Mr. Colakoglu has 30 years of structural engineering experience specializing in the evaluation of existing structures, structural design of additions and alterations, and investigation of structural failures and deficiencies. Mr. Colakoglu has been involved in the investigation of more than 2500 structures and has experience in evaluating structural damage due to floods, snow, wind, construction deficiencies, settlement, and impact. He also designed commercial, residential, and institutional buildings for three years.

Mr. Colakoglu has extensive and specialized structural engineering experience in wireless telecommunication sites, covering all types, including towers, antenna mounts, and rooftops. He has been the engineer of record for more than 8,000 telecommunication sites. His experience in the tower industry includes 4 years at a fabrication facility. He has testified before zoning boards in NJ, DE, PA, and NY on more than 60 occasions as a civil engineering expert.

Mr. Colakoglu’s expertise includes:

• Structural design, analysis, retrofit, and evaluation of structures supporting wireless telecommunication equipment; self-supporting towers, guyed towers, monopoles, smokestacks, water tanks, rooftops, sign structures, antenna mounts, and raised platforms
• Structural design, analysis, retrofit, and evaluation of transmission towers and monopoles for overhead electric transmission and distribution
• Evaluation of flood-damaged structures, NFIP subject matter expert
• Water intrusion claims
• Evaluation of structures damaged due to snow, wind and impact loads
• Repair design of structures damaged due to snow, wind, and impact loads
• Cold-formed steel design and evaluation
• Steel connection design and evaluation
• Seismic damage evaluation
• Evaluation of parking structures
• Evaluation and construction of deep caissons

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1995

Professional Engineer:
Alabama, 30491-E
Colorado, PE.0064237
Connecticut, 27057
Delaware, 14504
Florida, 69688
Georgia, 33872
Hawaii, 16337
Iowa, 21342
Idaho, 16292
Indiana, PE11100614
Kansas, 21327
Kentucky, 26655
Louisiana, 35031
Massachusetts, 48288
Maryland, 34335
Michigan, 6201056838
Minnesota, 50293
Missouri, PE-2011011126
Mississippi, 19269
North Carolina, 036074
New Hampshire, 12929
New Jersey, 24GE04549300
New York, 087313
Ohio, 74482
Oregon, 86036PE
Pennsylvania, PE075726
Rhode Island, 9335
South Carolina, 27353
Tennessee, 114066
Texas, 104336
Utah, 13980713-2203
Virginia, 038772
Vermont, 018.0059378
Wisconsin, 42050-6
West Virginia, 18644

Structural Engineer:
Illinois, 81.006821
Georgia, SE000032