Bruce Barnes is a Technical Director of the Civil/Structural division with over 25 years of engineering experience.
Bruce has investigated, tested, and analyzed failures ranging from snow load failures of residential structural systems to the catastrophic collapse of a 2,000-foot tall television tower and the circumstances leading up to the explosion of a $500 million power plant loss.
As part of his experience, Bruce investigates cases involving foundation failures, fire-damaged buildings, roof damage, failed structural components, building collapse, architectural and engineering product failures, code compliance, standard-of-care, and construction site safety. He also investigates premises liability issues such as those associated with slip-and-fall incidents.
Bruce's extensive analysis and design experience combined with his educational background enables him to analyze a wide variety of structural problems and failures. He utilizes these analysis and testing skills to frequently formulate and issue construction documents for the repair of structures.
