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Charlotte, NC 28217
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Alexander Szatanek has over 23 years of forensic engineering and design experience, primarily related to existing structures' facades, roofs, and waterproofing systems, and three years of building consulting services related to insurance claims.
In the first seventeen years of his career, Mr. Szatanek specialized in investigating, managing, designing repairs, preparing construction documents, and overseeing renovation projects related to facades, parking garages, waterproofing, roofing, and water intrusion. He conducted forensic assessments, condition assessments, and due diligence investigations for stadiums, hotels, office buildings, condominium buildings, apartment buildings, parking garages, warehouses, industrial buildings, retail strip centers, nursing homes, and private residences.
Since joining J.S. Held, Mr. Szatanek initially performed building consulting services related to insurance claims. Work typically involved managing claims from start to finish, including conducting site inspections of the damaged property (fires, natural disasters, storms, and vehicle impacts) and preparing detailed estimates and invoice reviews, among other things.
Since 2019, Mr. Szatanek has joined the Forensic Architecture & Engineering practice at J.S. Held, where he routinely performs forensic assessments related to insurance claims for storm damage (hail, wind, hurricane, tornado, water intrusion, etc.), fire claims, vehicle impacts, among other damages. In addition, he provides expert opinions for attorneys for insurance claims, construction defects cases, and surety bond claims related to the building envelope and structure.
Mr. Szatanek conducts failure analyses for a wide array of building-related issues. He has been involved in numerous major loss and catastrophe assignments throughout the US. He also works with other practices in an engineering capacity at J.S. Held that involves Property Damage, Roof Consulting, Building Risk, and Surety. His focus is daily insurance claims, large losses, and litigation support.
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