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Paul KingP.E.

Senior Forensic Engineer, Claims, Disputes & Forensics

Paul King is a Senior Forensic Structural Engineer with Vertex, holding over 30 years’ international experience in Civil / Structural Engineering design. In recent years, Mr. King has completed several hundred forensic investigations and reports for claims that included design and/or construction errors, weather events, structural failures, construction impact damage assessment, water damage and catastrophic events. Mr. King has performed expert witness work on litigation cases including injury, property damage, design and construction defects.

Mr. King was a structural engineer based in New York City for 18 years, where his work included the structural engineering design of low, medium and high-rise new buildings in addition to the reuse of existing buildings. Mr. King performed analysis and design of building structural and foundation systems using building materials including reinforced and precast concrete, structural and light gauge steel, masonry and wood. Mr. King prepared and supervised the preparation of structural plans and specifications, including obtaining approvals from City and State Agencies, for projects in the residential, commercial, hospitality and healthcare sectors predominantly. Mr. King provided structural engineering support services during construction including construction document coordination, project meetings, review of contractor submittals, site inspections, review special inspection reports and non-conformance work, project completion and sign-off.

Mr. King has prior overseas experience, where he worked for over 10 years on infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia. Mr. King completed engineering analysis and design on large scale road and bridge construction, in addition to structural and foundation systems for buildings in several market sectors including healthcare, retail and commercial.