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President of Collaborative Access Studio
Employed in the architecture and construction industry since 1988, Mr. Dea is a licensed architect in the states of California and Utah and is an ICC-certified accessibility inspector/plans examiner. Since 2001, his practice has focused on compliance with federal and state accessibility standards, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan services, and accessible design covering buildings, sites, and pedestrian facilities in public rights-of-way. This has encompassed accessibility evaluations, plan reviews, and code analyses for numerous corporate, education, and governmental clients.

Summary of Experience

• Consultant access compliance plan reviewer to California’s Division of the State Architect (DSA) – Los Angeles Basin Region Office (2004-2011)
•  One of California’s first certified access specialists (CASp #023), based on experience and testing criteria administered by the DSA (2008)
• Alternate delegate (2014-2021) and primary delegate (2021-current) to the ICC/ANSI Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, contributing to creation of the 2017 edition of the ICC A117.1 Accessibility
  Standard. The A117.1 Standard is adopted by building code jurisdictions throughout the United States.
• Provider of over 50 accessibility training presentations to licensed architects and engineers, attorneys, public agencies, and professional organizations, including a 5-hour course addressing the continuing education
  requirement for California architects.
•  Provider of technical assistance to attorneys and other clients to assist in the resolution of lawsuits, complaints, and claims related to state and federal access laws.

President of Collaborative Access Studio
Employed in the architecture and construction industry since 1988, Mr. Dea is a licensed architect in the states of California and Utah and is an ICC-certified accessibility inspector/plans examiner. Since 2001, his practice has focused on compliance with federal and state accessibility standards, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan services, and accessible design covering buildings, sites, and pedestrian facilities in public rights-of-way. This has encompassed accessibility evaluations, plan reviews, and code analyses for numerous corporate, education, and governmental clients.

Summary of Experience

• Consultant access compliance plan reviewer to California’s Division of the State Architect (DSA) – Los Angeles Basin Region Office (2004-2011)
•  One of California’s first certified access specialists (CASp #023), based on experience and testing criteria administered by the DSA (2008)
• Alternate delegate (2014-2021) and primary delegate (2021-current) to the ICC/ANSI Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, contributing to creation of the 2017 edition of the ICC A117.1 Accessibility
  Standard. The A117.1 Standard is adopted by building code jurisdictions throughout the United States.
• Provider of over 50 accessibility training presentations to licensed architects and engineers, attorneys, public agencies, and professional organizations, including a 5-hour course addressing the continuing education
  requirement for California architects.
•  Provider of technical assistance to attorneys and other clients to assist in the resolution of lawsuits, complaints, and claims related to state and federal access laws.

Ricardo A. Alvarez is the founder of Mitigat.com. He is internationally recognized as an expert, researcher, educator, speaker and panelist, media resource, writer, editor and peer-reviewer, expert witness and consultant in the fields of hazard mitigation, vulnerability assessment, climate change adaptation focusing on the built-environment, coastal region vulnerability, risk and resilience, hazard-resistant design and construction, risk assessment and management, mitigation planning, and benefit-cost analysis applied to mitigation alternatives. In addition to his private consulting activities, Mr. Alvarez is also a Research Associate of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University, and he is a member of the Miami-Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy Steering Committee. He is the author of Paraiso Protegido: hacia una cultura de mitigacion and Hurricane Mitigation for the Built Environment.

Dr. Lynette Cardoch leads Moffatt & Nichol’s resiliency services as the Director of Resilience & Adaptation. She is a coastal ecologist with over 20 years of experience in regulatory & water policies, coastal restoration, and urban & coastal resiliency. Her assignments include steering interdisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, and regulators. Dr. Cardoch has also worked closely with coastal utilities and natural resource agencies on integrated planning and operationalizing resiliency, particularly for coastal protection, storm surge, and interior flooding. She has been appointed to the Biscayne Bay Task Force and also serves as a government relations liaison, taking science and engineering to the policy level.

Jannek Cederberg, PE is originally from Denmark and earned his Master’s degree in coastal engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. Prior to relocating to Miami, he worked in the coastal and marine engineering departments for two large international consulting firms. Mr. Cederberg has served as principal engineer for numerous internationally acclaimed waterfront projects. Mr. Cederberg has been selected to participate in expert groups related to marina design and waterfront development as well as serve as an expert witness. He is a recognized speaker on coastal resiliency in Florida. Mr. Cederberg is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida.
 

Penny Cutt is Edgewater Resources’ Director of Environmental Sciences and brings to the firm 25 years of experience in environmental monitoring, assessment, planning and regulatory permitting. Ms. Cutt oversees all coastal and waterfront projects in the southern half of the US and the Caribbean. As a marine ecologist in the public and private sectors, she easily navigates the complex web of environmental regulations that dictate aquatic and coastal ecosystems. She is able to quickly evaluate complex scientific information and communicate it to lay leaders for decision-making purposes. The first half of her career was in the public sector administering federal, state, and county environmental regulatory programs. Ms. Cutt is passionate about protecting the coastal environment and resources in her own backyard and serves on the Broward County Marine Advisory Committee. She is vice-chair of the Pompano Beach Marine Advisory Board, serves on the Pompano Beach Zoning Board of Appeals, and is a board director of Friends of Our Florida Reefs.

Ms. Deady is the president of Erin L. Deady, P.A., a full-service legal and consulting firm. She is a licensed attorney in Florida, a certified land planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners and a LEED AP. Ms. Deady’s practice is primarily focused on public sector government representation but also includes numerous private sector and agricultural clients. Her practice includes environmental restoration initiatives, water, energy, climate, local government, administrative law and land use issues. A large area of the firm’s representation is helping clients navigate the increasing challenges of resiliency and climate adaptation and potential liabilities associated with responding to climate change.

Ms. Haag is the chief resilience officer for Monroe County, located in the fabulous Florida Keys. She has been with the County for 13 years and leads the County’s resiliency and sustainability efforts to help prepare the County and its coastal communities for the effects of sea level rise in what is one of the most vulnerable regions in the country. To assist in these efforts, Ms. Haag serves as an active member of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Steering Committee. She also leads the County’s environmental canal restoration program, restoring the numerous canals in the Keys that do not meet state water quality standards. She also leads the county’s marine debris removal efforts for canals that have been affected by hurricanes. Ms. Haag’s experience includes previous service with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District, where she served in several roles including Service Center Director, Everglades Outreach Manager, and Contracts Manager. Ms. Haag is committed to improving the marine environment in the Keys, providing for the future livability of residents in these vulnerable island communities and ensuring the resilience efforts of the County continue to remain in the forefront and ahead of the cumulative effects of climate change.

Flood Mitigation Specialist for Floodproofing.com in the state of Florida.
Paul Marcello is a college graduate of Johns Hopkins University Class of ’13 with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering. He has extensive knowledge on FEMA and building code flood regulations and can assist with commercial and residential floodproofing designs. With a background of 100+ presentations promoting for flood resilience, Mr. Marcello has instructed architects, code officials, surveyors, builders, and homeowners on best practices for flood mitigation.

Charles “Chuck” Allen has over 12 years of experience in building envelope and architecture forensics. His experience and knowledge focus on the control layers of building enclosures, including roofing systems, wall assemblies, cladding systems, fenestration systems, and other design issues that can create opportunities for catastrophic mold and moisture failures. He has applied his expert architectural knowledge and cutting-edge technological skills to some of the world’s largest and most complicated building failure projects, many of which span multiple construction industries. These include the 1.2 Million SF Orlando VA Medical Complex, FRHI 2,000+ rooms in Southeast Asia, Disney’s Grand Floridian Building Envelope refurbishment, and The University of Virginia CAS and ITE building. His ability to efficiently aggregate, organize, analyze and deliver information based on massive data points makes him a necessary part of building forensics projects worldwide. He is also a reviewer of the updated NCARB Mold and Moisture Monograph course. 

George H. DuBose brings over 30 years of experience in building forensics, focusing on failures related to mold and moisture issues. He is the co-author of three manuals on IAQ and Mold Prevention. These manuals, written for the EPA/ASHRAE, NCARB, and a major theme park owner, have been used on over $4B in construction. He has consulted on multiple mold and moisture-related failures across many industries, such as 1.5M SF in healthcare. In hospitality, he has consulted on resorts and hotel projects comprising over 40,000 rooms, including resorts in Southeast Asia. He has also consulted on moisture failures in apartment, student, and senior living housing totaling over 5,000 units, individual residences, and military housing, including one military subdivision totaling over 1,000 homes. In addition, he has consulted on educational buildings and campuses, including one in the Middle East, totaling over $1B in construction. 

Richard Scott, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a senior forensic architect/vice president with Liberty Building Forensics Group. Mr. Scott has more than 35 years of architectural experience and has conducted IAQ, mold, moisture and forensic investigations in more than 300 hotels, resorts, office buildings, and other commercial, residential and institutional buildings. Registered as an architect in four states, he is a regular lecturer on the subject of why buildings have mold and moisture failures, and on how these failures can be prevented. Mr. Scott has written multiple technical articles and papers on moisture control, building envelopes, mold and IAQ, and he has presented for organizations including NCARB, AIA and ASHRAE.

Donald B. Snell has over 25 years of experience with HVAC and building envelope systems mold and moisture failures. In cases where HVAC failure can lead to catastrophic moisture and mold intrusion, he is sought after by building owners, building managers, attorneys, and contractors to determine the issues surrounding these highly complex building failures. His experience has helped defend or recover hundreds of millions of dollars in costs in some of the world’s most complicated HVAC system failures. His diagnosis and remedial solutions have helped some of the largest commercial builders in the world, including NASA, Disney, FRHI, and Hyatt, solve HVAC mold-related failures in their buildings. 

Aston & Bird LLPMs. Cazan is an experienced construction attorney and dedicated business counselor. One hundred percent of her practice over the past 14 years has focused on representing clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation of construction, development and real estate related disputes, including claims for delay, acceleration, interference, defective construction, defective design, scope changes and other issues. She has successfully prosecuted and defended high-profile and high-dollar claims all over the country for quality clients in a wide variety of industries, including energy, hospitality, health care, mixed-use, multi-family, industrial, manufacturing, retail and education. On the transactional side, Ms. Cazan has extensive experience drafting and negotiating agreements for construction management, engineering procurement construction, design-build, program management, project management and architectural and engineering services. She has also helped numerous clients with mid-project change orders and amendments necessary to resolve disputes and prevent future litigation.

George H. DuBose brings over 30 years of experience in building forensics, focusing on failures related to mold and moisture issues. He is the co-author of three manuals on IAQ and Mold Prevention. These manuals, written for the EPA/ASHRAE, NCARB, and a major theme park owner, have been used on over $4B in construction. He has consulted on multiple mold and moisture-related failures across many industries, such as 1.5M SF in healthcare. In hospitality, he has consulted on resorts and hotel projects comprising over 40,000 rooms, including resorts in Southeast Asia. He has also consulted on moisture failures in apartment, student, and senior living housing totaling over 5,000 units, individual residences, and military housing, including one military subdivision totaling over 1,000 homes. In addition, he has consulted on educational buildings and campuses, including one in the Middle East, totaling over $1B in construction. 

Steven Gleason, PE, has over 25 years of experience in construction consulting, including evaluation, design, project management, and expert testimony services related to moisture intrusion and building envelope failures both domestically and internationally. Mr. Gleason provides consulting services related to a wide variety of construction materials and building envelope components, including masonry, concrete, glazing systems, stone, stucco, EIFS, sealants, coatings, roofing andwaterproofing systems. He has consulted on over 500 projects ranging from residences to 70-story high rises.

Richard Scott, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a senior forensic architect/vice president with Liberty Building Forensics Group. Mr. Scott has more than 35 years of architectural experience and has conducted IAQ, mold, moisture and forensic investigations in more than 300 hotels, resorts, office buildings, and other commercial, residential and institutional buildings. Registered as an architect in four states, he is a regular lecturer on the subject of why buildings have mold and moisture failures, and on how these failures can be prevented. Mr. Scott has written multiple technical articles and papers on moisture control, building envelopes, mold and IAQ, and he has presented for organizations including NCARB, AIA and ASHRAE.

Charles Allen, AIA, has emerged as a leader in the industry of building and architecture forensics. Mr. Allen’s experience and knowledge center around building envelopes, roofing systems, wall systems and other design features that can create opportunities for catastrophic mold and moisture failures. He has applied his architectural knowledge and technical skills to some of the largest and most complicated building failure claims in the world, including the Orlando VA Medical Complex, Disney properties, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International in Southeast Asia and academic buildings at the University of Virginia.

George H. DuBose brings over 30 years of experience in building forensics, focusing on failures related to mold and moisture issues. He is the co-author of three manuals on IAQ and Mold Prevention. These manuals, written for the EPA/ASHRAE, NCARB, and a major theme park owner, have been used on over $4B in construction. He has consulted on multiple mold and moisture-related failures across many industries, such as 1.5M SF in healthcare. In hospitality, he has consulted on resorts and hotel projects comprising over 40,000 rooms, including resorts in Southeast Asia. He has also consulted on moisture failures in apartment, student, and senior living housing totaling over 5,000 units, individual residences, and military housing, including one military subdivision totaling over 1,000 homes. In addition, he has consulted on educational buildings and campuses, including one in the Middle East, totaling over $1B in construction. 

Steven Gleason, PE, has over 25 years of experience in construction consulting, including evaluation, design, project management, and expert testimony services related to moisture intrusion and building envelope failures both domestically and internationally. Mr. Gleason provides consulting services related to a wide variety of construction materials and building envelope components, including masonry, concrete, glazing systems, stone, stucco, EIFS, sealants, coatings, roofing andwaterproofing systems. He has consulted on over 500 projects ranging from residences to 70-story high rises.

Nathan Sanders brings over 20 years of professional experience in building forensics and building systems interactions, focusing on failures that result in microbial, bacteria, and IAQ issues. Professional organizations, including ASHRAE, AIHA, and NIH, seek his knowledge of the design, construction, and building materials to industry partners as an expert on the interactions and issues that arise when building components fail. Across the US, his expertise has been provided to multi-family/student housing developers, totaling $1B+ in construction. He has also provided his expertise to Hyatt Hotels International with $300MM in renovations and temporary housing manufacturers involved in a $145MM+ contract supplying 3000+ housing units to FEMA. In addition, he has been involved with a UNC Wilmington post-Hurricane Florence $150MM+ claim and with $5M in Legionella mitigation for an extensive healthcare system. As an expert witness, he has provided services for clients pursuing and defending claims related to mold, bacteria, and chemical issues that have arisen in the building environment. These matters have included a contractor builder’s risk claim for a $60 Million water intrusion mold problem, a $15 Million developer claim against the contractor for negligent remediation, and a $10 Million homeowner association claim against the designer for a defective design. 

Richard Scott, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a senior forensic architect/vice president with Liberty Building Forensics Group. Mr. Scott has more than 35 years of architectural experience and has conducted IAQ, mold, moisture and forensic investigations in more than 300 hotels, resorts, office buildings, and other commercial, residential and institutional buildings. Registered as an architect in four states, he is a regular lecturer on the subject of why buildings have mold and moisture failures, and on how these failures can be prevented. Mr. Scott has written multiple technical articles and papers on moisture control, building envelopes, mold and IAQ, and he has presented for organizations including NCARB, AIA and ASHRAE.

Donald B. Snell has over 25 years of experience with HVAC and building envelope systems mold and moisture failures. In cases where HVAC failure can lead to catastrophic moisture and mold intrusion, he is sought after by building owners, building managers, attorneys, and contractors to determine the issues surrounding these highly complex building failures. His experience has helped defend or recover hundreds of millions of dollars in costs in some of the world’s most complicated HVAC system failures. His diagnosis and remedial solutions have helped some of the largest commercial builders in the world, including NASA, Disney, FRHI, and Hyatt, solve HVAC mold-related failures in their buildings. 

Project Manager at CDM Smith in Raleigh, NCMr. Reeder is a nationally-recognized subject matter expert in flood and wind mitigation. He has been an author on approximately 12 publications for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For the past six years he has been the instructor for FEMA’s Coastal Construction and the Fundamentals of Building Science Classes at the Emergency Management Institute. He was an instructor and developed the course materials for FEMA’s Nonresidential Floodproofing Course and a course utilizing ASCE 24 for flood mitigation projects. Currently he is the technical lead for a FEMA study to evaluate flood mitigation options for multifamily buildings. Mr. Reeder is a primary author on the update to FEMA P-348 Protecting Building Utilities from Flood Damage. In August 2016 Mr. Reeder completed a study for FEMA on the economic benefits of nonresidential flood mitigation in coastal areas. He provided FEMA and the State of Louisiana assistance with the development of grant applications related to hurricane mitigation. In August of 2015 he was requested by the Georgetown University Climate Center to provide a technical review of a paper discussing mitigation efforts after Hurricane Katrina. He was also an advisor to the New York City Planning Department’s Guide to Retrofitting Buildings for Flood Risk and other Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Mr. Reeder received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from The Citadel. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in North Carolina and South Carolina and is a certified floodplain manager.

Mr. Squerciati has over 26 years of post-disaster damage assessment and hazard mitigation experience under Dewberry’s Technical Assistance Contracts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He has worked on numerous floods and other natural disasters as well as terrorist events. Mr. Squerciati has provided assistance in developing and updating several FEMA policy and technical documents including Protecting Building Utilities From Flood Damage (FEMA P-348), Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast (FEMA 549), Flood Damage-Resistant Materials Requirements (NFIP Technical Bulletin 2), Protecting Manufactured Homes from Floods and Other Hazards (FEMA P-85), Engineering Principles and Practices for Retrofitting Flood Prone Residential Buildings (FEMA P-259), Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana Mitigation Assessment Team Report (FEMA P-938), Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings (FEMA P-936), Mitigation Assessment Team Report – Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York: Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance (FEMA P-942), and Mitigation Assessment Team Report – Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico (FEMA P-2020). Mr. Squerciati currently serves on flood-related technical standard committees for both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and ASTM International.

Mr. Squerciati has developed course materials and served as an instructor for the following courses at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute: Multi-Hazard Mitigation Design Concepts (E312), Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings (E279), Benefit-Cost Analysis (E276), Public Assistance Mitigation (E239), Residential Coastal Construction (E386) and Advanced FEMA Building Science Concepts (E2460). In addition, he assisted in the development of materials and been an instructor for numerous field training workshops, webinars and online seminars for Substantial Damage estimation, structural flood-proofing, NFIP technical bulletins, coastal construction, protecting manufactured homes from flooding, and Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA). Mr. Squerciati received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil engineering from the Cooper Union with a major in structural engineering and a minor in geotechnical engineering. He has taken additional course work on engineering for extreme winds at Texas Tech University. Mr. Squerciati is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Louisiana and is a Certified Floodplain Manager.

Mr. Coulbourne has a Civil Engineering degree from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Virginia. He has more than 40 years of experience in the engineering and construction business. Most of this experience has been focused on buildings, with the last 15 years exclusively devoted to engineering solutions to the problems created by high wind and flood events including hurricanes and tornadoes. Mr. Coulbourne is actively engaged in guidelines and standards used by engineering professionals and builders for improving the performance of buildings in natural hazard environments, and he has been part of damage assessment teams for many major high wind and flood events. He teaches high wind and flooding design concepts for design professionals through workshops and webinars and has authored several high wind design guides including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Coastal Construction Manual. Mr. Coulbourne is active in the engineering standards work of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 7 Minimum Design Loads on Buildings and Other Structures and ASCE 24 Flood Resistant Design and Construction. He is a licensed professional engineer in Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland and he is a certified structural engineer and certified building inspection engineer. Mr. Coulbourne has taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Delaware.