Joelle NELSON

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Columbia University – 2005
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – Columbia University – 2004

• Professional Engineer in: FL, GA, LA, MA, NJ, NY, TX, WA
• OSHA 30 Certification
• NYC Qualified Parking Structure Inspector

• NYC Department of Buildings 2023 Code Revision Structural Committee
• ASCE 37-24 Design Loads on Structures during Construction Standards  Committee (member)
• ASCE 7-16, ASCE 7-22, and ASCE 7-28 Subcommittee on Wind Loads (associate member / Vice Chair Chapter 29 Task Force)

• Root Cause Evaluation
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Engineering Design Consulting

ROOT CAUSE EVALUATION

• Skip Hoist Collapse Investigation, South Beloit, IL - Investigation of skip hoist that collapsed during routine operation.
• Tower Crane Collapse Investigation, Toronto, ON - Investigation of a tower crane collapse during routine construction activities.
• Tower Crane Incident Investigation, NY - Investigation of tower crane auto-rotation incident that resulted in damage to the building under construction.
• Hurricane Irma Tower Crane Collapse Investigation, FL - Investigation of two tower cranes that collapsed during Hurricane Irma.
• Tower Crane Collapse Investigation, NY - Investigation of tower crane collapse during Sandy.
• 11 Times Square Building Maintenance Unit, New York, NY - Investigation into cause of a cracked weld on a BMU.
• Confidential Mobile Crane Collapse Investigation, NY - Investigation into cause of collapse of a mobile crane during operation. 
• Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse Investigation, Indianapolis, IN - Investigation of a temporary stage that collapsed in a high wind event. 
• Hurricane Katrina Building Damage Investigations, New Orleans, LA - Investigation into cause of failure, wind or flood, to two buildings during  Hurricane Katrina.

ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSULTING

• Javits Center Expansion Project, New York, NY - Peer reviews to assist the design build team throughout the $1.5 billion construction project, included crane, temporary structure and loads imposed reviews. 
• Confidential Stadium, Confidential location - Analysis and remediation of newly constructed stadium with design and erection issues.
• NYU Kimmel, New York, NY - Crane and erection engineering for 22-story healthcare facility on a confined site.
• 270 Park Ave - Peer reviews of cranes and temporary work platforms for the demolition of an existing high-rise building and construction of a new skyscraper over the Metro-North Railroad tracks. 
• 341-347 Madison Ave Deconstruction - Deconstruction engineering of a block of buildings.
• 130 Liberty Deconstruction - Structural analysis for the demolition of a high-rise building damaged during the World Trade Center Attacks.  
• US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN - Structural design and mechanical coordination for 95-foot-high and 55-foot-wide pivoting doors. 
• Waller Creek Pedestrian Bridge, Austin, TX - Structural design of curvy concrete pedestrian bridge connecting a new hotel to the convention center. 
• United States Capitol Dome Rehabilitation, Washington D.C. - Structural analysis of the existing cast iron dome structure for modern building code-prescribed environmental loading and temporary scaffold loading.
• St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, New York, NY - Structural engineering for new Calatrava-designed church at the World Trade Center site.
• Roosevelt Island Tram Rehabilitation, New York, NY - Design of new headframes and review of the existing tower structure to support the new tramway system. 
• 195 Broadway, New York, NY - Design of structural renovations to existing early 1900’s building with landmarked interior and exterior.
• Confidential Tornado Damage Assessment, Confidential location - Structural damage assessment for a steel-braced industrial building that experienced tornado damages to determine its strength in the deformed condition and the in-place column-to-beam connections to assess and prescribe reasonable repair schemes.

PARKING GARAGE PROJECTS

• 1111 Franklin Ave., Garden City, NY (Nassau County) - Assessment of corrosion and peer review of repairs in parking garage structure.
• Yonkers Parking Garage, Yonkers, NY - Repair / reinforcement of corroded parking garage slabs after partial collapse.
• 4 NY Plaza, New York, NY - Conversion of parking garage level to mechanical space post Hurricane Sandy. 
• CBS BlackRock Building, New York, NY - Analysis for sidewalk shed loads imposed on plaza above parking garage.
• 30 Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY - Review of landscaping loading and design of reinforcement at plaza above parking garage.
• Sheraton Manhattan, New York, NY - Feasibility Study of potential vertical addition to structure which included an underground parking garage