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Architecture

The Archi/Build Group, Inc.

Craig T. Cernek, AIA
1652 W. Edgewater Ave.
Chicago, IL   60660-4016
Phone: (773) 989-8938
Web site: www.archibuild.com  
Email: craig@archibuild.com

Craig T. Cernek, AIA has served as an expert witness in a wide variety of cases including property disputes, architectural errors & omissions, and construction failures since 1995. His Curriculum Vitae is available for viewing at www.archibuild.com.

Mr. Cernek’s expert witness case typology has included original developer intent, structural failure, geotechnical, water leakage, product liability, construction payout dispute, contractual liability, code violation, design flaw, and life safety.

Mr. Cernek’s expert witness services include consultation, investigation, document interpretation, report generation, presentations, and testimony. He has testified as an expert in public presentations, courtroom proceedings, depositions, and arbitrations.

In 1990 Mr. Cernek founded The Archi/Build Group, Inc. an architectural and design/build firm for residential and commercial work the scope of which encompasses remodeling, additions, and new construction for single-family, multi-family, retail, office build-outs, warehouses, printing plants, auto body shops, and hotels.


Architectural Defects

Slip and Fall Accidents

Carow Architects Plus

Jay R. Carow, AIA
1203 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1620
Chicago, IL 60601

Phone: (312) 814-9000

E-Mail: jay@carow.com

  • Twenty years of expert witness/litigation experience for cases involving both slip and fall accidents and construction defects in buildings.
  • Principal in Chicago architectural firms for 37 years.
  • Taught architectural design, theory and construction for 14 years.
  • Designed numerous public buildings, educational facilities, libraries and commercial/residential projects
  • Member of the American Institute of Architects.

 

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