Mark A. Rhodes, P.E.

Director, Práctica de Construcción

Servicios Forenses

Atlanta

Fondo

Mark Rhodes es licenciado en Ingeniería Civil y tiene un máster en Gestión de la Construcción, además de estar colegiado como ingeniero profesional en varios estados.

During his career, Mr. Rhodes has provided construction materials and geotechnical engineering services and supervised construction materials testing services and engineering inspections on numerous projects.  He has initiated and managed multi-year geotechnical and materials testing contracts. He has consulted on a variety of complex geotechnical engineering applications, particularly construction related.

Mr. Rhodes has extensive experience in the design/implementation of construction materials and repair techniques for all types of projects.  Some of his construction and design specialties include earthwork, foundations, concrete (mix designs, field problems, and repair), structural metals, coatings, pavements, and polymer materials. For 9 years, Mr. Rhodes was also the resident engineer on several projects on the MARTA system in addition to his other duties. He had the overall responsibility for the project construction management. He was responsible for all schedule adherence and construction cost management. He has extensive experience in all areas of construction management and administration.

Las principales áreas de especialización del Sr. Rhodes son la ingeniería geotécnica, la consultoría de materiales de construcción, la evaluación de daños por catástrofes, la evaluación estructural de edificios, los fallos en la envolvente de los edificios (tejados, fachadas e impermeabilización), la resolución de conflictos en el ámbito de la construcción, la revisión de contratos de construcción y los defectos de construcción. También ha proporcionado consultas de ingeniería y testimonios de deposición a abogados en litigios de construcción, forenses y de causa y origen.

Formación y certificaciones

  • Civil Engineering, B.S.: Georgia Institute of Technology (1988)
  • Construction Management, M.S.: Southern Polytechnic State University (1998)
  • Registered Professional Engineer: Georgia (#20677), South Carolina (#24565), Tennessee (#110293), Kentucky (#24411), Mississippi (#16999), Alabama (#27271), Florida (#63510), New Hampshire (#13742), Virginia (#050398), Rhode Island (#9899), Maryland (#42571), Pennsylvania (#PE079887), District of Columbia (#PE906804), Delaware (#18006), West Virginia (#20023), Maine (#13131), Connecticut (#29319) and New York (#092132), New Jersey (24GE05122200), Texas (123984), Missouri (2014026245); Illinois (#062.072865)
  • Registered Roof Consultant: IIBEC, Inc. (#747)
  • LEED® Accredited Professional, Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Specialty:S. Green Building Council
  • Certified Mobile Crane & Rigging Inspector: Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (#MRCI-12-0606-1071)
  • Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers; IIBEC (formerly Roof Consultants Institute)
  • OSHA: 30-hour cardholder

Publicaciones

  • “Pavement Maintenance Programs: Initialization and Implementation for Transit Authorities.” General Conference of the American Public Transit Association in Washington, D.C., Junio 1997
  • “Direct Fixation Rail Pad Anchorage Testing at MARTA.” General Conference of the American Public Transit Association in San Diego, California, Junio 1998
  • “Inspecting Structural Steel in the Field.” Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Management and Inspection Quarterly newsletter, Septiembre 2003
  • “Soil Nail Walls in Residual Soils.” GSP on Soil Improvement “Big Digs”, ASCE, 1998