Nabeel Mahmood, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, LEED GA, CXLT

Senior Consultant

Forensic Services

Columbus

BACKGROUND:

Mr. Nabeel Mahmood holds Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering with Construction Engineering and Management and Structural Engineering concentrations. He is a licensed professional engineer in Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Alabama, and he is a Project Management Professional and LEED Green Associate.

Mr. Mahmood has more than 17 years of interdisciplinary engineering, planning, management, and design experience. This extensive experience includes public, commercial, and residential buildings and infrastructure projects. He has spent time pursuing research in civil engineering and risk assessment disciplines. He brings a wealth of knowledge in contract administration, claims and dispute analysis and resolution, case research, value-engineering, estimation, planning, scheduling, and implementing quality and control procedures.

Mr. Mahmood has utilized his expertise to resolve project problems, develop contingency plans to mitigate cost, project time, interrupted sequences, plan and manage budgets and timelines to deliver optimum quality results. Mr. Mahmood has advanced knowledge in engineering and management top technologies; he specializes in Primavera P6, Computer-Aided Design solutions, Building Information Modeling, and structural analysis and design solutions.

Mr. Mahmood led multi-million-dollar projects as a Program and Project Manager, from planning and design stages through construction, occupancy, and project close-out. He verifies that project planning, directing, and control are per design and owner’s intent. When serving as an owner’s agent, he provided value-engineering and review of projects to ensure the optimum stability, strength, serviceability, and safety and considered balanced schedules and budgets.

Mr. Mahmood’s forensic investigation experience extends to construction claims, construction disputes, and construction accidents; flooring failures; building settlement and collapses; fire, hail, and wind damage; vehicle impact damage; concrete failures; concrete and masonry cracking; retaining wall distress; steel and wood joist and truss failures; construction vibration analysis; pool failures; moisture intrusion through building envelopes; roofing system failures; and tile floor failures. He is proficient with the English XL variable incident tribometer and the slip resistance evaluation of walking surfaces. He has assessed public walkways and stairs for slip/fall and trip/fall incidents.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

• Civil Engineering Candidate, Ph.D.: The Ohio State University (2018)

• Civil Engineering, M.S.: The Ohio State University (2016)

• Civil Engineering, B.E.: Birzeit University (2010)

• Licensed Professional Engineer: Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Alabama

• Project Management Professional

• LEED® Green Associate: U.S. Green Building Council

• Certified for Engineering and Management, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)

• Project Management Certifications, Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)