Dean Tekell Consulting exists to provide advice on the safe, efficient, and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods on streets, highways, parking lots, sidewalks, bikeways, and transit systems.
Dean Tekell Consulting can assist you with:
Traffic Impact Studies, Queuing Studies for Drive-Through Services, Traffic Calming and Neighborhood Speed Control, School Trip and Pedestrian Safety Plans, Site Selection Planning, Parking Lot Layout and Circulation, Traffic Accident Reduction and Highway Safety Techniques, Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Traffic and Parking Regulation, Traffic Signal Analysis for New and Existing Traffic Signals, Parking Lot and Garage Operation, Transit Funding and Operation, Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (i.e. red light cameras and speed control)
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Cum Laude; University of Southwestern Louisiana, May 1980
Post Graduate Training:
Northwestern University - Traffic Institute courses and workshops in:
Technical Accident Investigation
Vehicle Dynamics
Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Identification and Treatment of High Hazard Locations
Highway - Railroad Grade Crossings
Federal Highway Administration courses in:
TRANSYT-7F (A Traffic Signal Timing Optimization Model)
Traffic Detection
Transportation Research Board Circular 212
Other courses in:
Interconnection of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems and Highway Traffic Signals
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Graduate of Lafayette Chamber of Commerce - Leadership Lafayette IV
Certified Senior Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana
Parish Council Member for St. Mary Church in Lafayette
Funding Allocation Team Member for the United Way of Acadiana
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering; University of Southwestern Louisiana (1987 - 1988)
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: Approx. 80
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 14
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: The firm offers developers and architects advice on site selection, traffic access to their site and traffic circulation on their site. The firm provides insight into potential problems with zoning and subdivision regulations. Traffic impact studies, traffic signal warrant analysis, traffic signal design and permitting services related to development activity are also available through the firm. Parking garage and parking lot operations are specialties offered to business institutions.
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: 150
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 150
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Out of pocket expenses
