Kienan Dalesandro
Senior Project Manager
Biography
Kienan Dalesandro is a Senior Project Manager with extensive experience in forensic evaluation, failure analysis, and condition assessment of structures across residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and heavy civil sectors. He is a valued member of YA Group’s Construction Consulting team.
Kienan specializes in investigating builders risk claims and assessing damage involving a wide range of construction types and materials. His forensic engineering expertise includes evaluation of transportation structures, parking facilities, and bridges. He routinely investigates structural damage caused by vehicle impacts, wind and tornado events, foundation movement, and tree impacts. Kienan also has experience assessing the effects of snow accumulation and related structural failures, as well as evaluating building envelope performance under diverse weather conditions.
A significant portion of his practice focuses on building envelope investigations, particularly water intrusion through roofing systems and façade assemblies. His experience includes detailed evaluations of low-slope membrane roofing, steep-slope assemblies, and wall cladding systems such as brick masonry, stucco, and composite facades. These investigations often involve causation analysis, failure reconstruction, and development of practical, durable design solutions.
Kienan’s background in structural design includes bridges, transportation structures, multi-story residential and commercial buildings, and remediation of existing structures using wood, steel, concrete, precast/prestressed concrete, and masonry. His combined experience in design and failure analysis provides a comprehensive perspective for diagnosing damage and developing effective structural and envelope repair strategies.
Credentials
- Professional Engineer
- Master of Science
- EIFS Certified Industry Professional
Representative Consulting Assignments
- Mansfield University | Structural and building envelope wind evaluation of low -slope roof uplift and slate tile roof displacement
- Holy Cross Abbey | Multi-building roof storm damage assessment
- Wellspan Family Medicine | Structural vehicle impact evaluation
- The Kiski School | Structural tree impact evaluation
- Structural assessments of numerous residential and commercial buildings exposed to fire
- St. Louis Board of Education | Evaluation of tornado damage
- Hillside Seasonal Services | Commercial roof failure resulting from snow loads
- Soo Line Railroad | Assessment of Bridge Impact Damage
Professional Experience
- 2026 - Current | Senior Project Manager | YA Group
- 2024 - 2026 | Project Manager | YA Engineering Services
- 2022 - 2024 | Professional Forensic Engineer | Barry Isett & Associates
- 2019 - 2022 | Structural Engineer in Training | Stantec
- 2022 - 2022 | Structural Field Engineer | StructureCare
Area of Practice
- Building Envelope
- Condition Assessment
- Damage Assessment
- Failure Analysis
- Repair and Rehabilitation Design
- Roofing
- Structural Analysis
- Builder's Risk
Publications and Presentations
- March 2020 - Durability of Internally Cured Concrete with Reclaimed Sands - A Thesis in Civil Engineering
Education
- Pennsylvania State University - Master of Science - Civil Engineering - Harrisburg - Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering - Harrisburg - Pennsylvania
Affiliations
- AISC
- ASCE
- NCSEA
Licenses
- PE095465 - Pennsylvania - Professional Engineer
- PE053019 - Georgia - Professional Engineer
- 43352 - South Carolina - Professional Engineer
- 059271 - North Carolina - Professional Engineer
- 24GE06162400 - New Jersey - Professional Engineer
- 100201 - Florida - Professional Engineer
- 30681 - Delaware - Professional Engineer
- 64527 - Maryland - Professional Engineer
- 27263 - West Virginia - Professional Engineer
- PE-2025021601 - Missouri - Professional Engineer