Areas of Expertise

Approximately 400 matters including 200 depositions and
30 court appearances spanning 20 years.
Construction Expert Witness Saul Frechtel is a proven expert in the following:

Buildings
Ceilings Codes, Standards, Regulations and Orders Concrete Curtain Walls Decks Doors (Garage, Entry, Sliding) Fire Escapes Flooring Foundations Framing	Fungal Contamination Glulam Beams Handicap Codes Handrails Inspection Manufactured Homes Metal Buildings Mirrors Mobile Homes Plumbing Railings Reinforcing Steel	Roof Hatches Roofing Stairs Steel Erection Tiles Vapor Barriers Water Proofing Welding Windows Window Screens

Civil Projects
Bridges Excavation Fences Flooding Irrigation Parking Lots Parking Structures	Paving Pipelines and Underground Utilities Quarries Railroads Ramps Retaining Walls	Roads Sewers Sidewalks Towers Truck Loading Docks Walkways Wheel Stops

Construction
Accident Reconstruction Claims Codes and Standards Contracts	Defects General Contractors Guardrails Materials	Offshore Rigging Safety/OSHA Sub-Contractors

Electrical
Electrical Rolling Gates	Fires	Electrocution

Equipment
Concrete Pumping Cranes Forklifts Heavy Equipment Ladders Loaders	Power tools Scaffolding Shoring Snow Removal Snow Throwers Swing Stages	Traffic Control Trailers Trenchers Trench Plates Welding

Falls
Falls From Heights Ladders	Scaffolding Slip & Fall	Trip & Fall Window Falls

Mechanical Engineering
Fasteners House Boats	Mechanical Rolling Gates Products Liability	Seat Belts Steam Boilers

Water Intrusion
Basements Causation Moisture Mold Damage Causation	Mold Infestation & Remediation Sick Building Syndrome Toxic Emissions Toxic Mold Causation	Toxic Mold Prevention Water Damage Water Leakage Waterproofing

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