Robin Franks

Background

About Robin Franks

I bring diverse & combined education, licensing, & credentialing in geology, biology, & hazardous materials management. Also, indoor air quality as related to asbestos, mold, lead, building hazards, vapor intrusion, OSHA worker & occupant complaints.I continue to manage a firm of environmental & industrial hygiene professionals while serving as an expert in my diverse field; I have over 60 retained cases complete. With my team and I's contributions leveraged for large cases such as class actions, we can cost effectively support engagements that require extensive data gathering across an expanded time frame. I apply my capabilities and credentials across commercial, industrial, and oil & gas settings, with a technical focus on highly regulated industry & its real estate.I have been steadily retained for expert witness services since 1995.I have been engaged across diverse industries & causes that have involved bulk fuel transportation, oil & gas wellhead & pipeline releases, retail fuel compliance matters, manufacturing operations, commercial shopping centers, multi-family real estate, construction projects, healthcare facilities, & recycling & reclamation operations.I routinely peer review work prepared by other experts, prepare rebuttal reports, prepare & submit reliable remediation cost estimates, some of which have been used in formal hearings & at trial. I have been retained to evaluate developed & underutilized urban core real estate under "ready-for-reuse" programs that have involved extensively contaminated assets.I possess a firm understanding of the wide array of environmental hazards & chemicals in industry & apply laboratories & testing to validate or obviate contingent environmental risk to real property ownership or lending. Whether in litigation or not, I routinely evaluate real property & buildings for hazardous materials inventory, abandoned contaminant sources, orphaned well sites, & buried objects. This work is routinely performed in advance of real estate redevelopment to cost-effectively demonstrate that the pathway of construction has been effectively cleared.I specialize in structural fire forensic investigation & testing, routinely leverage post-flood emergency response expertise in buildings - especially specific to microbial disinfection & mold mitigation, & source mold under forensic methods of investigation that may exist under alleged building construction defects. I possess expertise in building systems & mitigating hazards from structures in advance of demolition for asbestos, lead, & other regulated materials.