Mark Williams is a broadly experienced licensed architect with a diverse career that included the design and construction of restaurants, postal facilities, multi-family residential developments, hotels and motels, nursing homes, medical office buildings, hospital renovations, correctional facilities, automobile dealerships, zoological exhibits, and waste-water treatment plants.
He brings 25+ years of practical experience preparing construction documents and performing construction administration services to your case. Through his experience as an architect and his focus on problem solving, Mark provides technical investigations and expert analysis on construction contract disputes, large construction defect claims, architect professional liability, and various circumstances dealing with slip, trip and fall incidents.
Mark is registered in multiple states throughout the Midwest and Southeast and holds certification by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. His memberships include the American Institute of Architects, International Code Council, ASTM International, and the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry.
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Door Closer - Expert Investigates Injury at Retailer
A woman was struck by a door while entering a national retail chain store. The entrance consisted of a pair of tall, heavy doors with pivot hinges and door closers. The door slammed into the woman before she had completely passed through the entrance and knocked her into a nearby merchandise display. She fell and sustained serious injuries, including broken bones. Robson Forensic architect/premises safety expert, William E. J. Martin, AIA, NCARB, was retained to determine if improper maintenance of the entrance caused the door to operate outside of established industry standards and caused the victim’s injuries.
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- Architectural Professional Liability - Expert Opines on Standards of Care
A patron at a nightclub climbed up on top of a 3 foot high speaker box platform and danced off the edge. Many people were sued. The club was a tenant at a Trade Center Development. We were engaged after it was claimed that the developer's architect, who reviewed the tenant drawings for the club, should have required guard rails around the top of the platform.
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- Architectural & HVAC Professional Liability - Expert Investigates Cause of Mold
A couple hired a construction contractor and his newly-licensed architect son to design and build a high-end modern house. The design included large expanses of glass wall panels. The massive heating system (four air handlers and a boiler) was provided as a design/build effort by an HVAC subcontractor. Even so, during a relatively mild heating season the owners were unable to maintain comfort near the windows. In fact, so much water ran off the inside of the glass that it saturated adjacent surfaces and caused mold.
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- Door Hardware - Expert Investigates Hand Entrapment
A man was exiting his apartment when his hand became entrapped in the security hardware on the interior door, and his hand was severely injured. His hand was caught between the interlocking pieces of a latch guard, one mounted on the door and the other on the frame.
A Robson Forensic architect was retained to investigate the configuration of the hardware and determine if it was dangerous and met the standard of care for safe door hardware configuration.
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- Glass Sliding Door - Expert Investigates Laceration
A young girl was visiting the apartment of her uncle and cousins when she leaned against the glass of a sliding door that led to the exterior patio. The glass broke into large shards that fell onto her. She was severely lacerated. The glass was original to the door, which was installed prior to the enactment of safety glazing requirements in building and property maintenance codes.
A Robson Forensic architect was retained to determine the requirements for glazing in the subject door, and if the apartment complex owner’s actions were reasonable in not replacing or protecting the glass.
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- Parking Lot Design - Expert Investigates Pedestrian Death
A woman was walking toward a busy donut shop in a parking lot, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a person who had visited the same location every day for more than a year and was very familiar with the layout of the parking lot.
A Robson Forensic architect investigated the design and maintenance of the lot and determined that the parking lot lacked reasonable pedestrian and vehicle controls. The parking lot created dangerous traffic flows that created conflicts of vehicles with pedestrians.
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- Powered Door - Expert Investigates Pedestrian Knockdown
A woman was entering a medical office building when she was knocked down by the automatic sliding door at the main entrance to the building. The door unexpectedly closed even though she was in the path of its detector eyes. A Robson Forensic architect was retained to determine if the maintenance of the door caused the door to malfunction and injure the woman as she attempted to enter.
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- Restaurant Entrance - Expert Investigates Pedestrian Fall
A woman was exiting a restaurant under a small canopy above the doors when she unexpectedly stepped across a single riser in the raised ‘porch’. The tile pavement continued across the step and into the restaurant, and she didn’t see the change in elevation as she was walking toward her parked car. The configuration of the entrance had been recently changed, and the redesign involved the services of an architect.
A Robson Forensic architect was retained to determine if the restaurant, who maintained the entrance, and the architect, who oversaw construction of the new entrance, created a dangerous condition that caused the woman’s injuries.
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- Aging Consequences - Robson Forensic Experts
Consequences of aging can include decreases in physical
strength and agility, poorer balance, reductions in visual,
auditory and sensory ability, and increases in the time required
for perception, analysis and reaction. Preventing injuries to
this growing population requires special attention to facilities
and products that serve them. Issues may include hot water
temperature settings, evenness of walking surfaces, product
safety features to accommodate lower grip and lifting strength,
placement and selection of warning and informational signs, and
adjustment of escalators, elevators, and automatic doors.
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