Don Komorous, P.E. Senior Engineering Consultant Expert Designations • Construction Cost • Construction Schedules • Construction Site Safety • Contractor Standards • Civil Engineering Additional Areas of Expertise • Trained Mediator Education • University of Arizona – B. A. Civil Engineering • University of Southern California – Hydraulic Design Professional Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications • California Licensed General Engineering Contractor No. A-327320 (1985) • California Licensed General Building Contractor No. B-327320 (1976) • California Registered Civil Engineer No. 20425 (1971) • Oregon Licensed General Building Contractors License No. 78608 • ICBO Certified Special Inspector - Reinforced Concrete No. 44676 • ICBO Certified Special Inspector – Structural Masonry No. 446951 Professional Associations • Member, American Indoor Air Quality Council • Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Engineering Sciences Section • Member, Forensic Consultants Association of Orange County • Member of ICBO (International Conference of Building Officials) • Member, National Safety Council • Member, American Society of Safety Engineers, Engineering Section • Member, American Society of Safety Engineers, Construction Section Continuing Education • American Academy of Forensic Science     o The Electrical Arcing Fire – Was it a Ground Fault or a Phase-to-Phase Fault Initially?     o The Combustion of Aluminum in Electrical Arcing Fault Fire     o Propane Diffusion and Gas Detector Performance in a Camper     o Codes and Standards in Forensics     o EMFs: Excessive Residential Electro-Magnetic Fields – Biological Effects, Litigation, Detection and Correction     o Soil Sample Preservation for Volatile Organic Compounds     o Investigation of a Glass Roof Cracking Problem in a large Commercial Greenhouse • World of Concrete     o Tilt-up Construction • International Conference of Building Officials     o Electrical Inspection I     o Mechanical Code and International Plumbing Code     o Wood Structures I – Analysis of Wood-framed Buildings     o Wood Structures II – Evaluation of Wind and Earthquake Forces • Orange Coast College     o Construction Safety/Cal OSHA • Construction Claims     o Seminar on prevention and resolution of construction claims including documentation, causes, sequence, delays and damages.     o Underground Service Alert of Southern California     o Safety awareness for excavators – September 2000 sponsored by Pacific Bell and Dig Alert • Mediator Training, National Conflict Resolution Center Employment Construction and Engineering Consultant Provide forensic services related to design, construction and engineering. Provide inspection services for construction defects and accident litigation. Accident reconstruction. Analyze plans, specifications, contracts, change orders, daily reports and correspondence to determine delays, procedures and claims. Prepare estimates to determine repair or completion costs. Provide testimony as to custom and practice in the construction industry for construction defects and injuries. Project Manager, Westway Contractors Duties included preparation of estimates for major projects on military bases, hospitals, libraries, community centers, fire stations, and tilt-up industrial buildings and Caltrans Metro Rail Stations. Concrete foreman on a helicopter maintenance building for the U.S. Marine Corps and a Caltrans Metro Rail Station. Owner - Construction and Engineering Companies Built custom homes including design, labor, and supervision. Performed grading, concrete, framing and ceramic tile work. Provided estimates for construction financing. Prepared grading plans, site plans, tract maps, parcel maps and estimates for various commercial/industrial, condominium and housing projects. Vice President - Marlin Construction Projects included forty-nine unit housing tract, six unit housing tract, six unit gated condominium project, shopping centers, bus maintenance garage for Long Beach Transit, tilt-up warehouse, post-tensioned parking structures, tenant improvements, gymnasium, community center, apartment complex and hotel. Managing Partner - Magnus Company Primarily built public works projects. Responsibilities included preparation of estimates and budgets, bidding, contracts, change order and purchase orders. Acted as liaison between agency and field, provided inspection services for the South East Park District, inspected construction of parks and park buildings. Projects included custom home, five schools, six parks, fire station, two bridges, community center, sewage lift station and bus maintenance center. Superintendent - The August Company Responsibilities included supervising: • Building of a large restaurant and parking structure – Hacienda Heights • Vehicle service center and campus storage facility – UCLA Principal and Director of Construction and Engineering - Recreation Systems Responsibilities included: • Engineering design for grading, drainage, streets, sewage, water • Estimating • Representing the client for job site construction inspection • Prepare bid packages including plans and specifications Project Engineer and Assistant Supervisor - Reiss and Brown Responsibilities included designing and engineering of: • Buildings • Site and Grading Plans • Streets • Sewers • Water, storm drain plans Civil Engineer Assistant and Assistant Project Manager - City of Los Angeles Responsibilities included: • Preparation of cost estimates • Coordination of design contractors, city departments and plan checkers Utility and Estimating Division, City of Los Angeles Responsibilities included: • Preparation of cost estimates • Coordination of design contractors, city departments and plan checkers Dormont Allen Company Responsibilities included: • Designing and installing conveyors Assistant to the Director for Research and Development, Motorola Semi-Conductor Representative Project Experience • Two major shopping centers     o Camarillo Shopping Center     o Corte Madera Shopping Center • Bonelli Regional Park, encompassing two thousand acres and including:     o 8 miles of roads     o 4 miles of storm drains and sewers     o Numerous public buildings • Create Venice Waterways Development – for Mayor Sam Yorty     o $21.5 million, 80-acre water-oriented community • Molholland Drive
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