Dr. Gennaro G. Marino, P.E., D.GE will be presenting “Geoforensics for Engineers” at the 2018 Indiana Society of Professional Engineers Conference on June 8, 2018. His presentation will be from 3:40-4:20 pm. This presentation will provide an overview of what constitutes a geoforensics investigation. In addition to providing a basic to detailed definition of geoforensics, the presentation will summarize components of a forensic investigation and the varied causation components to the failure or problem. Each component will be discussed in detail with salient examples of actual case histories the presenter has investigated. MEA has been involved in cases which involved claims of up to about $1 billion dollars. In performing geoforensic investigations, the standard of what “a reasonable degree of engineering certainty” means will be discussed. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of lessons learned based on Dr. Marino’s experience.
