Mr. Vance is a licensed Civil Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the design, performance evaluation, and failure analysis of various types of structures.  Mr. Vance has a doctorate in Civil Engineering with a focus on structures and materials.  His doctorate studies included extensive research and investigation on the design and performance of concrete.  He has performed over 300 residential and commercial structural inspections including failures associated with long term deterioration, settlement, wind, snow, hurricanes, and vehicular impacts.  During his career he has designed, inspected, rated, and analyzed more than 50 highway bridges for various clients including private parties and state, local, and federal transportation agencies.  He has worked in forensics for over nine years with experience evaluating various types of failures and construction defects.

Kirk Vance’s expertise includes:

• Residential and commercial structural inspection and failure analysis and damage assessment.
• Roof inspection and failure analysis.
• Determination of required repair and rehabilitation procedures.
• Residential and commercial code and standard review.
• Building envelope assessments.
• Inspection, rating, analysis and design of bridge structures

PhD, Civil Engineering (Structures and Materials), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2014

Professional Engineer (Additional states available upon application):
Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania, PE076546
Professional Engineer, Washington, 54103
Professional Engineer, Oregon, 91837PE
Professional Engineer, Idaho, P-17081
Professional Engineer, Montana, 49318
Professional Engineer, Florida, 84771
Professional Engineer, Texas, 128288
Certified Tribometrist, CXLT