Major landowners, municipalities, utilities and attorneys regularly turn to GMU for forensic engineering services related to landslides, retaining walls, post-tensioned slabs, soil settlement and other geotechnical or geo-structural/geo-civil issues. Their confidence in GMU’s opinion has also led them to request our expert testimony in hundreds of legal cases and/or to provide viable repair methods and alternatives.
LIST OF SERVICES
Key Contacts/Experts
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Greg Silver, M.Sc., PE, GE
President/CEO
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Mike Moscrop, M.Sc., PE, GE
Vice President/Principal
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Lisa Bates, PG, CEG, QSP/QSD
Associate Geologist
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Katie Farrington, PG, CEG QSP/QSD
Senior Engineering Geologist
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Select Forensic Engineering and Expert Witness Consultation Projects
- Sheen vs. The City of Rolling Hills (Poppy Trail Landslide)
- Landslide – Rolling Hills, CA
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repair
- Poppy Trail Project
- Washington Holdings v. Marchi, Lavocot
- Landslide – San Juan Capistrano, CA
- Deposition – Greg Silver
- Miller et al vs. Sherwood Development Company
- Blasting Damage – Thousand Oaks, CA
- Buntich vs. Orange County Sanitation District
- Tunneling Distress – Huntington, Beach, CA
- San Diego Creek
- Creek revetment failure – Irvine, CA
- Developed repair geotechnical repair recommendations
- Meade vs. Cleleand
- Shoring distress – Manhattan Beach, CA
- Morena Costco
- Rockfall – San Diego, CA
- Designed and implemented rockfall mitigation
- Sun Lakes Country Club v. Pulte Homes
- Pavement distress – Riverside
- Deposition – Greg Silver
- Shisbey v. Canady Homes
- Expansive soil and settlement damage to residential homes – Riverside
- Deposition: Greg Silver
- Philemon Drive Landslide
- Landslide – Dana Point, CA
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repair
- Gallery Walk HOA vs. Lennar Corporation
- Sulfate Distress – San Ramon, CA
- Deposition – Greg Silver
- Barbarino v. D.R. Horton
- Residential Foundation Distress, Las Vegas
- Ryland v. Kleinfelder
- Slope movement/Residential Distress – Aliso Viejo, CA
- Arbitration Testimony – Greg Silver
- China Cove
- Slope Failures – Newport Beach, CA
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repair
- Mitchell v. City of San Clemente
- Slope Movement /Settlement, City of San Clemente
- Deposition and Trial Testimony – Greg Silver
- Villa Pacifica vs. KB Homes
- Landslide – San Clemente
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repair
- Terravita Homes Construction vs. Roel Construction
- Blasting damage – Henderson, Nevada
- Printronix vs. Oltmans Construction
- Commercial Building Settlement & Moisture Intrusion – Irvine, CA
- Evaluation, design, monitoring and implementation of repairs
- Deposition – Mike Moscrop
- Coto de Caza HOA-Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Dec. 2010 Mudslides/Slope Failures
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repairs
- Ocean Ranch HOA-Laguna Niguel, CA
- Pavement Failure
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repairs
- Senior Systems Technology vs JDO
- Hi-tech manufacturing facility Building Settlement and Moisture Intrusion – Palmdale, CA
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repairs
- Deposition – Mike Moscrop
- Irvine Company Office Properties – Ametek Facility
- Commercial Building Floor Slab Heave due Gypsum Crystal Growth – San Diego, CA
- Evaluation, design, implementation and monitoring of repairs
- Ridge View HOA-Anaheim Hills, CA
- Retaining Wall Failure
- Evaluation, design and implementation of repairs
- Symantec vs. Matt Construction
- Corporate HQ Building Moisture Intrusion – Eugene, OR
- Evaluation and geotechnical investigation
- PM Realty Group Building Distress
- Class A Six Story Office Building Floor Slab Distress – San Diego, CA
- Evaluate, monitor, design and implementation of repairs
- King vs. GlenFed Development Corp.
- Expansive soils, settlement and retaining wall distress to residential tract homes – Dove Canyon, CA
- Deposition-Mike Moscrop
- Irvine Company Office Properties – Tustin Marketplace
- Restaurant floor slab heave and shrinkage
- Evaluate, monitor, design & implementation of repairs
- Sea Bright Insurance Co. vs. City of Los Angeles
- Mudslide – Los Angeles, CA
- Deposition – Mike Moscrop
- Via Estoril Landslide – Laguna Niguel, CA
- Evaluate, monitor and design repairs
GMU Client List – Select Forensic Engineering and Expert Witness Consultation Clients
*Select Clients
Abacus Project Management Inc.
Accell Property Management
Action Property Management
AECOM
Aera Energy LLC
Aliso Viejo Master Association
All American Asphalt
American Automobile Association
AMMCOR
Anaheim Hills Private Association
APA Engineering
Aquatic Technologies
Archer Norris PLC
Architopia
Atherton-Newport
Bacchus Development
Baywood Homes
Belmont Estate HOA
Bernard Construction
Berquist Residence
Bert Howe & Associates
Bio-Rad
Booth Mitchel & Strange LLP
Brent Engineering Inc.
Brooks Street
Buie Stoddard Properties
California Drilling & Blasting Company Inc.
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA)
Capistrano Unified School District
Capistrano Valley Water District
Carmeuse
Carney Associates
Centex Homes
City of Aliso Viejo
City of Anaheim
City of Chino Hills
City of Dana Point
City of Huntington Beach
City of Irvine
City of La Mesa
City of Laguna Beach
City of Laguna Hills
City of Laguna Niguel
City of Lake Forest
City of Los Angeles
City of Malibu
City of Mission Viejo
City of Newport Beach
City of Palos Verdes Estates
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
City of Rancho Santa Margarita
City of San Clemente
City of San Diego
City of San Juan Capistrano
City of Santee
City of Temecula
City of Vista
Civilsource
Clark & Green Associates
Collins, Collins, Muir + Stewart LLP
Connolly Pacific Company
Contractors & Building Trades
Cooksey Toolen Gage Duffy & Woog
Coto de Caza Ltd.
Cotti Foods Corporation
County of Orange
County of Orange – OC Parks
County of Orange – Public Works
County of Riverside
County of Ventura
Crean Lutheran High School
CZ Master Community Association
D.J. Scheffler Inc.
Dale Christian/Structural Engineer Inc.
David P. Hoffman Architects
David Tucker Enterprises Inc.
Dawson & Hannouche
Diaz-Yourman & Associates
DMB Associates
Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.
Dove Canyon Master Association
Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring Inc.
El Toro Materials
Emerald Bay Community Association
Emerald Bay Service District
Eric Talbert & Associates
Exponent
Fenton Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Lift
Fierstadt & Mans
Fiore Racobs & Powers
First Service Residential
Ford EC
Ford Walker Haggerty & Behar LLP
Forma
Foxfire Constructors
Garden Grove Water District
GCI Associates
Genterra
Geobase
Geofirm
Geosoils
Geosyntec
Gordon & Rees LLP
GPI
Grant General Contractors
Graves & King
Green & Hall Inc.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Greenstone Materials
Hall & Foreman Inc.
Harris and Associates
HDR Engineering Inc.
Hillcrest Contracting
Huitt-Zollars Inc.
Hunsaker & Associates
Irvine Apartment Communities, Inc. (IAC)
Irvine Community Development Corporation (ICDC)
Irvine Company Office Properties (ICOP)
Irvine Ranch Water District
Irvine Retail Properties
ITSI/Gilbane
J.S. Dyer & Associates Inc.
Jacobs Engineering
John Laing Homes
K&G Equities
K&L Gates LLP
Keller Weber & DeBrott
Kendrick Jackson & Kearl
Kerckhoff Designs
Kiewit Construction Inc.
Kiewit Pacific Company
Koll Company
Kron & Card LLP
Kutak Rock LLP
LaBelle-Marvin Inc.
Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corporation (LARMAC)
Laguna Beach County Water District
Laguna Geosciences
Lake Sherwood Development
Lake Sherwood Development Lennar
Land Concern Landscape Architecture LPA
Lapeyre Industrial Sands
Law Offices of Andy Kurz
Law Offices of Nicholas Basakis
Law Offices of Robert Titus
Lennar
Lester & Cantrell LLP
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Long & Delis
LPA
Lusardi
Lutzky Development
Lyon Communities
M.M. Sundt Construction Company
MAF Architects
Mark Falcon General Contractor
Mark IV Capital
Marshall French & DeGrave
MBF Consulting Inc.
MCE Consultants
Merit Properties
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Michael Brandman Associates
Michael Martin Architects
Mine Development & Engineering Corporation
Mitchell Engineering
Montego at Monarch Beach HOA
Morris Sullivan & Lemkul LLP
Morrow & White
Moulton Niguel Water District
Murchison & Cumming LLP
Murex Environmental
Murtaugh Meyer Nelson & Treglia LLP
Musick Peeler
MVE Institutional Inc.
Neil’s Controlled Blasting
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
NMG Geotechnical
Norcal Engineering
Ocean Ranch HOA
Ortega Rock
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering
Parker • Stanbury LLP
Parkglen Community Management Inc
Parkview Rubidoux
Payne & Fears LLP
PBS&J Company
Pelican Crest HOA
Performance Plus
PM Realty Group
Premier Silica
Professional Community Management
Psomas
Pulte Homes
Rancho Mission Viejo
Rancho Niguel Master Community Association
Rancho Santa Margarita HOA (SAMLARC)
RBF Consulting
RD Olson Development
RDM Architects
Richard Crawford Custom Homes
RJM Design Group
Robert Hidey Architects
Rocky Point Community Association
Rodeo Homes
Roy E. Ladd Inc.
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Sabaitis • O’Callaghan LLP
San Diego County Water Authority
San Juan Creek HOA
San Juan Open Space Foundation
Santa Margarita Company
Santa Margarita Water District
Sauers Construction Inc.
Sea Country Homes
Shank/Balfour Beatty
Shimmick Construction
Shorecliffs HOA
Skebba & Isaac
Snyder Langston
Soil Retention Systems
South Coast Water District
Southern California Grading
Spradlin & Smart
Springel & Fink LLP
St. Margaret Episcopal School
Stantec
Stonefield
Stoney Miller
Sukut Construction Inc.
Summerhill HOA
Sunrise
Talega Associates
Taylor Group
Taylor Woodrow Homes
Tetra Tech
The Phillips Firm
The Warner Group Architects
Toll Brothers
Total Property Management
Trabuco Canyon Water District
Transpacific Management Service
Tripointe Homes
Urban Arena LLC
Villa Pacifica Community Association
Walsh McKean Furcolo LLP
Walsowroth Franklin Bevins & McCall, LLP
Ware Malcomb
Warmington Homes
Watermarke Properties Inc.
Webb Community Management
Weil & Drage
Westar Associates
Western National Group
Western Realco
William Lyon Homes
Woodruff Sprandlin & Smart
Wynewood Company
Yuba County Water Agency
