Alex Sadovskiy, P.E.

FORENSIC ENGINEER

Detroit, Michigan

Alex Sadovskiy, P.E.

FORENSIC ENGINEER

Detroit, Michigan

GET TO KNOW Alex Sadovskiy, P.E.

Mr. Sadovskiy is an award-winning forensic engineer and building envelope specialist, recognized both internally and externally for delivering high levels of client-focused services across multiple technical arenas.  Throughout his forensic career, Mr. Sadovskiy has honed processes of efficient forensic engineering and consulting service delivery, enabling him to handle up to 260 assignments per year, roughly equaling one report for each working day of the year.  He has applied these processes to routine assignments, high-volume CAT assignments, and multi-disciplinary investigations involving teams of technical subject matter experts, meeting and exceeding his client’s expectations.  Mr. Sadovskiy has applied agile learning techniques throughout his career, to consistently fuel acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and capabilities, through his robust forensic engineering practice, which continue to grow and expand at a rapid pace.  His engineering capabilities are regionally recognized, with professional registrations across 16 jurisdictions.  His professional education began at Michigan State University in 2011, with continuing education consistently adding to his knowledge, training, and experience, along with appearances for expert testimony.

Mr. Sadovskiy’s technical capabilities include multiple facets of structural and civil engineering, including specialties like blast-resistant structural design; code amenability, construction, and maintenance; and technical compliance reviews relative to an array of applicable technical standards and codes.  His work has also included reverse engineering of failed in-field components for failure pathology and systemic improvement determinations.  He is additionally experienced on the construction side, engaged in value engineering, competitive bid analysis, and coordination of teams of consulting engineers.  Mr. Sadovskiy possesses the BEC-2 specialty certification for assessing, and mitigating damage to, exterior building envelopes, including exterior claddings, windows, doors, roofing systems, and other architectural building components.  From the management perspective, he has contributed to company-wide program and process improvements, focused on operational quality control and compliance, implemented throughout North America, in consultation with outside stakeholders, including regulatory officials.  Mr. Sadovskiy pilots unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and is licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Prior to focusing solely on forensics, Mr. Sadovskiy has planned, designed, detailed, and managed capital and maintenance improvement projects for new buildings, utility projects, structural upgrades, and various facility improvements across diverse industry sectors, including complex specialties like industrial manufacturing, chemical production, nuclear energy, and healthcare.  This experience included the financial side of facilities programming, including planning for mitigating productivity losses during required plant shutdowns for maintenance, as well as in-field adaptive engineering solutions implemented to address changing in-field conditions.  He has consulted with facility owners, contractors, and teams of engineers throughout his career, providing input and feedback on design-, construction-, coordination-, and process-related issues affecting design, construction, and maintenance.  He has also applied his robust scientific and engineering skill sets outside of forensics, for organizations promoting philanthropic home building and STEM youth robotics mentoring.

Primary Areas of Consulting

  • Structural Evaluations
    • Commercial, residential, and industrial buildings constructed with steel, concrete, masonry, and wood components
    • Flood/surge damage
    • Structural collapse
    • Settlement/heaving damage
    • Building code compliance and code upgrades
  • Roofing Systems
    • Commercial and residential
    • Wind/hail damage evaluations
    • Quality of manufacture and installation
  • Building Envelope Systems
    • Commercial and residential
    • Wind/hail damage evaluations
    • Quality of manufacture and installation
  • Evaluation of Wind Damage to Structures
    • Commercial and residential
    • Hurricane, tornado, and straight-line wind evaluations
  • Construction Defect Evaluations
    • Commercial and residential
    • Moisture intrusion evaluations
    • Building code compliance
    • Repair/remediation scope

Certifications

Building Envelope Science Institute (BESI) -Building Envelope Certification Level 2 (BEC-2)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Michigan State University
2011

Licensed Professional Engineer in the States of:

Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin

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