David F Ortiz
Irvine, CA 92618
Office: 949-308-2820
David Ortiz is a façade access and scaffold safety expert with more than 35 years of specialized experience in the design, evaluation, inspection, testing, installation, maintenance, and safe use of permanent and temporary façade access systems. He holds a specialized Cal/OSHA Scaffold Inspection and Testing license and serves as Vice Chair of the ASME A120 Safety Standards Committee, giving him direct involvement in the development and interpretation of industry safety standards for building maintenance equipment and façade access systems.
Mr. Ortiz’s expertise includes building maintenance units, suspended scaffolds, powered platforms, davit systems, tieback anchors, fall protection systems, roof access, exterior building maintenance equipment, and related safety compliance requirements. His work spans new construction, existing buildings, system evaluations, accident analysis, regulatory compliance, and industry standard-of-care issues.
As an expert witness, Mr. Ortiz provides clear, technically grounded opinions in matters involving façade access systems, scaffold safety, fall protection, equipment design and maintenance, unsafe access conditions, code compliance, and construction or maintenance-related incidents. His combination of hands-on field experience, technical design knowledge, regulatory expertise, and standards committee leadership allows him to explain complex façade access and scaffold safety issues in a practical, credible, and understandable manner.
- Architecture
- Building Codes
- Construction Damages
- Equipment & Machinery
- Ladders & Scaffolds
- Lifts
- OSHA
- Safety
- Safety Engineering
- Safety Equipment
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Cal OSHA - Scaffold Inspection and Testing Agency # 36
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: ASME, IWCA, SAIA, CTBUH
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 25
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 75
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: >10
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2024
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