PROFESSIONAL
CREDENTIALS
Paul
L. Zamrowski, P.E., Civil Engineer
Fredric
M. Blum, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Donn R.
Zang, P.E., Electrical Engineer
Serge
V. Borichevsky, P.E., Civil Engineer
Russel
E. Daniels, P.E., Structural Engineer
Sinan S.
Jawad, P.E., Structural Engineer
Paul
L. Zamrowski, Jr., P.E., Civil Engineer
Alan Lawley,
Ph.D., Metallurgist
Walter
J. Green, P.E., Civil Engineer
PAUL
L. ZAMROWSKI
FORENSIC CIVIL ENGINEER
EXPERIENCE
1976 - President, Paul Zamrowski Associates, Inc. Engineering
investigation and analysis of failures, accidents and fires related to civil engineering.
Recognized expert in structural failures and construction-related losses.
Courtroom qualified.
1972 - 1976 Consulting Engineer, GAB Business Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Engineering investigation and analysis of malfunctions and fires concerning
civil engineering; 700 cases for various insurance companies, legal firms and
contractors.
1971 - 1972 Project Engineer, Brown Engineers of PA, Upper Darby, PA.
In charge of Design Division; highway, bridge and structure design, site
layout and estimating.
1969 - 1971 Project Engineer, Zollman Associates, Newtown Square, PA.
In charge of Structural Section; designed 320 foot bascule bridge and 1600
foot approach spans.
1968 - 1969 Senior Plans Engineer, Major Highway and Expressway Unit,
Philadelphia Department of Streets, Philadelphia, PA. Coordinated State and
City design and construction of all state highways within Philadelphia. Designed various highway
relocations and solved all related utility, traffic and property problems.
1967 - 1968 Structural Engineer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Philadelphia Naval Base, Philadelphia, PA.
Structural design of steel, concrete and other facilities including roofs,
cranes and a simulated carrier deck. Conducted failure analyses.
1965 - 1967 Civil Engineer, Bridge Division, Philadelphia
Department of Streets, Philadelphia,
PA. Designed and supervised
other engineers and draftsmen in designing several Philadelphia bridges, including related
traffic, utility and property problems.
1962 - 1965 Engineering Student, Bridge Division, Philadelphia
Department of Streets, Philadelphia,
PA. Designing and drafting
bridge structures.
EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering, Drexel
University, 1965.
M.S. Civil Engineering, Drexel
University, 1969.
Fire Investigation Seminar, Delaware
County Community
College, 1977.
LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, and Ohio.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
Member, Pennsylvania
Society of Professional Engineers
Member, National Fire Protection Association
Member, International Association of Arson Investigators
PRESENTATIONS
"The Professional Engineer and Loss Adjustment", Philadelphia Loss Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
1977.
"Basement-Foundation Wall Collapses", Philadelphia
Loss Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, 1980.
"Insurance Company Acting as Owner in Bridge Reconstruction
Loss", Philadelphia Loss Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
1983.
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FREDRIC
M. BLUM
FORENSIC MECHANICAL
ENGINEER
EXPERIENCE
1978 - Forensic Mechanical Engineer, Paul Zamrowski Associates, Inc.
Engineering investigation and analysis of mechanical malfunctions, industrial
accidents, domestic accidents, and fires. Recognized expert in accident and
failure reconstruction (determining what happened and why), as well as
product and machinery evaluation with regard to safety and guarding.
Extensive investigative experience with heating systems including oil
burners, gas-fired heaters, kerosene heaters, propane appliances, boilers,
and pressure tanks; fuel storage and distribution systems; sprinkler and
piping systems; large-scale industrial plants (catastrophic failures);
industrial machinery such as power presses, shears, mills, saws, tools, etc.;
domestic appliances such as washers, driers, lawn mowers, snowblowers,
exercise equipment, etc.; and automobiles and trucks (accidents and fires).
Mr. Blum also has particular expertise in woodworking related incidents based
on vocational and avocational experience. Proficient in technical presentation
and report writing. Courtroom qualified.
1974 - 1978 Residential designer and general residential building
contractor, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Designed and built custom
homes and additions. Proprietor of contracting firm. Hands-on construction
supervision and direct sub-contractor supervision.
1969 - 1974 Technical Manager, Analytics, Inc., Willow Grove, PA.
Directed and participated in systems analysis and consulting projects for the
Navy involving computer, weapons, communication and sensor systems. Also,
senior internal consultant and technical editor in charge of quality control
on all projects.
1965 - 1969 Technical Staff, Auerbach Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
Systems analysis consulting involving cost-benefit analysis, sensor systems
and computer systems.
1963 - 1965 Engineering student, Auerbach Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
Technical studies involving computer and electromechanical systems.
1959 - 1963 Engineering student, General Electric Company, Missile &
Space Division, Philadelphia, PA. Mechanical and electromechanical drafting;
vibration analysis, electromechanical field testing.
EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Drexel
University, 1963
M.B.A. Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania,
1965
Advanced Fire Investigation, Delaware
County Community
College, 1982
Hazardous Chemical Safety Seminar, J.T. Baker Chemical Co., 1982
Oil Burner Service Seminar, R.W. Beckett Corporation, 1987
Arbitrator Training Workshop, American Arbitration Association, 1996
NFPA #921 Seminar, Montgomery
County Fire Marshal
Association, 2000
LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, American
Academy of Forensic
Sciences
Member, National Fire Protection Association
Member, National Association of Fire Investigators
Member, International Association of Arson Investigators
Member, Pennsylvania
Association of Arson Investigators
Licensed General Residential Building Contractor, New Mexico
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
PUBLICATIONS
"Oil Burner Fires" published by Paul Zamrowski Associates, Inc.,
1979; reprinted for national distribution by Aetna Insurance Company, 1980;
published in The Fire & Arson Investigator, Vol. 33, No. 4, June 1983.
"Kerosene Heater Malfunctions", published by Paul Zamrowski
Associates, Inc., 1982; reprinted for national distribution by INA
Corporation, 1983.
"Gas Appliance Fires", published by Paul Zamrowski Associates,
Inc., 1984.
"Forensic Investigation of Machine Accidents", published by Paul
Zamrowski Associates, Inc., 1988.
"Combustion Explosions", published by Paul Zamrowski Associates,
Inc., 1995.
“Soot Contamination and Gas Log Fireplaces”, published by Paul
Zamrowski Associates, Inc., 2001.
PRESENTATIONS
"Oil Burner Malfunctions", Philadelphia Loss Conference, 1981;
Delaware Claims Association, 1982; Reading-Lancaster-Allentown Claims
Association, 1982; Chubb & Son Insurance Co., 1992; 17th Annual Seminar
of the Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators, Penn State
University, 1994.
"The Role of the Engineer in Subrogation", Pennsylvania
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Harrisburg, PA,
1981.
"Kerosene Heater Malfunctions", Philadelphia
Loss Conference, 1981; Delaware
Claims Association, 1982.
"Responsibility vs. Liability for Oil Burner Service
Contractors", Bucks-Montgomery County Service Managers Association, Division of Delaware Valley Fuel Oil Dealers Association,
1983.
"Gas Appliance Fires", Philadelphia
Loss Conference, 1985.
"Inspecting Residential Heating Systems: Responsibilities and
Procedures", Pennsylvania
Association of Accredited Building Inspectors, 1986.
"Oil Tank Ruptures", Philadelphia Loss Conference, 1988; also
Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore,
MD, January 1996.
"Forensic Investigation of Machine Accidents", annual meeting of
the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Philadelphia, PA,
February 1988.
"Dispersion of Leaking Natural Gas as a Function of Time: a Matter of
Life and Death", annual meeting of the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio,
February 1990.
"Boiler Explosion Investigation Reveals Antiquated Control
Standards", annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
New Orleans, LA, February 1992.
"Quantifying Combustion Explosions", 17th Annual Seminar of the
Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators, Penn State University, June
1994; also Regional Seminar, Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators,
Montgomery County Fire Academy, October 1994; also Continuing Education
Seminar, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, May 1999.
"Vaporization of Flammable Liquids", Regional Seminar, Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators, Montgomery County Fire
Academy, October 1994.
"Air Interchange and Fire Causation", annual meeting of the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Nashville, TN,
February 1996.
"Introduction to Forensic Mechanical Engineering; Peculiar Failure
Modes", Nationwide Insurance Co., Columbus,
OH, May 1997.
"Physical Phenomena and Fire Causation", Lehigh-Northampton
County Fire & Arson Seminar, Northampton Community College, October 1997.
“Forensic Mechanical Engineering in Fire Investigation”, Crum
& Forster Insurance Co., Morristown,
NJ, June 1999.
“Soot Contamination and Gas Log Fireplaces”, Philadelphia
Loss Conference, January 2001, and Bucks-Montgomery
County Claims
Association, February 2001.
“Liability Considerations in Design Engineering”, Integrated
Engineering Design class, Drexel
University, February
2002.
“Soot Contamination from Oil Burners, Gas Appliances and
Candles”, State Farm Insurance Company, May 2002.
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DONN
R. ZANG
FORENSIC ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER
EXPERIENCE
Management
Crouse Company Inc.
As Vice President of the Electrical Division of Crouse Co. Inc., he
oversaw electrical construction and engineering projects up to $6,000,000. He
hired and managed a staff of Electrical Engineers, Project Managers,
Electricians, Estimators, and Draftspersons.
Engineering
Paul Zamrowski Associates, Inc.
Consulting Forensic Electrical
Engineer. Engineering
Investigation, evaluation and determination of electrical failures in
residential, commercial and industrial environments associated with faults,
arcing, power surges, lightning, improper installations, water damage,
substations, transformers, HVAC systems, electrical distribution systems,
instrumentation and control systems, fire protection systems (including fire
alarm and suppression systems) and code conformance. Engineering investigation and
determination of cause and origin of fires and explosions involving
electrical, electronic and mechanical equipment. Also, determination of the extent of
damage to electrical, electronic and mechanical equipment due to a fire,
explosion or failure in order to determine if proposed repair costs are
appropriate.
Crouse Company Inc.
Design of Projects and the overview of the installation of instrumentation
and controls for a co-generation facility. His duties included the
integration of a distributed control system (DCS), interfacing between
computer and conventional instruments and controls, wiring sequences of
operation for equipment and value engineering of original design to reduce
cost and maintain the integrity of the original design.
Design of Paint Temperature and Circulation system for General Motors, Linden, New
Jersey assembly plant. This included writing
specifications, detailing, design, sequencing operation, writing algorithms
for control valve characteristics, and calculating heat losses and gains for
a heat exchanger of a paint circulation system that monitored temperature,
pressure, level, and instantaneous and totalizer flow of the paint.
Electrical Controls
Crouse Company Inc., Facilities Engineering Co..
Design of motor controls for various projects including waste-to- energy,
co-generation, industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities.
Design, installation, and trouble shooting of solid state controls,
emergency generators, fire alarm, nurses' call systems and intensive care
units for industrial, commercial and institutional facilities.
Crouse Company Inc., Vicon Inc.
Design interface of electrical controls and instrumentation controls.
Electrical Distribution and Protective Relaying
Crouse Company Inc., Vicon Inc., Facilities Engineering Co.
Protective relaying and instrumentation of 115KV and under systems for
utility tie-in with co-generation facilities. Included design of protective
relays for generators, circuit breakers, transformers and transmission lines.
Responsible for system checkout, start-up, trouble shooting of problems and
testing of relays and instruments.
Cutler Hammer
Conducted National Electrical Code seminars for
Plant Personal, Electrical Engineers and Electrical Contractors.
Facilities Engineering Co., Crouse Company Inc.,
Vicon Inc., Cutler Hammer, Hobbs Electric Inc, Zang Electrical Service.
Design of electrical distribution systems for
co-generation, industrial, institutional and commercial projects.
Supervision and installation of Electrical
Systems in House, Commercial and Industrial Facilities.
Instrumentations and Controls
Facilities Engineering Co., Albertus Engineering Inc., Four Nines Inc,
Crouse Company Inc., Vicon Inc.
Construction, installation, start-up, service, design and specifications
for Instruments, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC) and Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMs).
Construction included procurement, wiring, programming of software,
mounting and checkout of the components and system as a whole. Trouble
shooting problems with the instruments.
Maintenance, troubling shooting of problems of Continuous Emission
Monitoring Systems (CEMs), Instruments, and Control Systems.
Design, Fabrication, & Installation of Panels, Start-up and
troubleshooting of Wastewater Plants, Burners and Incinerators.
Design and programming of Data Acquisition Systems for Incinerators,
Furnaces, and Wastewater Plants.
Crouse Company Inc., Widener
University.
Instrumentation course development and instruction for the International
Brotherhood of Electrical (IBEW), Local 380, and Gulf Oil Corporation,
Philadelphia Refinery.
Fire Protection
Facilities Engineering Co., Four Nines Inc, Maris Equipment Co., Factory
Mutual Engineering Corp.
Developed first test for fire protection and safety for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Board of Professional
Engineers.
Became an expert in loss prevention and led many investigations into the
causes of fires and explosions for the Factory Mutual Engineering
Corporation.
Overview and review of loss prevention at major U.S. Fortune 500 firms'
facilities as well as other firms. This review covered plant processes in
electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, and fire protection disciplines.
Review of files, control programs, electrical drawings for preparation for
a court case of a major Fortune 500 with a sub-contractor.
Investigated the origin and cause of large fires and explosions at major
Fortune 500 and other firms.
Specialized in Electrical Arcing Damage and Fires where electrical origin
was the cause or suspected. Involved in investigation for tenant of the
Meridian High Rise Fire in Philadelphia and
other losses including Switchgear, Motor
Control Centers,
Generators etc.
Design, installation, services of fire and smoke alarm, nurses’
call, emergency generators and lighting, and intercom systems. Systems
included, but not limited to S.H. Couch, Pyralarm, Autocall, Kohler, and
Exide. This service was provided for universities, hospitals, industrial,
commercial and residential clients.
Hydraulic calculations and test of utility and private water systems, fire
pumps, plant systems and sprinkler systems.
Design of fire protection water supplies and sprinkler systems.
Review and testing of burners, ovens and glass furnace controls. The
review included detail study of fan speeds, ventilation, fail-safe controls
and wiring.
Design and review of Fire Protection Systems including sprinklers, Fire
Pumps and Special Hazards (flammable liquids, VOC collection systems etc.).
Surveying
Facilities Engineering Co.
Prepared Subdivisions.
Surveyed and researched deeds and plans for accuracy of surveys on older
properties.
Prepared drawings and Plats.
EDUCATION
B.S., Electrical Engineering
Widener University
Instructor in Electrical Engineering at Widener University.
(3 years)
Factory Mutual Training Course/Fire Protection (5 weeks)
Aircraft Engine and Mechanic
School, USAF (6 months)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Pennsylvania
and National Society of Professional Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Instrument Society of America
LICENSES
Electrical Contractors License State
of New Jersey
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey
and Maryland.
Registered Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania
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SERGE
V. BORICHEVSKY
FORENSIC CIVIL ENGINEER
EXPERIENCE
1986-Present
Consulting Forensic Civil Engineer, Paul Zamrowski Associates. Engineering investigation,
evaluation and reconstruction of vehicular, pedestrian trip or slip and fall,
struck-by, fall from height, and caught-between accidents. Also, construction
safety, building code conformance, transportation facilities, building
failures, and water damage. Completed over 2600 investigations and have made
over 100 appearances as a qualified expert in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware,
New York,
and Federal Courts.
1985-89 Vice President
Consulting Civil Engineering firm. Administered contracts for on site
construction inspection of Interstate highway, bridge, and building projects
costing more than $150 million.
1984-85 Project
Engineer for heavy, highway and building contracting firm. Responsible for engineering and
scheduling on $30 million expressway project.
1983-84 Administered multi-million dollar
bridge and highway construction and reha-bilitation projects for PennDOT.
Ordered changes in design and construction specifications. Enforced
contractor compliance with OSHA and traffic safety standards.
1979-83 Directed all operations involving
maintenance of 1900 miles of PennDOT high-ways, 1700 bridges and tunnels.
Managed 500 employees and equipment fleet of 300. Instituted maintenance and
safety policies. Directed preparation and expenditure of $34 million annual
budget.
1977-79 Developed
statewide policies, procedures and standards for highway maintenance
management at PennDOT Central Office in Harrisburg.
Drafted construction specifications and contracts.
1968-77
Managed construction inspection of major Interstate bridge and highway
projects. Responsible for quality and integrity of construction of bridges,
pavements, earthwork, railroads, drainage, signs and signals, maintenance and
protection of traffic, and other types of construction. Enforced compliance
with OSHA Regulations. Made design changes to correct errors and/or
omissions.
1967-68
Structural inspection of distressed bridges for PennDOT.
Rehabilitation design of several historic covered wooden bridges. Resident
Engineer for inspection and rehabilitation of first prestressed concrete
bridge built in USA.
1965-66
Bridge Designer and Inspector, City of Philadelphia Bridge
Division.
1963-64
Surveying U.S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey. Hydrographic survey of Lake
Mead, Nevada, and first order
Geodimeter traverse in Florida.
EDUCATION
Ÿ
Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Construction
Management Major, Drexel
University, 1967.
Ÿ
Board Member, Lower Dauphin County Code Enforcement
Agency, 1978-79.
Ÿ
1On-the-Job Safety in Public Works, American Public
Works Association Education Foundation, April 1986.
Ÿ
Professional Liability Seminar, American Society of
Civil Engineers, March 1987.
Ÿ
Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Seminars,
IPTM, University of North
Florida, 1988, 1990 and 1993.
Ÿ
Roof Problem Analysis and Roofing Options Conference, National Roofing
Contractors Association 1989.
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Forensic Engineering Seminar, National < |