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Expert Witness or Expert, Witness?

Monday, May 14, 2018
I’ve been serving as an expert witness for engineering related cases for over 25 years.  It’s never been a big part of our business, but when an attorney contacts me with a question or a concern I can usually help, and if it turns into a case, oftentimes I get hired.  Brian Bot...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 12: Why Handicap Accessible?

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
You’ve stayed with me for a year now, so I’m going to risk a slightly different writing style for this installment of the Woods. The house used to have a natural flagstone floor in the entry foyer that was very rough and very uneven.  Most of the doorways were a standard 30&rdquo...

ALTA Surveys in Illinois

Monday, April 16, 2018
  An ALTA Survey is usually prepared for commercial, industrial, and non-residential properties. The standard for ALTA surveys was an agreement between the surveying and title insurance communities. The ALTA survey provides details the title people need to provide extended coverage for the p...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 11: Demolition Man, Part 2

Friday, March 30, 2018
If you can remember Installment 2 of this series, Critters #1, Bats and Rats and Elephants…Lord So Forlorn!  (June 1, 2017) you may recall that I introduced the topic that for my entire life the house had critters from the outside that were getting inside.  If you’ve never rea...

Want to be more creative (or solve a problem)? Go for a walk!

Thursday, March 15, 2018
I’ve routinely taken a mid-day walk, done so for several years under all types of weather.  I always felt it was simply a good break in the day; a chance to get away from the desk or out from a string of meetings to stretch the legs and shift focus onto other thoughts.  And I felt qu...