Meckler Forensic Group, Los Angeles, California professionals headed by Principal Milton Meckler, P.E., CPC, CES, have 20 plus years experience in several specialty areas involving general building , engineered construction and construction management, mechanical, industrial ,chemical, environmental and manufacturing engineering areas having served as experts and consultants in a number of states including California, Nevada, Texas, Michigan, New York, Florida and Illinois for attorneys, insurance carriers or sureties handling project clean up or close out issues.

Our professionals have also served governmental clients e.g. US Attorney General 's office on contractual fraud issues and local City Attorney offices on civil claims, and litigation support to attorneys including but not limited to:accident analysis and reconstruction, elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks, explosions, fires and fire reconstruction, pipelines, seat belts, air conditioning ,heating ventilating and refrigerating systems, automobile and other vehicular accidents, local, national ,uniform and international building codes, chemical plant explosions, central heating, cooling, and cogeneration plants, cold weather engineering and permafrost, construction safety , hazards and failures, hospital design and peer reviews, pumping systems, trench and excavation safety, amusement ride construction defects and safety, on-site and building storm drainage, construction practices ,standards and procedures, industrial ventilation, machinery accidents and failures, construction cost and repair, movie production defects, industrial accidents, OSHA regulations, ANSI, ISO and ASHRAE standards, tunneling accidents, energy and utility rate analysis, plumbing defects and failures, industrial piping systems, pollution control, product liability, product safety design, slip,trip and falls, and systems safety engineering, telecommunications, HOA construction defects, construction scheduling and delay damages and fire protection and sprinklers.

MECKLER FORENSIC GROUP continues in the tradition of its predecessor firm: THE MECKLER GROUP, established in 1980 to deliver prompt and meaningful responses to all clients needs, achieve and where possible exceed performance goals established for all forensic service delivered.

Mr. Meckler is also a CSEB Board Certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering by the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) and has served as a consultant, mediator, arbitrator, and expert witness in over 200 lawsuits.

Mr. Meckler was selected as a finalist to receive the 2004 Platts Global Energy Lifetime Achievement Award. Platts, a division of McGraw-Hill, is the world's largest energy information provider. The award is also sponsored by Capgemini, HP, and Business Week.

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Background

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
A: see CV

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: see CV

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: over 225

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: case histories are available upon request



Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: approximately 60

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: approximately 40

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: approximately 60

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: approximately 40

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: approximately 40

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: since 1978

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: please see website and introduction to profile

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: available upon request

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: available upon request

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: available upon request

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: available upon request

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: available upon request

References

References available upon request.

Publications

• The Update, Volume 3, Number 11, November 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Engineers Refocus on Sustainable Transit 2) Need for Stronger, Less Costly Steel Walls 3) Getting A Step Closer In Our Voyage To Mars 4) Plans Now Underway to Keep New York Afloat
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 10, October 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Reducing Highway Fatalities Thru Networks 2) Destination Elevators Smarter and Faster 3) Plug-In Hybrids Seem to Make Better Sense 4) Fix For Restoring FL Everglades in the Pipeline
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 9, September 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Audits Mandated for California Oil Facilities 2) Bechtel's "Big Dig" Problems Compound 3) Lesson Still Sought in N.Y. Dam's Collapse 4) U.S. Coe Call N. Levees into Question
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 08, August 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) GM's Bold Out-of-Box Approach to LAX Sales 2) Recycling Coal "Fly Ash" For A Runway 3) Bechtel's "Big Dig" Problems Concern San Jose 4) DOT's New 6-Point Plan to Improve Congestion
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 07, July 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Florida Seeks Standards fo Electrical Grid 2) U.S. EPA Adopts New Concrete Mixing Standard 3) Big Easy's Recovery May Now Be In Jeopardy 4) NIST Effort to Put Storm Lessons Into Codes
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 05, May 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Enabling Buildings to Withstand Earthquakes 2) The Fix is on For Lake Okeechobee in Florida 3) Real-Time Maps to Make Cities More Livable 4) A Safer World One Failure at a Time?
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 06, June 2006, Issues Address: 1) Army Engineers Corps Report Details Failures 2) Study Results Impact Duke Energy NC Plants 3) Energy Firms Bet Gas Ports Won't Happen 4) Incidents Prompt Scrutiny of Plane Software
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 03, March 2005, Issues Addressed: 1)Targeting o U.S. Power Grid of Major Concern 2) Costly Surety Issues Re: Subcontractor Default 3) Performance-Based Building Design Concerns 4) Improve Airplane Ventilation to Curb Illness
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 04, April 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) Without Management Safety Will Suffer 2) Turning Wind Power on Its Side Benefits Users 3) Corps of Engineers Revise Their Estimates 4) Get Ready for Coal Powered Jets
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 03, March 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) WMO Found 2004 Record Year for Carbon Dioxide 2) Schools Drop Ball on Needed Computing Skills 3) U.S. Bridge Disasters: Collapse and Chaos? 4) The Need to Pull Plug on Standby Power Loss
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 02, February 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) San Francisco Buildings Still Remain at Risk 2) NSF Efforts to Test Failed Levee Soils Delayed 3) Costs for Nuclear Waste Repository Uncertain 4) Exploring President's 2007 $2.7 Trillion
• The Update, Volume 3, Number 01, January 2006, Issues Addressed: 1) At Last Meaningful Fines For Data Breaches 2) Efforts to Jump-Start Nuclear Power Growing 3) Federal Agencies Back Green Building Principles 4) New Sensors to Detect Icy Bridges Underway
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 09, September 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Seeing Green In Brownfield Sites 2) Flood Defense Lessons From U.K. and Holland 3) Katrina / Rita Challenges for the Power Industry 4) Nasa Plans for Returning to the Moon by 2018
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 08, August 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) MIT Report Stirs Greater Hurricane Concerns 2) Big Dig Concrete Supplier Being Investigated 3) Proposed New River Locks May Hold The Key? 4) 9 States Challenge U.S. on Not Regulating Gas
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 07, July 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) WTC Report Triggers Safety Concerns 2) The "What If" Factor For CA Nuclear Power 3) U.S. Losing Lead in Engineering and Science 4) Innovative Process Spurs Construction
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 06, June 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Congress Plans for National Innovation Summit 2) New EPA Rule Will Generate Major Retrofit Work 3) More States Favoring Green Buildings 4) Polymers Offer Alternative For Our Bridges
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 05, May 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Detecting Speech Without Sound? 2) New Energy Advance Fueled by Wood Alchemy? 3) VOIP Construction Impacts Can Be Significant 4) Boston's Big Dig May Be In For A Big Dunk
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 04, April 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) High Profile Green Building Giants 2) New Thinking For Next Generation Power Plants 3) NIST Exploring Dedicated Firefighter Elevators 4) Can We Have Overly Smart Buildings?
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 02, February 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Hurricanes May Alter Florida Building Codes 2) Lack of Bonding Capacity Losses Not Covered 3) Scientists Develop First Mechanical Cochlea 3) Extending Vision Beyond What Camera Can See
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 01, January 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Subcontractor's Major Lien Reduction Upheld 2) Wrong Mix Costs Concrete Supplier $5.4 Million 3) New Artificial Skin for Sever Burn Victims 4) New Tool to Help Protect Against Terrorist
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 5, September 2004, Issues Addressed: 1) Accident Scene Head Trauma Methods Advance 2) Reverse Auction Bidding: Owner Benefit or Not? 3) Growing Use of Online Project Collaboration 4) Smart Glass Blocks Summer Heat; Not Light
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 12, December 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) States Divide Over Climate Warming Issues 2) Launches Less Than 1950 Off Florida Coast 3) Fixing the Big Easy Will Be Huge And Costly 4) Traffic Engineers Touting Roundabouts For U.S.
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 11, November 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Wetlands May Return to Rescue Big Easy's Future 2) High Fuel Cost Re-Igniting Interest in Nuclear 3) Terrorism Concerns Drive Interest in Filtration 4) The Ever Changing Shape of...
• The Update, Volume 2, Number 10, October 2005, Issues Addressed: 1) Seeing Less Green In Leed Certifications 2) Chicago Trump Towers Reaches New Milestone 3) Texas Lavatory May be the Most Expensive Ever? 4) Insurers Just Getting Smarter
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 6, October 2004, Issues Addressed: 1) Safer Less Toxic Fire-Extinguishing Agents Possible 2) USACE Reports Results of Its RAB Pilot Program 3) Paint "Kitty-Litter" Additive Prevents Corrosion 4) Wi-Fi's Great But...
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 4, August 2004, Issues Addressed: 1) Wireless Delivery of Courtroom Testimony and Evidence 2) Memory Concerns Following Severe Stress 3) DOE Seeks Feedback on New Energy Standards 4) Technology to Make Flying Less...
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 8, December 2004, Issues Addressed: 1) A Biomedical Breakthrough for Lost Limb Injury 2) Errors and Delays Bar Contractor Claim 3) Enforcement Laxity Leads to New Regulation 4) Curtains for Concrete?
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 7, November 2004, Issues Address: 1) A New Fall Standard From ANSI 2) Finalists for Global Energy Awards Announced 3) Microjet Engines May Power Cell Phones 4) Surety Sues U.S. for Overpayment and Loses
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 3, July 2004, Issues Addressed: 1) Low Cost Printable Silcon Breakthrough 2) Reducing X-Ray Exposure During Surgery 3) Indoor Mold and Dampness: Respiratory Links? 4) Less Turbulence for Air Travel
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 2, June 2004. Issues Addressed: 1) Non-Destructive Mold Detection Possible 2) DOL Proposed Overtime Changes 3) EMF Concerns Recently Re-Emerge 4) New Tools to Enhance Homeland Security
• The Update, Volume 1, Number 1, May 2004. Issues Addresed: 1) Mold Alert 2) Security Concerns Threaten Internet Users 3) Computer Resistant Fire Fighting Fluid 4) New Grid Computing Alliance