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Mr. Hesson is a seasoned Forensic Structural Engineer in the Mid-Continent Region with over 17 years of experience in structural/civil engineering design, analysis, and performing forensic assessments of buildings and materials. He has previously worked in Architectural & Engineering design firms, private professional engineering offices, and on oil & gas pipeline and pump station design, including as a field engineer on pipe coating inspections and leak detection. Additionally, Mr. Hesson has been a consultant to the FEMA Public Assistance program post disaster, several A/E firms as seismic analysis and design expert, and extensive site inspection experience post disaster both from a forensic private client perspective and from a FEMA consultant perspective. He has extensive experience understanding the general & environmental challenges of private and public clientele. Mr. Hesson is familiar with navigating concerns for clients in a variety of industries including, but not limited to developers; lenders; commercial real estate; city and county municipal; State and Federal; housing authority; oil and gas; builders and general contractors.

Mr. Hesson’s Areas of Expertise include:

Technical Report Preparation and Review; Structural engineering design and analysis in multiple industries including Oil & Gas, A/E, Remedial-retrofit A/D; Pipeline inspection of coatings, inspection of small-diameter pipe (sub 8-inch) for flange and fitting leak testing; Flare burn-off stack and radiation shield design; school and hospital design prior to the SE designation changes; lateral loads on structures including high seismic and coastal wind loading designs and forensic analysis.