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KOMOROUS CONSULTING
31252 HOLLY DRIVE
LAGUNA BEACH, CA. 92651
(949) 499-1957
(949) 499-3538
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CURRICULUM VITAE.pdf
CURRICULUM VITAE OF DONALD J. KOMOROUS
EDUCATION
Graduated from the University of
Arizona in 1968 with Bachelor Science
Degree in Civil Engineering
Post Graduate course – Hydraulic Design at
U.S.C.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
State of California General Engineering
Contractor License #A-327320, obtained 1985
State of California General Building Contractor
License #B-327320, obtained 1976
State of Oregon General Building Contractors
License #78608 expired
Registered Civil Engineer, State of California,
RCE 20425, obtained 1971
ICBO
Certified Special Inspector Reinforced Concrete #44676
ICBO
Certified Special Inspector Structural Masonry #446951
Past
Provisional Member – American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Engineering
Sciences Section
Member-
Forensic Consultants Association Orange County
Professional
Member of ICC (International cod Council), which is
the
entity that produces the Uniform Building Code and International Code
Member,
National Safety Council
Associate
Member, American Society of Safety Engineers, Engineering Section
Associate
Member, American Society of Safety Engineers, Construction Section
Past Member,
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
American
Indoor Air Quality Council
SEMINARS AND
CLASSES
American Indoor Air
Quality Council
-Basic Strategies for Conducting Meaningful Microbial IAQ Investigations - July
2003
American Academy of
Forensic Science
-Dynamic
Analysis of a Fall from a Stairway
-Forensic
Biomechanics- The Analysis and Reconstruction of “Walking/Falling”
Accidents on Level Surfaces.
-System for
Validation and Evaluation of Friction Testers
-Force Plate
Validation of Tribometers
-The Effect
of Contact Pressure on Slip Resistance: Experimental Results
-The Effect
of Test-Foot Sliding on Tribometric Test Results
-Effect of
Floor Soil on Slip Resistance in Commercial Food Service Operations
-The
Electrical Arcing Fire- Was it a Ground Fault or a Phase–to-Phase Fault
Initially?
-The
Combustion of Aluminum in Electrical Arcing Fault Fires
-Propane
Diffusion and Gas Detector Performance in a Camper
-Codes and
Standards in Forensics
SEMINARS AND
CLASSES cont.
-EMFs: Excessive Residential Electro-Magnetic Fields- Biological Effects,
Litigation,
Detection and Correction
-Soil Sample
Preservation for Volatile Organic Compounds
-Investigation of a Glass Roof Cracking Problem in a large Commercial Greenhouse
-Velocity Analysis of Falling Electric Motor Break Cover
World of Concrete:
-Conference on Concrete Form Work Efficiency
-Tilt-up
Construction
-Elevated
Floors
International
Conference of Building Officials:
-Electrical
Inspection I
-Architectural Applications of the Uniform Building Code
-Combination
Inspection- Application of the Uniform Building Code, Uniform
Mechanical
Code and International Plumbing Code
-Wood
Structures I – Analysis of Wood-framed Buildings
-Wood
Structures II – Evaluation of Wind and Earthquake Forces
Orange Coast College:
-Construction
Safety/Cal OSHA
Irvine Valley College:
-Introduction
to 35mm Photography
Saddleback College:
-Introduction
to Digital Photography
West Coast Casualty
Service:
-Construction
Defects
Construction Claims:
-Seminar on
prevention and resolution of construction claims including documentation,
causes,
sequence, delays and damages.
Underground Service
Alert of Southern California
-Safety
awareness for excavators - Sept. 2000 - sponsored by Pacific Bell and Dig Alert
Saddle Island
Institute
-Construction
Scheduling Analysis - May 2002
American Indoor Air
Quality Council
-Basic
strategies for conducting meaningful microbial IAQ investigations – July 2003
National Conflict
Resolution Center
-
Introductory Mediation Skills Training – August 2005
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE FOR POSITIONS 1963 TO PRESENT
1999 – Present
Principal, Consulting
Company
Principal of Komorous Consulting. Provide forensic services related to design,
construction and engineering. Provide inspection services for construction
defects and
accident litigation. Accident reconstruction. Analyze plans, specifications,
contracts, change orders, daily reports and correspondence to determine delays,
procedures and
claims. Prepare estimates to determine repair or completion costs. Provide
testimony as to custom and practice in the construction industry for
construction defects and injuries.
1999-Present
Owner, Construction
Company
Owner of Scratch Masters. Provide window washing, construction cleanup, and
glass scratch removal for the construction industry.
1993 – 1999
Vice President,
Consulting Company
Vice President of D R K Consulting & Associates, a division of D R K
Construction Co., Inc. Provide forensic serviced related to design or
construction. Perform inspection services for defect and accident litigation.
Analyze plans, specifications. Contracts, change orders, daily reports and
correspondence. Prepare estimates for correction of defects. Provide testimony
as to custom and practice in the construction industry for construction defects
and injuries.
1991 – 1993
Project Manager and
estimator
Employed by Westway Contractors. Duties included preparation of estimates for
major projects on military bases, hospitals, libraries, community centers, fire
stations, and tilt –up industrial buildings and Caltrans Metro Rail Stations.
Concrete foreman on a helicopter maintenance building for the U. S. Marine Corps
and a Caltrans Metro Rail Station.
1988 – 1993
Owner, Construction
and Engineering Companies (Concurrent with other work)
Owner of Aspen Company. Built three custom homes including design, labor, and
supervision. Preformed grading, concrete, framing and ceramic tile work.
Provided estimates for construction financing. All homes were completed on
schedule and within 6 months.
Owner of Komorous Engineering. Prepared grading plans, site plans, tract maps,
parcel maps and estimates for various commercial/industrial, condominium and
housing projects.
1991-1993
Estimator
(Concurrent with other work)
Estimator for La Palma Equipment, a grading contractor.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: (cont.)
1988 – 1991
Project Manager
Employed by Fisch Properties, a development company. Responsible for preparing
estimates, writing contracts, working with architects and owners to obtain
functional building documents and construction supervision of all projects.
Projects included remodeling of three custom homes in Beverly Hills, 24,000 sq.
ft. Spancrete retail building including a parking structure, 16,000 sq.ft.
Retail building, 8,000 sq. ft. Retail
building, 64,000 sq. ft. building including five floors retail and three floors
of subterranean parking, and tenant improvements.
1984 – 1988
Project Manager and
Vice President of Construction
Employed by Marlin Construction Company. Duties included preparing estimates,
negotiating bids, change orders, purchase orders and supervision of all field
projects. Projects included forty-nine unit housing tract, six unit housing
tract, six unit gated condominium project, shopping centers, bus maintenance
garage for Long Beach Transit, tilt-up warehouse, post-tensioned parking
structures, tenant improvements, gymnasium, community center, apartment complex
and hotel.
1977 – 1984
Responsible Managing
Employee and Partner
Organized and owned Magnus Company, a construction company that primarily built
public works projects. In a five-year period, increased bonding capacity from
$300,000 to $3,000,000 per project. Responsibilities included preparation of
estimates and budgets, bidding, contracts, change order and purchase orders.
Acted as liaison between agency and field, provided inspection services for the
South East Park District, inspected construction of parks and park buildings.
Projects included custom home, five schools, six parks, fire station, two
bridges, community center, sewage lift station and bus maintenance center.
1975 – 1977
Superintendent
Employed by The August Company, a general contractor, as a superintendent.
Duties included supervision of a large restaurant and parking structure and
supervision and project management for the company’s largest project, a vehicle
service center and campus storage facility for U.C.L.A.
1974 – 1975
Principal and Director
of Construction and Engineering
Employed by Recreation Systems, a park planning firm. Duties included
engineering design, estimating, represented client for job site construction
inspection, and reviewed all change orders. Projects included community center,
six buildings, fourteen parks and one lake.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: (cont.)
1969 – 1974
Project Engineer and
Assistant Supervisor of Engineering Department
Employed by Reiss and Brown, an engineering design firm. Duties included design
and engineering of buildings, site plans, grading plans, sewers, water and storm
drains plans for projects including two major shopping centers and many
commercial projects. The largest project was Bonelli Regional Park encompassing
two thousand acres, eight miles of roads four miles of storm drains and sewers.
1968 –1969
Civil Engineer
Assistant and Assistant Project Manager
Employed by the City of Los Angeles, assigned to the Venice Waterways
Development, a special project for Mayor Sam Yorty – comprised a $21.5 million,
80-acre water-
oriented community. Duties were preparation of cost estimates, coordination of
design contractors, city departments and plan checkers. Project never built.
1966 – 1968
Civil Engineer
Assistant
Employed by the City of Los Angeles, Utility and Estimating Division.
Responsibilities included preparation of cost estimates, quantity calculations
and field inspections.
Summer 1964
Designer
Employed by Dormont Allen Company. Duties included designing and installing
conveyors.
Summer 1963
Assistant to Director
of Research and Development
Employed by Motorola Semi-Conductor. Worked in research department of the first
automated transistor machine. (Secret Clearance)
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