With decades of experience in the outdoor recreation and landscaping design and building industry, Scott Cohen is available to offer in-depth insight into industry best practices. As a seasoned lecturer, he is comfortable with relaying complex terminology in a straightforward and clear manner.
Scott Cohen can offer expert testimony in the following areas: swimming pools and spas, landscaping and design, ponds and waterfalls, hardscape and masonry. And outdoor fireplaces and fire pits.
The expert testimony provided is based on Cohen’s extensive industry knowledge and expertise. Opinions are presented in an unbiased, clear, and truthful manner. All opinions are based on verifiable facts. Cohen will only offer testimony on subjects that he is qualified to testify about.
Over the years Scott Cohen has gained extensive industry knowledge in a wide range of areas within the outdoor recreation and landscaping space. He is available to offer his professional opinion on construction defect issues within any of the following areas:
Gunite construction, leaks, heaved pool shell, popped pool shell, plaster, Pebbletec, colored plaster, design configuration, plastering, plaster delaminating, beach entries, steel placement, tile work, plumbing, coping, waterproofing, water migration, drainage, concrete, heaved concrete, colored concrete, cracks in concrete, mastic joints, raised bond beams, sheer descents, laminar jets, deck jets, swimming pool covers, lighting and electrical, hydrostatic relief, permits, The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act, infinity edge pools, vanishing edge pools, tile delamination, glass tiles falling off, tile installation standards, grout joints, tile expansion joints, mastic, problems with salt systems.
Plans and take-offs, computer aided design, patio sizing, setbacks, irrigation systems, sprinklers, drainage, French drains, hydro-static relief drains, grading, retaining walls, seat walls, bender board, planting, rototilling, amendment, fertilization, maintenance practice, fine-grading, low-voltage lighting, LED lighting, transformers, lighting wiring, expansive soil, clay soil, voltage drop, seeding and sod.
Ponds, waterfalls, Aquascape systems, biological filtration, stagnant water, filtration, skimmer placement, plumbing, electrical, pond maintenance, leaks, excessive splash, rock selection, liners, and underlayment.
Patio sizing and placement, control joints, concrete, concrete cracks, score joints, stamped concrete finishing, colored concrete, concrete coping, cast concrete, concrete steps, footings, retaining walls, seat walls, swimming pool decking, delaminating, pop-outs, efflorescence, drainage, sheet flow, water intrusion, weep screed, pavers, stucco, pilasters, lighting, conduits, concrete counter tops, plan take-offs, accurate dimensions, decorative concrete, concrete staining, waterproofing.
Fire pits, gas plumbing, smoke draw, outdoor fireplace construction, public safety, gas burners, burn victims
Scott Cohen will present the facts of your construction defect issues as an expert in the field. He offers unbiased and professional testimony to clarify the issue.
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