Sector Leader: Mark Miner, LEED AP
INVESTIGATIVE/PACE
PACE Investigative Services, Inc., a division of Hall & Foreman, Inc., provides Clients with a single resource to handle all of their technical investigative needs. PACE’s multi-disciplined team of experienced professionals apply their analytical skills to identify, define, and explain the technical mysteries and failures that give rise to insurance claims and legal actions. PACE’s services are provided to diverse Clients in Southern California from attorneys and insurance companies to private parties and governmental agencies. PACE also offers a variety of studies, reviews, videos, laboratory testing, consultation, litigation support, and expert testimony to ensure accurate and timely services, as requested, including a statement of conclusions and opinions that represent the case or project.
Specific Investigative Service Disciplines Include:
- Civil/Structural/Architectural
- PACE Investigative Service's Civil, Structural, and Architectural experts have dealt with hundreds of investigations regarding Structural Analysis and Failures, Civil Engineering and Site Work Review, Construction Failures and Defects, Earthquake Damage Assessment, Storm Damage, Repair Analysis, etc.
- Surveying
- PACE Investigative Service's surveying department has completed a variety of investigations involving property line disputes, the location of property lines from resulting slope failures , and preparation of Topographic Surveys and Maps, Title Research and Examination. PACE has also performed regional settlement monitoring programs for large-scale, public works projects.
- Slip, Trip, and Fall
- PACE Investigative Services provides Slip, Trip, & Fall investigations along with Building Code compliance and violations. Our engineers are available to further provide documentation review, site investigations, preliminary verbal and written reports, sketches and drawings, laboratory testing, technical consultation, litigation support, and Expert Witness testimony.
- Soils/Geology
- PACE Investigative Service's soils and geology professionals can provide investigations involving slope failures, landslides, subsidence, and other issues of earth movement. PACE Investigative Services has the ability to monitor earth movement, check the structure's levelness with a Manometer Survey, and prepare a complete soils report. The PACE soils and geology team is also available for Expert Witness testimony.
Contact PACE
PACE Investigative Services
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
25152 Springfield CourtSuite 350
Santa Clarita. CA 91355-1096
661.284.7400
Fax 661.284.7401
info@hfinc.com
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties
PACE Links/Affiliates
Building Code
| Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) | iccsafe.org |
| Council of American Building Officials (CABO) | iccsafe.org |
| International Code Council (ICC) (merged w/CABO) | iccsafe.org |
| National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) | nahb.com |
| National Conference of States of Building Codes and Standards (NCS) | ncsbcs.org |
Construction
| American Concrete Institute (ACI) | aci-int.org |
| American Iron and Steel Institutes (AISI) | steel.org |
| American National Standards Institute (ANSI) | ansi.org |
| American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) | astm.org |
| Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) | biasc.org |
| Building Managers and Owners Association (BOMA) | boma.org |
| Gypsum Association | gypsum.com |
| International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) | iaei.org |
| International Association for Standardization (ISO) | iso.ch |
| National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) | necanet.org |
| National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA) | paint.org |
| National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) | nrca.net |
| Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) | ul.com |
| Western Wood Products Association (WWPA) | wwpa.org |
Architects/Engineers
| American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) | ashrae.org |
| American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) | acec.org |
| American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | asce.org |
| American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) | aspe.org |
| National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) | nspe.org |
| Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) | seinstitute.org |
| Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) | seaoc.org |
| The American Institute of Architecture (AIA) | aia.org |
| The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | ieee.org |
Fire
| American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) | firesprinkler.org |
| International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) | fire-investigators.org |
| National Fire Protection Agency (FPA) | nfpa.org |
| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) | atf.gov |
| U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) | usfa.fema.gov |
Government Agencies
| Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) | fema.gov |
| National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) | ncep.noaa.gov |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) | nhtsa.dot.gov |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | nist.gov |
| National Weather Service (NWS) | nws.noaa.gov |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | osha.gov |
| State of California Department of Consumer Affairs | dca.gov |
| The Department of Energy | energy.com |
| The State Bar of California | calbar.ca.gov |
| U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) | chemsafety.gov |
| U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | cpsc.gov |
| U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) | commerce.gov |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | epa.gov |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region (FWS) | r1.fws.gov |
| U.S. Geological Society (USGS) | usgs.gov |
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) | nrc.gov |
General
| NSF International (NSF) | nsf.org |
| University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project | ipm.ucdavis.edu |
PACE Newsletters
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