Mr. Merck is an expert in heavy equipment, hydraulics, air systems, and accident reconstruction. He has worked in all phases of construction for over forty years and has thirty-five years of experience as a heavy equipment operating engineer and mechanic. Other areas of expertise include forklifts, industrial, machinery, premises liability, prevention & safety, railroad, slip & fall, trucking, vehicular, trip & fall, cement mixers, combines, conveyors, fork lifts, drills, farm equipment, construction equipment, machine design, grinders, protective clothing & eyewear, pumps, safety goggles, sanders, scaffolds, machine guarding analysis, hearing protection devices, equipment and machines- standards & practices & warnings, acoustics, building inspection, building design, carpentry, construction defect, construction claims, construction codes, construction scheduling, curbs, decks, delay damages, foundations, epoxy flooring systems, epoxy injection & chemical grouting, highway lighting, highway design and construction, geotechnical engineer, industrial hygiene, owner's representative, parking facility construction, power tool safety, quality control, public works, pre-cast concrete, remediation, roads, road construction, sewers, sidewalks, shoring, street maintenance, welding, uniform building codes, trench excavation safety, asphalt and quarries-rock, sand & gravel.
Additional office:
1378 East Springwater Way
Eagle Mountain, Utah 84005
Phone (801) 472-5318
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Professional Affiliations/Credentials and Certificates
ÿ Operating Engineers 1964 ñ Present
ÿ California Teaching Credential ñ Public Safety and Accident Prevention
ÿ H.A.S.M.A.T. Training Certificate
ÿ Railroad Safety Training Certificate
ÿ Blaw-Knox Paving School Certificate
ÿ Cedarrapids Material Handling Safety Course Certificate
ÿ Chemical and Refinery Safety Training Certificate
ÿ B.A.A.C.W. Safety Training School Certificate
ÿ Mine Safety Training Certificate
Education
ÿ Caterpillar Paving School, San Leandro CA.
ÿ Blaw-Knox Paving School, Matune, Ill.
ÿ Cedarrapids Material Handling, Hayward, CA
ÿ C.S.U. at San Jose, CA. ñ B.A. Degree Industrial Arts
ÿ Chabot College, Hayward, CA. ñ A.A. Degree
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Operating Engineers 1964 - Present
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Teaching Experience:
Safety and accident prevention...Vocational Education Department
Drafting, welding, automotive and design engineering....Industrial Arts Department
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 41
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Construction defect on heavy equipment, hydraulic and numatic systems
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 35
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 65
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 32
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: June 2003
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 7
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 3
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 3
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: consulting, site inspections, reports, general knowledge
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 150
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 150
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 250
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 250
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Field inspection and data collection: $100/hour---half day minimum
travel: $75/hour
References
Dean Rice, Esq.Macaluso, Rice, Baker & Macaluso
4510 Executive Drive; Suite 205
San Diego, CA. 92121
858-550-1555
www.mrbmlaw.com
Robert L. Sherlock, Esq.
Sherlock, Sinatra & Felchlin
301 N. Lake Avenue; Suite 1100
P.O. Box 7073
Pasadena, CA. 91109-7073
262-432-4900
