Edward Bennett
PE
Biography
Edward Bennett is a licensed professional civil engineer and general contractor with 40 years of experience in real-world design, project management, and construction. He offers expertise in a wide variety of construction-related cases, from residential and commercial plumbing systems to HVAC system installation, landscaping, paving, roofing, and more. He also provides project management, delay claim analysis, evaluates status, and directly supervises subcontractors for a wide variety of projects.
Edward performs all aspects of construction defect ligation support, including analysis of claims, field inspection and documentation of defects, cause and origin analysis, cost estimating, financial analysis, contractor standard of care and allocation of responsibility for developer and individual subcontractor clients. He works with insurance claim professionals and their counsel to analyze, define and mitigate construction-related damages in areas of construction defect, property, casualty, and surety bond losses. Edward also assists with claims investigation and settlement, mediation and construction dispute resolution, affirmative claims preparation, payment and performance bond claims analysis.
Credentials
- PE | Professional Engineer - California
- General Contractor - California
- General Engineering Contractor - California
- Small Unmanned Aircraft System Pilot
Professional Experience
- 2023 - Current | Senior Engineering Consultant | YA Group
- 2010 - 2023 | Senior Engineering Consultant | Guardian Group, Inc.
- 1999 - 2010 | Owner | Bennett Consulting Group
- 1972 - 1999 | Partner | Edward Bennett & Associates
Education
- California State University of Chico - Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering - Chico - California