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Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.

Alyssa Golfieri is a shareholder in the Corporate and Commercial, Real Estate, and Public Sector groups of Babst Calland. Ms. Golfieri’s practice focuses primarily on corporate and real estate transactions, land use, and municipal law, with a strong emphasis on zoning, subdivision, and land development for both private and public sector clients. She advises and represents private sector clients on a wide array of real estate and land use related matters, including acquisitions, leases, easements, options, subdivisions, and land developments.  In this role, Ms. Golfieri assists private companies of various sizes and complexity work through all stages of a transaction, from site selection and due diligence to negotiation of purchase and sales agreements, to obtaining all necessary municipal land use approvals and permits, including special exception, conditional use, variance, subdivision, lot consolidations, and land development approvals. In addition, she counsels and represents municipal clients on a wide array of local land use and government issues, including economic development, the preparation of zoning and land development ordinances pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, the processing of land use and development applications, navigation of public bidding matters, and defense of Notices of Violations before zoning hearing boards and magisterial district judges.   Ms. Golfieri has served as a municipal and zoning hearing board solicitor for several years.  She is currently serving as solicitor for Frazer Township and Ford City Borough, and assistant solicitor for Sewickley Heights Borough. She has also successfully represented and obtained favorable decisions for both private and public sector clients on appeals and/or challenges of municipal decisions and approvals before local governing bodies, zoning hearing boards, the Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The bifurcated nature of Ms. Golfieri’s practice between the private and public sectors allows her the opportunity to offer clients a unique, strategic, and cost-effective perspective when advising on legal matters.

Frank Kosir, Jr. is an attorney with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP. Mr. Kosir has significant civil litigation and general practice experience in all areas of real property law including real estate tax assessment appeals, real estate sales, purchase, and leasing, oil and gas lease negotiations, real estate title defense and claims, landlord-tenant actions, quiet title actions, eminent domain actions, zoning and land use actions, boundary line disputes and Covid-19 related real estate issues. Prior to entering the practice of law, he acquired extensive experience in all facets of real estate development, sales, construction, and leasing with his family’s home construction company, which has operated for more than sixty years. Mr. Kosir’s knowledge of the construction, planning, and business aspects of real estate provide him with a unique understanding that he utilizes in assisting clients. He writes quarterly real estate update columns in The Legal Intelligencer and frequently lectures at continuing legal education programs.  

Scott Rothman is a partner with the firm Curley & Rothman LLC and he founded the firm’s real estate practice, encompassing both litigation and transactional matters. Through his work on behalf of the major title underwriters, he has developed the tools to get deals done right, and to cure deals gone wrong.  In the courtroom, his track record for unwinding frauds and resolving property disputes has earned him accolades as one of Pennsylvania’s premier real estate litigators. Mr. Rothman is also licensed as a title agent and settlement officer in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and manages the firm’s affiliated title companies, Spring Mill Settlement Services and Starboard Title.

Peter Schnore is a shareholder, Babst Calland and he helps his clients resolve real estate-related disputes including real estate tax-assessment appeals, eminent domain proceedings, and Pennsylvania real estate broker’s fees, planned community, condominium, boundary, and title disputes. He also negotiates real estate leases, easements, and related agreements. One area of concentration in Mr. Schnore’s practice is real property tax assessment appeals. He represents commercial and industrial property owners before county boards of assessment appeals and courts throughout Pennsylvania who are either seeking a real property tax exemption or a reduction in their tax obligations. Mr. Schnore has also represented many clients faced with defending the assessed value from a challenge brought by a local taxing authority. He has represented owners and lessees of a wide variety of property types including office, retail including conventional malls and lifestyle centers, restaurants, banks, hotels, multi-family including affordable housing, industrial plants, manufacturing facilities, cellular towers, landfills, mines and other mineral interests, and vacant land.

John Trant, Jr. has over twenty years of strategic planning, land use, economic development, government administration and municipal management experience working in both the public and private sectors. He often works closely with local governments throughout Pennsylvania to strategically address management, planning, land development and zoning matters. Mr. Trant pulls from his experiences as a consulting expert and as a local government administrator to efficiently and effectively assist local governments. His experience with municipalities of all shapes and sizes adds the value of a broad perspective and his knowledge as a municipal administrator brings practical insight and understanding of how to successfully address challenges and implement change at the local government level.

Mr. Skibinski is a Principal of Skibinski Associates, a consulting engineering firm located in State College, Pennsylvania. He has more than 40 years of experience in the consulting engineering and A/E professions. His broad background includes project management, design and construction administration of private and public-sector projects. These projects include land development (residential/commercial/industrial/institutional), master planning, roadway and bridge design, transportation planning, utility infrastructure, stormwater management, buildings and engineered systems, LEED/sustainable design, and wastewater treatment and collection. His expertise is well suited towards complex/multi-faceted projects with critical time frames. He possesses extensive experience with contract documents, contract administration, regulatory agencies, approval acquisition, project financing/budgeting and fund procurement. 

Mr. Skibinski is also on the faculty of Penn State’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University Park. He teaches undergraduate courses in construction management, construction engineering, project delivery systems, professional practice, ethics, engineering economy, and a graduate course in civil engineering project management. 

Mr. Skibinski is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a professional planner in New Jersey. He holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State and an MBA degree from the University of Scranton. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and is listed on their Roster of Neutrals as a construction arbitrator for construction and design disputes. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) and the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE). 

Mr. Messmer has over 30 years of engineering experience in analysis, design, plan/specification development, and project management/personnel supervision for geotechnical, foundation and structural engineering projects in the transportation, industrial, municipal and commercial fields of civil engineering. Throughout his career he has placed an emphasis on quality control and staff training. Mr. Messmer is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Highway Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers. He earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Messmer was accepted into the Academy of Geo-Professionals in 2013.

Mr. Gray is currently the managing partner at Alliance Law Firm International PLLC. His specialties include serving clients in tax matters, wealth management, estate planning, small and medium size business, venture capital, private equity, and natural resources (oil and gas). Mr. Gray previously worked for Nickel Capital LLC, a global small-cap equity fund, with responsibility for investments in communications technology, energy and basic materials companies as well as consulting on corporate finance and private equity transactions. Before Nickel, Mr. Gray spent over six years in management, credit and research with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the investment funds department. OPIC sponsors over 35 private equity funds in emerging markets with over $5 billion in total committed capital and nearly 385 invested subprojects. At OPIC, Mr. Gray had responsibility for monitoring OPIC’s entire funds portfolio, overseeing a small staff of analysts and managing specialized transactions with mature funds. Mr. Gray joined OPIC from ABN*AMRO Equities in Moscow, Russia, where he was in equity research for two years. He joined ABN in early-1997 to cover the metals, mining, forestry and capital goods for ABN’s global client base and was the first analyst at ABN to cover these sectors in Russia. Mr. Gray earned a B.A. degree from Haverford College, an M.A. degree from Yale University, an M.B.A. degree from the Yale School of Management, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court and other Federal Courts. Mr. Gray speaks English, Russian and German.

Lopes Law was founded by Managing Partner Mr. Lopes, who has a passion for entrepreneurship, development, and business growth. He has been involved in various entrepreneurial pursuits of his own, since 2009 while pursuing his undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration (with a focus on business law and entrepreneurship). Mr. Lopes continued working on various entrepreneurial projects and businesses, while working his way through law school. He then continued to expand his skills by getting his LL.M in taxation (along with an estate planning certificate), while working as an attorney at Duane Morris LLP. Mr. Lopes’s drive, passion and solutions-based approach means that you get more than just another business lawyer to help you grow your business or protect your assets. His experience in starting and running businesses has given him unique insights into the challenges that entrepreneurs face. Mr. Lopes’s passion for working with businesses on growth, operations, and cost-effective solutions to real-world business problems is what led him to start Lopes Law LLC. He saw a need for a law firm that not only provided legal expertise but also understood the challenges that entrepreneurs face.

Mr. Michak has been practicing law for more than thirty years. His areas of practice include auction law; general corporate and business matters; commercial transactions; administrative law; professional licensing; economic development financing and incentives; commercial and appellate litigation; oil and gas; real estate; and land use. Mr. Michak has a dedicated auction law practice, regularly representing auctioneers and auction companies on all legal aspects affecting the auction industry, including: contracts; litigation; administrative law; licensing and disciplinary matters; online auctions; intellectual property; business purchases and sales; land use; real estate; environmental issues; oil, gas, and mineral rights; federal and state restrictions on the sale of certain property (including taxidermy and firearms); sales tax; Uniform Commercial Code; succession planning; ethics; best practices; and risk management. Recognizing the significant impact of technology on the auction industry (and on the law as it relates to the auction industry) He monitors technological and legal developments affecting the industry. Mr. Michak also helps auctioneers and auction companies identify, manage, and reduce risk while educating sellers and buyers and protecting commissions, premiums, and fees. He regularly speaks before industry groups about developments in auction law, as well as best practices, contracts, ethics, and risk management for auctioneers. Articles written by Mr. Michak have appeared in the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association’s Keystone Auctioneer magazine and the National Auctioneers Association’s Auctioneer magazine. 

Mr. Michak has also been a frequent guest on Andy Imholte’s Fast Talking Podcast, addressing various auction law issues. During speaking engagements, He addresses the changing (and challenging) legal environment faced by auctioneers, with a focus on major legal issues, developing case law, and the importance of appropriate contract language, including bidder terms and conditions. Mr. Michak also has a strong background in corporate and business law, economic development financing, commercial litigation, administrative law and professional licensing, oil and gas, and real estate and land use. He graduated, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School, and holds a master’s degree in public administration from Penn State University where he was awarded a University Fellowship. Mr. Michak received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from King’s College. After law school, George served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable John A. Dooley III at the Vermont Supreme Court. George also served as Chief Counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, which is the Commonwealth’s principal economic development financing agency. As Chief Counsel for DCED, He also represented the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority, and the Governor’s Center for Local Government Services. Previously, Mr. Michak was a partner in a major Pittsburgh-based law firm, and, earlier, was associated with national law firms based in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh.

Ms. Rozzi with prior experience working in a global tax audit and consulting firm and as an Honors Intern with the Internal Revenue Service, She is well-versed in drafting tax considerations for multinational corporations’ legal entity mergers & acquisitions and formations. Ms. Rozzi focus will be assisting clients with various business, transactional and complex tax matters, and providing tax analyses with respect to mergers, acquisitions, entity structuring, and nonprofits in relation to local, state and federal taxation. In the community, she participates in various extracurricular activities and volunteer work, most notably in a charitable organization supporting breast cancer patients.

Donald R. Housley Sr., P.L.S. is a Pennsylvania Registered Professional Land Surveyor with extensive experience in land surveying, land development, subdivision planning, and municipal plan review. His professional work has included reviewing subdivision and land development plans for compliance with municipal zoning and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) requirements, including lot configurations, easements, monuments, survey documentation, and other technical requirements affecting the approval and recording of plans.

Mr. Housley is actively involved with the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS) and serves as a State Director for its Southwest Chapter. In addition to his surveying experience, he has personal experience in property development and has been a licensed Pennsylvania real estate professional since 2006. His combined background in surveying, land development, municipal review, and real estate provides a practical perspective on the technical and regulatory issues involved in Pennsylvania subdivision and platting.

Dr. Bishop specializes in the holistic evaluation of building and bridge structures. While at Exponent, he has led investigations of concrete, steel, wood, and masonry structures and their interior finishes and building envelope components that were damaged as a result of design/construction defects, construction procedures, and natural hazards, such as wind, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. These investigations typically include on-site testing and documentation, analysis of structural and non-structural component response, interpretation and application of building codes and standards, and identification of the most appropriate repair. He often employs sophisticated engineering analysis and state-of-the-art research in support of these investigations. Dr. Bishop sound engineering advice provides the basis necessary for building owners, insurers, and other stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Dr. Mazari is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Cal State Los Angeles, specializing in transportation infrastructure and pavement materials. He is the program manager of the Sikand Center for Sustainable and Intelligent Infrastructures (SITI-Center) and founder of the Sustainable Infrastructure Materials Research Lab (SIM-Lab) at Cal State LA. His research interests include sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure and transportation infrastructure materials. He is a member of technical committees at the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science and Engineering, and he is co-chair of the LTPP subcommittee of the Highway Pavement Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Dr. Mazari has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He has been actively involved in several national and state research projects, including the National Highway Cooperative Research Program (NCHRP) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Mr. Hein is a consulting civil engineer with over 40 years of experience in the design, evaluation and management of transportation infrastructure. He retired from Applied Research Associates, Inc. of Toronto, Canada, where he managed the 90-person Transportation Infrastructure Division in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Hein is the past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation and Development Institute (ASCE T&DI), and chair of several engineering standards committees. He is a member of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), past-chair of the pavements committee and past member of the Transportation Research Board pavement management, pavement maintenance and pavement preservation committees. Mr. Hein has been a member of the World Road Association (WRA) pavements and asset management committees since 2002. He has been involved in numerous national and international research, evaluation and asset management projects for Federal, State, Provincial and Municipal agencies and for many of the public/private/partnership highway construction projects across Canada and the United States.

Mr. Halsted is responsible for increasing the market share for ready mixed concrete products through education, promotion, design, technical services, and construction activities at the local, regional, and state level. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the use of cement and concrete in the pavements and geotechnical industry. Mr. Halsted has knowledge of planning, design, materials testing, construction, and sustainability; has participated in numerous training and construction workshops involving state and provincial transportation agencies, public works departments, universities, material suppliers, and consulting firms; and has authored several publications related to cement and concrete construction. He currently serves as a voting member of several Transportation Research Board (TRB), American Concrete Institute (ACI), and ASTM International (ASTM) standing technical committees. Mr. Halsted holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University and is a licensed engineer in the state of Georgia. Prior to joining NRMCA, he held civil and geotechnical engineering positions with the Portland Cement Association, the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, and the Georgia Department of Transportation. 

Mr. Sivigny has over 32 years of work experience in enforcement of the Minnesota Building Codes in both rural and metropolitan settings. He has spent many years in the industry as a code official and a construction manager. Mr. Sivigny is known nationally for his work in residential building codes, building durability issues, building science, air quality control, radon, energy and green building issues. He has traveled the country teaching these topics and has often been a featured speaker both locally and nationally on these topics as well.

Mr. Kaiser is Vice President of Business Operations at Sona Energy Solutions. He has spent the past 15 years designing and selling Clean Energy solutions including: energy efficiency (primarily LED lighting and industrial air compressors), solar thermal and solar PV, energy monitoring for commercial, industrial, and residential. Mr. Kaiser primary focus for the past 2 years has been EV charging solutions for multi-family, retail, fleets and DCFC. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of Georgia Tech and is passionate about all things related to sustainability. Mr. Kaiser lives in Atlanta, GA with wife and 2 young children.

Named by Landscape Ontario as 2020 and 2021’s Garden Communicator of the Year, gardening has been Mr. James’ hobby and profession for over 40 years. A graduate of Niagara Parks School of  Horticulture, a Master Gardener, writer, and teacher, he focuses on eco-gardening techniques, which makes sense since he grew up surrounded by nature. He has spoken from the Maritimes to Seattle and landscaped from Nova Scotia to California. Mr. James has had the honor to be part of creating the Ontario Landscape Tree Planting Guide, the Grow-Me-Instead guide, the Ontario Horticultural Apprenticeship Curriculum and the national Red Seal Occupational Standard, and the Master Gardeners Reference Manual. He has participated in chairing the Environmental Stewardship Committee for Landscape Ontario, the Environmental Committee for the Perennial Plant Association, moderating the Master Gardeners of Ontario Facebook page, judging the All-American Selections garden competition and Hamilton’s Monarch Awards. Mr. James has been the Ontario spokesperson for Garden Days Canada and he has appeared on many radio shows and on television and has instructed at the college level for 17 years. He owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’.

Dr. Sarah-Jeanne Royer is an oceanographer and a specialist on plastic degradation in the oceanic environment. She is currently working on this problem at Hawai’i Pacific University on the Island of Oahu in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Royer’s research focuses on common polymers including synthetic microfibers and their degradation times in the environment. She also investigates the different sources and sinks that connect plastic to the ocean such as the impact of the fishing industry with respect to the total mass balance of plastic discarded in the ocean.  Prior to this work, Dr. Royer investigated the emissions of greenhouse gases from plastics in the environment at the Center for Microbial Oceanography, Research and Education. She also worked with Prof. Nikolai Maximenko on marine debris at the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawaii where her research was linked to the pathways and fate of marine debris and plastic accumulation in the ocean in relation with the North Pacific Garbage Patch.  For more than a decade now, she has been working with several organizations to share her science, bring awareness to the growing issue of plastic in the environment and organized several educational workshops. Dr. Royer has been highly involved with the organization named Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, which is the biggest organization of beach cleanups in Hawaii. For five years she served as their science advisor and started using data collection from volunteers for citizen science projects. She is now the science advisor for Parley for the Oceans and works closely on related science topics with The Ocean Cleanup.  Dr. Royer’s goal is to pursue plastic research to better understand the degradation and fragmentation processes of plastic and fate in the ocean in addition to the plastic accumulation on the different islands of Hawai’i. Her long-last objective is for policymakers to use data from scientists and volunteers to design better laws and policies to reduce plastic production & consumption.

Director of Landscape Architecture at Westwood Professional Services
Chad Kennedy is a licensed landscape architect with decades of experience designing outdoor environments for public agencies and private-sector clients. Mr. Kennedy specializes in simplifying the design and construction process, helping clients anticipate challenges, control costs, and develop functional, durable spaces that serve diverse community needs.

Mr. Kennedy is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI), ISA Certified Arborist, LEED® AP BD+C, and ESRI ArcView Certified Professional. His work includes a particular focus on socially inclusive and sensory-integrated recreational environments, informed by extensive involvement with projects designed to accommodate users of varying abilities and needs.

Throughout his career, Mr. Kennedy has collaborated with public agencies across the country on the planning and preparation of construction documents for federal, state, and local government projects, as well as private developments. His work with municipalities, particularly in California, has contributed to the development of community spaces designed for long-term performance and use.

Mr. Kennedy also brings expertise in horticulture and arboriculture to his landscape architecture practice. His understanding of plant selection, urban growing conditions, and long-term maintenance allows him to consider both initial design objectives and the practical needs of the professionals responsible for maintaining these environments over time.

Mr. Love obtained his bachelor of science degree in Construction Technologies with a concentration in Community and Regional Planning from Appalachian State University. He is also a licensed general contractor. Mr. Love currently holds a Level III Standard Certificate in Building, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical and Level I Standard Fire Certificate from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. He teaches Building and Plumbing I, II and III Standard Courses to North Carolina Building Inspectors as well as continuing education courses for the North Carolina Building Inspectors’ Association. Mr. Love is currently on the Executive Board of the North Carolina Building Inspectors’ Association as the president-elect, and he also serves on the Education Committee as the co-chair and Site-Development Committee.

Ms. Holdridge, LEED Fellow, EIT, Associate AIA is the Sustainability Director at Lake|Flato Architects. Leveraging her background in mechanical engineering, she directs all Lake|Flato teams in establishing sustainability goals. Ms. Holdridge devises strategies and systems to realize those goals under programs such as LEED, the 2030 Challenge, and the Living Building Challenge. She works closely with teams to evaluate passive systems and performs energy modeling throughout the design process. Ms. Holdridge received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Mr. MacDonald is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and a member of ASTM, ASCE, the Concrete Society and Professional Engineers Ontario. His commitment to ACI includes a role as the past chair of the 132-Responsibility in Concrete Construction and chair of subcommittee 130-0B Production/Transport/Construction and 302 Construction of Concrete Floors. Further, Mr. MacDonald is a member of ACI committees 211-Proportioning Concrete Mixtures, 212-Chemical Admixtures, 223-Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete, and 232-Fly Ash in Concrete and 318 sub-A. In addition to his concrete consulting work, he is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in the construction management program where he teaches courses in concrete, reinforced concrete design and heavy construction. Mr. MacDonald brings considerable experience in field and lab concrete, quality control and problem-solving to his students and clients. He earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering as well as master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Materials from the University of Windsor in Ontario. Quality of concrete remains one of his interests. Mr. MacDonald is heavily involved in ACI certification with the Aggregate and Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Minnesota.

Ms. Napoli is a fire protection and life safety consultant who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Working with a variety of clients, project types, and consultants, she enjoys that every day provides a new challenge to solve, and no two projects are the same. Ms. Napoli mostly focuses her consulting efforts on residential projects including accessibility code analysis. Her background in Architectural Engineering provides a unique perspective on how clients come to decisions during the design process which allows her to communicate seamlessly with architects. As a growing project manager, Ms. Napoli is excited to continue developing her clients to provide quality, project-specific deliverables.

As a licensed professional fire protection engineer, Mr. Schmidt is a Sr Project Manager at Code Red Consultants with a decade of experience solving complex fire and life safety code issues on buildings ranging from small scale office tenant improvements to high-rise hospital medical complexes. He has demonstrated this broad multi-project type and market sector Fire Protection and Life Safety Consulting experience in jurisdictions across the country from California to Massachusetts.

Through his dedication, creative problem-solving skills, and outside-the-box thinking, it is Mr. Schmidt’s mission and commitment to work closely with the design team to enable and achieve the team’s vision for the project, while keeping life safety as a priority. Mr. Schmidt’s expertise includes building and fire code consulting, fire protection and fire alarm systems consulting (suppression, alarm & smoke control), accessibility, and performance-based design.