Sasa Dzekic

M.Eng., P.Eng.

Director of Forensic Engineering
Practice Lead, Civil/Structural

Mr. Sasa Dzekic, M.Eng., P.Eng., is the Director of Forensic Engineering and the Practice Lead for the Civil/Structural Group. He is a designated consulting engineer with over 30 years of professional experience in structural engineering involving a wide range of building projects. He specializes in investigation and assessment of failures of buildings and structural systems, and/or their components, and evaluation of structural damage. Mr. Dzekic has conducted structural forensic investigation and assessment, preparation of reports, and expert testimony when required. He has performed planning and on-site advice with respect to unsafe building conditions and demolition, including temporary measures for structural securing of the buildings. He has conducted structural analysis and design of concrete, steel, wood and masonry structures, review of drawings for building permit purposes, and field review during construction.

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Structural Evaluations:

Commercial, residential, industrial, institutional (including schools, churches, hospitals), farm/agricultural buildings (including pole barns, greenhouses, silos), and designated structures (including retaining walls, crane runways, storage tanks)
Structural failure of buildings and structural systems, and/or their components
Structural damage due to fire, explosion, weather events (wind, snow, flood), impact, vibration, water leakage
Historical buildings and structural systems
Structural material evaluation (including concrete, masonry, wood, steel, aluminum)
Building code evaluation
Temporary measures for structural securing of unsafe structures
Demolition plan preparation, general review of demolition
Scope of reconstruction, field review during construction

Construction Defects Evaluation

Building Envelope Evaluations

General Civil Evaluations:

Foundation and retaining wall failures
Fills and earth movement
Pools and other buried structures
Drainage and flooding

Personal Injury Incidents:

Slip & fall
Glass doors and windows
Aluminum ladders

Professional Licensure

Professional Engineers of Ontario, Consulting Engineer Designation

Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Alberta Designation

Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia Designation

Professional Affiliations

Professional Engineers Ontario
Structural Engineering Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Concrete Institute
American Institute of Steel Construction
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Academy of Forensic Engineering (Associate Member)