Exemplar 44

Forensic engineering in most any engineering field not requiring expert witness testimony. From 1966 through 1973, I worked for others. From 1973 through 2017, I owned a couple of companies that designed and manufactured source emissions test equipment and performed source emission testing. I sold the source testing company in 2008, just before the crash.

Last year, I lost the design and manufacturing business because the EPA was put out of business and no one wanted to buy equipment that they did not need. I am now reinventing the specialty consulting that I did over the years as a fun job. I did not do the normal things one would do if one's only job was consulting since I had a couple of very good companies that were doing just fine.

Circumstances have changed so here I am. On projects where the outcome is not easily determined up front, I present a plan, the expected times and testing costs and schedule stopping points to review progress and costs. At each of these points, the client gets to look at what evidence we have collected, where it fits in the general problem, see if additional testing will resolve uncertain issues and decide whether to resume with the project or stop.