Melanie S. Smith, P.E., is a forensic engineer specializing in structural analysis, design, and forensic investigations of commercial, residential, institutional and industrial structures. She has over 40 years of experience in structural engineering and design of buildings and structures, including office buildings, museums, schools, correctional facilities, libraries, auditoriums, sport complexes, parking garages, airplane hangars, cranes and equipment supports, and other structures, in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.

She has over 8 years specializing in forensic structural engineering. Her projects in forensic engineering include commercial, institutional and residential buildings and aquatic structures which have experienced damage from weather, geotechnical or installation/construction related causes.

Additionally, Ms. Smith has extensive experience with Slip/Trip and Fall investigations and maintains certification for use with the English XL Variable Incidence Tribometer (VIT) for investigation of the coefficient of friction on solid surfaces. She is experienced with building codes, past and present, including the International Building Code and the Florida Building Code as well as local jurisdictional codes in the Georgia and Florida region.

Ms. Smith’s expertise includes:

• Structural Engineering Design and Analysis
• Forensic Structural Engineering Analysis and Structural Inspection
• Roofing Inspection of all Types of Residential and Commercial Roofing
• Window and Building Envelope Assessment
• Geotechnical Assessment of Structural Foundation Failures
• Slip/Trip and Fall Investigation

Bachelor of Civil Engineering with Honor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 1983
Master of Civil Engineering, specializing in structures, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994

Professional Engineering Licenses:
Georgia, 017750
Florida, 75703
Alabama, 36574
South Carolina, 34306
North Carolina, 049469
West Virginia, 020092
Louisiana, 0037767
Texas, 135809
Structural Engineering: Georgia SE000820

National Engineering Registration, NCEES Record No. 16-892-95
Cal OES Safety Assessment Program Evaluator
CXLT Certified EXCEL Tribometer Certificate #2302944, Expires February 16, 2026