Dr. Gerbo is a licensed civil engineer in Colorado who has 5 years of experience in the design and construction industry. He has a wide background in Civil and Architectural Engineering as those disciplines apply to buildings and infrastructure. Dr. Gerbo has hands-on construction experience in the construction trades, including framing, excavation, and concrete and steel erection. As an engineer, he has experience in the repair design of damaged structures, strengthening of existing buildings, construction engineering fields, and interpretation and application of building codes. He has investigated structural and architectural damage induced by expansive soils, water intrusion, fires, construction defects, and vehicular impact. Dr. Gerbo has been involved with several litigation investigations regarding property damage as well as personal injury. He has experience in the strengthening of open web steel joist roof systems, evaluation and repair of wood and concrete deterioration in both conventionally reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, investigation of heaving/subsidence of residential and commercial properties, rehabilitation of historic steel and masonry structures, investigation of façade distress on tall commercial buildings, inspection of steel and concrete bridges, and load testing.