Knight Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Structural Engineering
Forensic Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Knowledge | Commitment | Excellence
Get to Know Knight Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Our Team of Experienced Engineers
Knight Consulting Engineers, Inc. has provided forensic and geotechnical engineering services since 1964. We offer forensic engineering services for owners and insurance adjusters in Vermont, Florida and New York. We offer geotechnical engineering services and limited structural design services in Vermont. Each of our licensed engineers has over 30 years of individual engineering experience.
Catastrophe Response
We are experienced in performing commercial and residential property damage investigations follow disasters such as flood, fire, hurricane, wind, hail, snow and ice. When we receive an assignment, we will promptly investigate, document and prepare a thorough report. Reports will
- distinguish between new and pre-existing damage,
- contain expert opinions on causation, and
- contain recommendations for repair.
Real Estate and Residential Investigations:
Property owner consultations including:
• Foundations and structures
• Design of repairs
• Structural home inspections
• Cracked and bowing foundations
• Water intrusion
• Damage caused by ice, snow, wind, earthquake
• Structure Settlement
• Sagging Roofs
Expert Witness
Expert witness consultation for legal claims:
• Safety Assessments
• Code Review of ramps, sidewalks, entries and stairs
• Slip and Falls
• Investigations of Structural Failure
HAAG Certified Wind Damage Inspector
- Roofing (commercial and residential)
- Exterior Envelope Systems
- Siding Systems
- Windows
- Doors
- Structural framing and foundation.
Geotechnical Engineering
Our firm provides a wide range of soil related engineering services for earth-supported buildings and structures, embankment stabilization, roadway sub-base investigations and engineered fills. These geotechnical services are complimented by limited in-house soil testing capablities (for in-house geotechnical projects).
- Geo-structural design of shaft foundations for VTrans signal structures.
- Design of reinforced concrete shaft foundations for axial, bending & torsion forces.
- Subsurface exploration (non-hazardous)
- Limited soil testing (moisture content, organic content, dry sieves, Atterberg Limits, uniaxial consolidation)
- Analysis of subsurface conditions
- Allowable bearing pressure assessment
- IBC seismic site classification
- Estimating elastic settlements
- Estimating consolidation settlements
- Evaluation of settlement platform data for preload consolidation
- Piezometer data collection, reduction and analysis
- Liquefaction assessment
- Foundation design
- Reinforced earth design
- Retaining wall design
- Braced excavation design
- Slope failure remediation
- Subgrade inspection
- Forensic consultations
- Insurance claims
contact us
Barb Evans, P.E.
Eric Goddard. P.E.
Eric Goddard. P.E.
Forensic & Structural Engineering
(802) 310-0918
bevanskce@gmail.com
Eric Goddard. P.E.
Eric Goddard. P.E.
Eric Goddard. P.E.
Senior Vice President
Geotechnical Engineering
(802) 324-2342
egoddardkce@gmail.com