James Barnard PE
Senior Project Manager
Contact Info
Locations
Salt Lake City, UT
Biography
James is a Senior Project Engineer with over 20 years of construction and engineering experience including structural design for buildings using the fundamental construction materials such as wood, steel, metal, concrete, and masonry. He has researched, developed and created company standards for forensic evaluation of building materials and systems, structural engineering design, and structural construction documents for various materials and quality assurance/control standards. He has managed the construction of numerous building materials including unique structural steel systems, specialty reinforced concrete systems (above and below grade), and various building envelope components specific to air, water, heat, and noise transfer while ensuring that construction and material standards were met for multiple sized projects.Education
- Utah State University | Logan, Utah
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering - Weber State University | Ogden, Utah
Master of Business Administration - Business Administartion - Utah State University | Logan, Utah
Master of Science - Structural Engineering
Professional Experience
- 2021 - Current | Senior Project Manager | YA Engineering Services
- 2013 - 2021 | Senior Project Engineer | Envista Forensics
- 2011 - 2013 | Structural Quality Control Manager | Okland Construction
- 2007 - 2011 | Design Engineer (Structural) | BHB Structural
- 2005 - 2007 | Design Engineer (Structural) | Ensign Engineering and Land Surveying
- 2004 - 2005 | Owner | J&B Concrete Specialties
- 1996 - 2004 | Concrete Foreman | Ryan Green Construction, Blair Green Construction
Areas of Practice
- Building Code Upgrade Review
- Building Envelope
- Condition Assessment
- Damage Assessment
- Earthquake Engineering
- Failure Analysis
- Repair Cost Estimating
- Roofing
- Structural Analysis
- Water Leakage Testing and Analysis
Representative Consulting Assignments
- Structural Steel Warehouse | Construction Defect | $2M
Iowa | Structural Steel Collapse Construction Defect Evaluation - Apartment Development | Construction Defect | $1M
Utah | Fiber Cement Board Siding, Wood Framing, HVAC Construction Defect Evaluation - Swimming Pool | Construction Defect | $100k
Utah | Pool Structural and Plaster Construction Defect Evaluation - Apartment Development | Construction Defect | $8M
Utah | Building Envelope Construction Defect Evaluation - Wood, Steel and Concrete Structures | Fire/Smoke | Various Costs
Various Locations | Forensic Investigation and Evaluation of Cause and Extent of Damage - Wood, Steel and Concrete Structures | Earthquake | Various Costs
Various Locations | Forensic Investigation and Evaluation of Cause and Extent of Damage - Custom Residences | Construction Defect | Various Costs
Various Locations | Roofing, Siding, Foundation, Soils, Plumbing Leak, and/o Site Drainage Construction Defect Evaluations - Natatorium | Construction Defect | $1M
Wyoming | Building Envelope and Moisture Exposure Construction Defect Evaluation - Single Family Development | Construction Defect | $1M
Stucco and Window Construction Defect Evaluation - Townhome Development | Construction Defect | $10M
Colorado | Building Envelope and Site Construction Defect Evaluation
Credentials
- PE | Professional Engineer
Licenses
- Colorado | PE.0048192 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Florida | 95276 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Idaho | 15839 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Louisiana | 41448 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Montana | 40675 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Nevada | 24451 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- New Mexico | 23434 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Texas | 119807 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Utah | 5561938-2202 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
- Wyoming | 14361 | Professional Engineer (Civil and Structural)
