Profile:
Fred Nolta has over 30 years of continuous and diverse construction experience as a general contractor/subcontractor. Career positions progressing from: laborer, field engineer, superintendant, estimator, project manager, project executive, group manager to principal. Fred is a detailed analyst, communicates in layman's terms, and is a credible presenter with trial testimony experience.

* Services: Forensic analysis, opinion, testimony and claims preparation/defense services regarding standard of care, defect, failures, delay / acceleration / disruption, scheduling, cost estimating, cost of repair, change orders, contracts, quality, personal injury, etc.
* Product type experience: Residential, commercial, health care, education, light industrial and site development including: offices, retail, restaurants, food service, multifamily high-rise, apartments, condos, hospitals, medical office buildings (MOB), hotels, schools, stadium, theater, parking, power / co-generation, waste water treatment, Indian gaming and casinos.
* Concrete expertise: High-rise (to 51 floors), slip form, jump form, tilt-up, precast, pre-stressed, post tension slab, mat slab, caisson, underpinning, shoring and foundation.
* Structural expertise: Framing, reinforcing (rebar), gage, structural, and miscellaneous steel and wood.
* Additional expertise: Building envelope (water intrusion), earthwork / grading, excavation and building / foundation settlement.

Client experience: Private, public works (prevailing wage), military and Native American (reservation, sales tax mitigation).

Education/Licenses:

Bachelors of Science Degree, Construction Engineering, College of Engineering, Arizona State U.
California Licensed Contractor with classifications in "A" General Engineering, "B" General Building and "C-8" Concrete.
Certified CQM Construction Quality Management for Contractors by US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Naval Facilities Command (NAVFAC)

Primary Area of Expertise:
Construction