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Mel Smith

J.S. Held Acquires Element Forensic Engineering, Expanding Insurance-Focused Capabilities for Mid-Market and Large Loss Property Claims Across Canada

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Mel Smith specializes in estimating the cost of structurally damaged commercial and residential buildings. With over 35 years of experience in the property restoration industry mostly in the San Francisco Bay area, he has inspected and estimated structures damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the 1991 Oakland Hills fire to the most recent firestorms of 2019.

Mel Smith is involved in project management, damage assessment, estimating, project monitoring, and auditing of collapse, fire, wind, water, and flood damage claims of various sizes and nature.