Recognized for more than 45 years of leadership in steel fabrication, structural steel manufacturing, steel estimating, and fabrication management, this steel fabrication expert witness specializes in structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication, steel estimating, project management, steel detailing, tank fabrication, manufacturing operations, and construction cost analysis. She currently serves as an independent steel consultant, Executive Director of the National Institute of Steel Detailing (NISD), and Adjunct Instructor in structural steel detailing project management. Her experience includes providing expert witness services in construction disputes involving steel fabrication, shop drawings, erection drawings, estimating, contract documentation, project performance, and construction change orders, as well as third-party analyses of fabrication costs. In addition to consulting, she develops and delivers training for steel fabrication project managers, estimators, and detailers, drawing on extensive leadership in fabrication operations, project execution, and business management consulting.

A defining aspect of her practice is the management and evaluation of complex steel fabrication projects across a wide range of industrial and commercial applications. Her expertise encompasses structural steel fabrication, miscellaneous steel fabrication, shop-fabricated and field-erected tanks, ASME pressure vessels, nuclear waste storage tanks, modular process units, and aluminum and stainless steel fabrication. Core areas of practice include steel estimating, project management, steel detailing, fabrication workflow, purchasing, scheduling, manufacturing operations, quality control, and construction cost analysis. She possesses extensive knowledge of ASTM, API, AWWA, ASME, AISC, AWS, and OSHA standards, applying these codes to fabrication processes, quality assurance, operational management, and evaluation of construction-related technical issues. Her work also includes material take-offs, change order analysis, business management consulting, operational process improvement, and strategies that improve profitability, cost control, budget discipline, production efficiency, and on-time project delivery.

Equally significant is her executive leadership and longstanding commitment to advancing the steel fabrication profession. Throughout her career, she has held senior positions including President, Vice President, Operations Manager, Vice President of Manufacturing, Vice President of Sales, Chief Estimator, and independent consultant. A notable credibility anchor is her leadership within the National Institute of Steel Detailing, where she has served as President, Vice President, and Executive Director while overseeing organizational operations and nationally recognized Quality Procedures Program (QPP) and Individual Detailer Certification (IDC) qualification programs. Her professional authority is further reflected through authorship of the textbook Commercial Steel Estimating, service as Editing Manager for the NISD publication The Connection, publication of numerous technical articles addressing steel estimating, detailing, project management, and fabrication practices, and the development and instruction of structural steel detailing project management coursework.

Further demonstrating her litigation and consulting experience, she has prepared written technical analyses and expert opinions involving contract drawing deficiencies, shop and erection drawings, steel detailing, fabrication performance, construction payment disputes, and change order evaluations. Her reviews have included thousands of project and case records to evaluate fabrication execution, estimating practices, contract compliance, and project performance in complex construction matters. This combination of expert witness experience, fabrication management, estimating expertise, executive leadership, industry education, and technical knowledge provides specialized expertise in steel fabrication, structural steel estimating, project management, construction documentation, manufacturing operations, construction cost analysis, and the application of industry standards governing fabricated steel projects.