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Professional Biography

Scott Abraham is a Senior Managing Engineer at YA Group with over 20 years of experience as a professional engineer. His responsibilities include providing engineering design and consulting services across procurement, construction, quality assurance, forensic analysis, and litigation support. Scott serves as a trusted technical resource for insurance carriers, attorneys, building owners, design professionals, contractors, and government agencies across a wide range of construction types.

Scott has extensive experience in forensic engineering and failure analysis involving structural damage, pavement and utility design evaluations, hydrologic and hydraulic stormwater assessments, subsurface investigations, and soil and foundation instability. His background also includes catastrophe response and storm-damage assessments related to hurricane winds, storm surge, tornadoes, floods, and hail, as well as evaluations of material performance, construction defects, and compliance with applicable codes and contract documents.

Scott’s additional experience includes contributing to engineering design and construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he applied his technical expertise in complex and demanding environments. This work, combined with his broad engineering background and specialization in forensic investigations, supports his comprehensive understanding of construction performance and failure mechanisms across diverse conditions and project types.

Credentials & Certifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE)
  • FAA Certified Drone Pilot
  • HAAG Certified Inspector- Commercial
  • HAAG Certified Inspector- Residential
  • TDI Windstorm Certificate of Compliance (WPI-8) Qualified Inspector

Representative Consulting Assignments

  • Multistory Building | Construction Defect — Evaluation of contract compliance by contractor and designer for masonry, building envelope, fenestrations, subdrainage and drainage, utilities, parking lot flatwork, and surface water intrusion
  • Single-Story Building | Fire Damage — Evaluation and extent of fire damage to steel and wood structural components and roof components and conceptual scope of repairs
  • Residential Building | Structural Collapse — Collapse of enclosed garage structure as a result of owner modifications and removal of structural framing components
  • Structure Foundation | Differential Foundation Movement — Evaluation of structural slab on grade foundation elevation, structural components and finishes, and plumbing system
  • Residential Subdivision | Subrogation — Structural damage to multiple residences due to construction vibrations at nearby artificial levee, stormwater discharge, and pile-driving construction
  • Commercial Building | Subrogation — Evaluation of photovoltaic panel hot spots, burns, and pre-mature failure of system
  • Residential Pool | Construction Defect — Evaluation of pool design, construction, and material defects, non-destructive and destructive testing, petrographic review, and conceptual scope of repairs
  • Solar Farm | Construction Defect — Evaluation of site runoff and detention pond during construction and negative effect on nearby Waters of the US (WOTUS)
  • MUD Water Treatment Plant | Construction Defect — Soil Contamination due to lack of decommissioning of diesel tank and failure of compliance with (TCEQ)
  • Offshore Rig Construction Facility | Storm Damage — Determination and cause of failure of seal walls, building structures, and foundations; and preparation of conceptual scope of repairs
  • Church Complex | Storm Damage — Analysis of structures after hurricane-force wind damage for integrity and widespread interior water damage and exterior storm-created openings

Professional Experience

  • Senior Managing Engineer | YA Group | 2025 - Current
  • Principal Engineer | Caliber Forensics | 2022 - 2025
  • Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer | Envista Forensics | 2015 - 2022
  • General Engineer | DGA Operations | 2011 - 2015
  • Civil Engineer | United States Army Corps of Engineers, Iraq | 2006 - 2007
  • Civil Engineer/Senior Civil Engineer | Fort Hood Directorate of Public Works (DPW) | 2004 - 2011

Practices & Skillsets

  • Drone Pilot
  • Failure Analysis
  • Infrared Thermography
  • Roofing

Education

  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Affiliations

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Architectural Engineering Institute Foundation Performance Association

Professional Licenses

  • Professional Engineer (PE) - Texas - License #108441
  • Professional Engineer (PE) - Louisiana - License #47383
  • Professional Engineer (PE) - Florida - License #95768