News | February 16, 2026
The London appointment expands the firm’s capabilities in product safety, crisis management, materials science, risk assessment, and high-stakes failure analysis.
Mr. Rodriguez has more than 20 years of experience in the engineering and construction industries and specializes in providing independent expert services on engineering and construction related matters to owners, developers, contractors, design professionals, and sureties.
Eric Rodriguez is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience providing engineering, construction, and advisory services. Mr. Rodriguez has performed civil and structural engineering design on new and rehabilitated projects and conducted forensic failure analyses. He has also assisted on issues regarding troubled projects/project turnarounds, contract negotiations, change management, and project management.
His experience includes capital projects in the commercial, industrial, oil & gas, chemical processing, transportation, infrastructure, educational, institutional, healthcare, entertainment, hospitality, and residential sectors in the US and abroad. The scale of the projects Mr. Rodriguez has been involved with range from approximately $1MM USD to mega projects in excess of $4B USD.
Mr. Rodriguez has served as an independent expert in State courts as well as AAA and ICC arbitrations. The topics Mr. Rodriguez has testified to include construction costs and damages; civil, structural, and building envelope defects; engineering project management; construction management; standard of care; labor productivity; and schedule delay, acceleration, and compression.
The London appointment expands the firm’s capabilities in product safety, crisis management, materials science, risk assessment, and high-stakes failure analysis.
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