Welcome to the GCG Expertise Portfolio. Please review the photos and associated titles below, each relative to the various types of cases which GCG handles. Please click on the downward arrow to expand and “View More” about each category.
Electrical
Mr. Gifford has been retained and has testified hundreds of times on electrical topics, including construction, design, electrical injury, systems analysis, electrical failure. Standard of Care, and more.
Construction Defect
GCG has been retained on behalf of >389 Plaintiffs and >409 Defendants re: electrical, lighting,mechanical, plumbing, design, standard of care, and cost of repair.
Personal Injury
Plaintiff & Defendant balanced expertise and testimony: electrical Injury and Injury related to lighting.
Lighting
Mr. Gifford has designed and has contracted to install lighting systems from beginning in 1978 and has testified in trial on on the subject of lighting on scores of occasions.
Fire Cause & Analysis
GCG testimony has been on behalf of owners, carriers, manufacturers, and contractors related to fires and explosions.
Damages and Economic Impact
Mr. Gifford has been retained as an economic impact expert on numerous occasions, including cases a large as $50 milliion.
Surety
GCG has been retained by sureties who have bonded contractors performing public works, governmental, and private projects. Analysis and testimony includes topics: contract documentation, project status, present value analysis, mediation, best solutions.
Civil and Structural
DCG, a GCG associate firm, professional civil & structural engineers: 15 years in forensics,, 25 years in design.
Mechanical and Plumbing
Harvey Irby, P.E. is a mechanical engineer with 20 years in forensics and 40 years in design. Dan Daderian, P.E., is a mechanical engineer with 20 years in forensics and more than 30 years in design.
Forensic Analysis
GCG performs field and lab based forensic analyses related to electrical systems, fires, explosions, systems failure, and product failure.