICAL PAPERS, ARTICLES, REPORTS PUBLISHED
*Innovative Sprinkler System
Modifications to Meet Modern Storage Requirements", Paper presented to
Fall NFPA Meeting,
*Modifications to Meet Modern
Materials Storage Practices", Article in Plumbing Engineer magazine.
*Controlling Your Community's
Fire Risk", Article in Water and Pollution Control Associations Journal
magazine.
