Registered Professional Engineer with expertice in concrete and corrosion, particularly the chloride induced corrosion of steel in concrete structures such as bridges, parking structures and buildings near the oceans.

EW #1456  is the immediate Past Chairman of American Concrete Institute Technical (ACI) Committee 222, 'Corrosion of Metals'. This committee has published ACI 222R-96, 'Corrosion of Metals in Concrete', ACI 222.1-96, 'Provisional Standard Test method for Water-Soluble Chloride Available for Corrosion of Embedded Steel in Mortar and Concrete Using the Soxhlet Extractor', and has sponsored sessions at recent ACI conventions on the use of alternative corrosion resistant reinforcement, means of mitigating chloride induced corrosion in reinforcement and strategies for corrosion protection for reinforcing steel in concrete. He is also a member of the American Concrete Institute Technical Activities Committee which has responsibility for all the technical activities of the Institute.

Specializing in chloride induced corrosion of steel in concrete and general concrete durability problems.Corrosion from de-icing salts, marine environment and other factors. Structural engineer which provides knowledge of the effects of the deterioration on structural integrity.

Structural engineer expert in the field of chloride induced corrosion of steel in concrete and concrete durability problems. Immediate past chairman of American Concrete Institute (ACI)Technical Committee 222 (Corrosion of metals in Concrete)and a member of ACI Technical Committee 201 (Durability).
Member of ACI Technical Activities Committee which has responsibility for all technical
matters of the Institute.
Author of many technical papers and publications, elected fellow of the ACI.

Professional History
1999 - DATE
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University at Kingston

1977 - 1999
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University at Kingston

1967 - 1977
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University at Kingston

Litigation and Related Matters

1991 - Olympia and York vs Bell Canada. Ontario Supreme Court. Litigation involving corrosion of steel in a concrete parking structure in Ottawa. Gave evidence. Attorneys, Hughes, Amys, Toronto.

1992 - Litigation involving corrosion of steel in a concrete parking structure in Toronto. Case withdrawn. Attorneys, Tory, Tory, Binnington and DesLauriers, Toronto.

1991 - Dow Chemical vs Assorted Insurance Co. Litigation involving corrosion of steel in mortar. Case settled following a hearing in Federal Court in Michigan. Deposition taken. Gave evidence . Case sealed by order of Federal Judge Churchill. Attorneys, Grippo and Eldon, Chicago

1996 - City of Tucson vs Carolla, Black and Veatch. Litigation involving corrosion of steel in concrete. Case settled by mediation. Attorneys, Lewis and Roca, Phoenix.

1996 - Public Works and Government Services, Canada vs Tardiff Murrey Associates. Acted as third party neutral to give binding assessment of responsibility in a contractual dispute.

1998 - Litigation involving corrosion of steel strands in a prestressed concrete structure in Alberta. Case settled. Attorneys, Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer, Calgary.

1996 - Litigation involving corrosion of steel in a concrete condominium in Florida. Deposition taken. Case settled. Attorneys, James Glass Associates, Miami

1996 - Litigation involving a corrosion related industrial accident in Wisconsin. Deposition taken. Case withdrawn. Attorneys, Godfrey Braun and Hayes, Milwaukee.

2000 - Litigation involving the collapse of a pedestrian walkway in Concord, North Carolina. Deposition taken. Attorneys. Wallace and Graham, Salisbury, NC.,. Ongoing.