Richard Norris is a licensed Civil Engineer and registered Roof Consultant (lapsed) with a Doctorate of Engineering. He brings 33+ years of consultancy, education/academia, and research experience to those who seek an expert witness, forensic investigator, or civil engineer.
His decades of practice include five years as an engineering technician, design and testing of nuclear ships systems, and project management at the IBM Manufacturing Facility in the Silicon Valley – all of which allow him to now perform as a building enclosure specialist providing expertise in the following areas:
- Construction Defects & Forensic Investigation
- Civil Engineering
- Wood Deterioration in Service
- Professor & Educator
- Design & Construction Consultant
- Waterproofing
- Building Enclosure Specialist
- Expert Witness
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA), 2006-2007 Board Member, San Francisco Section
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Committee: D 08 on Roofing, Waterproofing and Bituminous Materials
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Faculty Advisor, NC A&T St. Univ. Student Chapter ASCE: 1994 1997
• IIBEC (formerly Roof Consultants Institute), Former member of the Credentials and Research Committees
• Western Construction Consultants Association (WestCon), 2008-2017, Treasurer 2016-2017
PRESENTATIONS
• 2/27/2019 – CSI Fresno – Energy Efficient Building Enclosures