Mr. Roger F Reedy
Reedy Engineering, Inc.
3425 South Bascom Ave.
Suite E
Campbell CA, 95008
US
20+ yrs. experience expert witness/litigation support, arbitration, ASME Code issues, petrochemical plants, nuclear power plants, pressure vessels, piping, welding, asbestos, quality assurance/control
None
Office:
408 558-0330
Fax:
408 558-0337
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY AND LITIGATION SUPPORT
EW #13705 Engineering has experts for testifying on ASME Code issues regarding general requirements, materials, design, fabrication, welding, nondestructive examination, testing, and quality assurance. We have participated as principal experts in lawsuits regarding petrochemical plants, subway systems, pressure vessels, piping, boilers, materials, welding, nondestructive examinations, quick-opening closures, cyclic design, and nuclear power plants.
ASME CODES AND STANDARDS
We have been providing expert witness and consulting services to legal firms on the issues relating to ASME Codes and Standards for more than 20 years. We have one of the most complete libraries of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Books, as far back as 1915. We have also written a summary explanation of every change to these ASME Code books back to 1952. This background and experience is essential to providing litigation support regarding ASME Code equipment and issues.
PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
We have has provided expert testimony for storage tanks, pressure vessels, and piping. Our expertise include vessels made overseas to foreign codes, multilayer vessels, pressure vessels in cyclic service, heat recovery steam generators, pressure swing absorbers, vessels for petrochemical service, for pressures up to 15,000 psi. Our experience also includes piping constructed to the B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes, as well as the ASME Section III Code for nuclear power plants. We have also testified and provided technical support in Canada.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
One of our important recent litigations involved construction of a government project that required use of a formalized Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program. The purpose was to control costs and avoid errors. Our expertise and testimony helped our client prove that the contract requirements were never met.
ASBESTOS LITIGATION
Most industrial plants (power, chemical, petroleum, and other) built prior to 1990 had asbestos installed in some product form (insulation, gaskets, packing, etc.). The decision to install these asbestos products was usually based on process engineering considerations such as temperature, sealing requirements, process control, and other issues. Often, asbestos had to be used because there was no acceptable alternative at the time. Asbestos, at least in the form of gaskets and packing, is still permitted in national standards required by both state and federal regulatory agencies. The organization that required use of the asbestos was often the owner of the industrial plant where the products were installed. This is because the plant owner is responsible for the process design. Engineering firms, manufacturers and suppliers are often sued, even though they had nothing to do with the decision to install the asbestos products.
QUICK-OPENING CLOSURES
There are many lawsuits involving quick opening/quick actuating closures. The cause of the lawsuits is that personnel are seriously injured, burned and killed because of accidents with these closures. History has shown that the primary cause of the accidents is lack of or inadequate training, improper repairs, lack of maintenance by the equipment owner, bypassing built-in safeguards and forcing the closures open. The ASME Code provides rules for design and construction of these closures, but the rules do not apply to the use of the closures in service.
PRESSURE VESSELS IN CYCLIC SERVICE
Some Sections of the ASME Code do not adequately address cyclic service. Consequently, some pressure vessels are improperly designed for cyclic service. Examples that may fit this category are Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and Pressure Swing Absorbers (PSA). The issues of whether or not vessels are in cyclic service, how these vessels were designed and fabricated, which ASME Code rules are used, and how they are used, are very important considerations when evaluating vessel failures or potential failures.
His professional experience includes design and construction of pressure vessels and piping for petrochemical, nuclear power, aerospace, and general industrial applications. He has been a member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee for many years, is past chair of the Nuclear Power Subcommittee, and is currently an Honorary Member of the ASME BPV Code Committee. A Registered Professional Engineer in six states, as well as a Registered Structural Engineer.
Has extensive experience working on the design and construction of pressure vessels, piping, and nuclear power components. His experience includes design, analysis, fabrication, and erection of pressure vessels and piping components for petroleum, chemical, nuclear, fossil fuel, and other industries, including development and implementation of applicable quality systems. His background encompasses nuclear reactors and containment vessels, as well as pressure vessels and storage tanks for petroleum, chemical, and other energy industries. Heis an acknowledged expert in the construction of piping, pressure vessels, and nuclear components, including nuclear waste transportation casks and storage canisters. He is also an expert in implementation of practical quality programs for designers, fabricators, installers, and owners of industrial equipment and plants.
Prior to establishing himself as a consultant, he worked at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. While at CBI, he was responsible for the Code design and analysis of Section VIII pressure vessels, multilayer vessels (up to 16 in. thick), nuclear containment vessels, and nuclear reactor vessels. Also, he has testified as an expert witness in litigations and before regulatory groups on topics such as design criteria, engineering analysis, fabrication techniques, material and welding applications, material control, quality control/assurance and construction practices.
Professional Background
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life Fellow
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Main Committee, Honorary Member
Subcommittee on Nuclear Power, former Chairman, current Member
Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards, former Member
Pressure Vessel and Piping Division, founding Member, former Chairman, current Senator
American Society of Civil Engineers, Member
American Welding Society, Member
National Society of Professional Engineers, Member
Professional Awards
Honorary Member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee
Bernard F. Langer Nuclear Codes and Standards Award
Life Fellow of ASME
The ASME Centennial Medal, by the Policy Board for Codes and Standards
Professional Registration
Professional Structural Engineer - Illinois
Professional Civil Engineer - California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin
Papers & Publications
Upon request
has worked as a metallurgist, welding engineer, quality assurance manager, and consultant, in the pressure vessel and piping industry, since 1975. He has experience in design, fabrication, and operation of various power and refinery plant components, including nuclear power. His background includes valve design and application, welding and materials engineering, and quality assurance program management for construction and operation. He has been involved in engineering reviews, material selection and application, quality assurance auditing and system development, and personnel training. He is an expert in inservice inspection, repair/replacement/modification programs in nuclear power plants, and construction of spent fuel storage and transportation vessels. His expertise includes welding procedures and qualifications for ASME Code applications.has worked extensively in boiler and pressure vessel litigation.
EW #13705 has been an active participant since 1977 as a member of ASME and ASTM nuclear and nonnuclear Codes and Standards Committees. He has served as a consultant to utilities, architect/engineers, manufacturers, and material manufacturers and suppliers. Mr. Rick Swayne taught several courses in valve design and application for Anchor/Darling Valve Company between 1976 and 1980. He taught courses in preparing for ASME Accreditation Surveys and in nuclear material procurement several times between 1981 and the present. He has conducted at least 30 training courses in ASME Section XI inservice inspection since 1994, in public courses and private classes, for many U.S. and foreign nuclear power plant licensees. EW #13705has trained hundreds of individuals in the ASME Code requirements.
Professional Experience
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards, Member
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee, Member
Section II, Subcommittee on Material Specifications, former Member
Section III Subgroup on Materials, former Secretary
Section XI, Subcommittee on Nuclear Inservice Inspection, Member
Subgroup on Repair/Replacement Activities, Chairman
Working Group on Design & Programs, Member
Working Group on Responsibilities and Program Requirements, former Member
Working Group on Repair Welding, former Member
Special Working Group on Editing and Review, Chairman
Task Group on Erosion/Corrosion Evaluation, former Member
Subgroup on NDE, former Member
American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), former Member
American Society for Metals (ASM), former Member
EW #13705 Engineering has experts for testifying on ASME Code issues regarding general requirements, materials, design, fabrication, welding, nondestructive examination, testing, and quality assurance. We have participated as principal experts in lawsuits regarding petrochemical plants, subway systems, pressure vessels, piping, boilers, materials, welding, nondestructive examinations, quick-opening closures, cyclic design, and nuclear power plants.
ASME CODES AND STANDARDS
We have been providing expert witness and consulting services to legal firms on the issues relating to ASME Codes and Standards for more than 20 years. We have one of the most complete libraries of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Books, as far back as 1915. We have also written a summary explanation of every change to these ASME Code books back to 1952. This background and experience is essential to providing litigation support regarding ASME Code equipment and issues.
PRESSURE VESSELS AND PIPING
We have has provided expert testimony for storage tanks, pressure vessels, and piping. Our expertise include vessels made overseas to foreign codes, multilayer vessels, pressure vessels in cyclic service, heat recovery steam generators, pressure swing absorbers, vessels for petrochemical service, for pressures up to 15,000 psi. Our experience also includes piping constructed to the B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes, as well as the ASME Section III Code for nuclear power plants. We have also testified and provided technical support in Canada.
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL
One of our important recent litigations involved construction of a government project that required use of a formalized Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program. The purpose was to control costs and avoid errors. Our expertise and testimony helped our client prove that the contract requirements were never met.
ASBESTOS LITIGATION
Most industrial plants (power, chemical, petroleum, and other) built prior to 1990 had asbestos installed in some product form (insulation, gaskets, packing, etc.). The decision to install these asbestos products was usually based on process engineering considerations such as temperature, sealing requirements, process control, and other issues. Often, asbestos had to be used because there was no acceptable alternative at the time. Asbestos, at least in the form of gaskets and packing, is still permitted in national standards required by both state and federal regulatory agencies. The organization that required use of the asbestos was often the owner of the industrial plant where the products were installed. This is because the plant owner is responsible for the process design. Engineering firms, manufacturers and suppliers are often sued, even though they had nothing to do with the decision to install the asbestos products.
QUICK-OPENING CLOSURES
There are many lawsuits involving quick opening/quick actuating closures. The cause of the lawsuits is that personnel are seriously injured, burned and killed because of accidents with these closures. History has shown that the primary cause of the accidents is lack of or inadequate training, improper repairs, lack of maintenance by the equipment owner, bypassing built-in safeguards and forcing the closures open. The ASME Code provides rules for design and construction of these closures, but the rules do not apply to the use of the closures in service.
PRESSURE VESSELS IN CYCLIC SERVICE
Some Sections of the ASME Code do not adequately address cyclic service. Consequently, some pressure vessels are improperly designed for cyclic service. Examples that may fit this category are Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and Pressure Swing Absorbers (PSA). The issues of whether or not vessels are in cyclic service, how these vessels were designed and fabricated, which ASME Code rules are used, and how they are used, are very important considerations when evaluating vessel failures or potential failures.
His professional experience includes design and construction of pressure vessels and piping for petrochemical, nuclear power, aerospace, and general industrial applications. He has been a member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee for many years, is past chair of the Nuclear Power Subcommittee, and is currently an Honorary Member of the ASME BPV Code Committee. A Registered Professional Engineer in six states, as well as a Registered Structural Engineer.
Has extensive experience working on the design and construction of pressure vessels, piping, and nuclear power components. His experience includes design, analysis, fabrication, and erection of pressure vessels and piping components for petroleum, chemical, nuclear, fossil fuel, and other industries, including development and implementation of applicable quality systems. His background encompasses nuclear reactors and containment vessels, as well as pressure vessels and storage tanks for petroleum, chemical, and other energy industries. Heis an acknowledged expert in the construction of piping, pressure vessels, and nuclear components, including nuclear waste transportation casks and storage canisters. He is also an expert in implementation of practical quality programs for designers, fabricators, installers, and owners of industrial equipment and plants.
Prior to establishing himself as a consultant, he worked at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. While at CBI, he was responsible for the Code design and analysis of Section VIII pressure vessels, multilayer vessels (up to 16 in. thick), nuclear containment vessels, and nuclear reactor vessels. Also, he has testified as an expert witness in litigations and before regulatory groups on topics such as design criteria, engineering analysis, fabrication techniques, material and welding applications, material control, quality control/assurance and construction practices.
Professional Background
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life Fellow
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Main Committee, Honorary Member
Subcommittee on Nuclear Power, former Chairman, current Member
Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards, former Member
Pressure Vessel and Piping Division, founding Member, former Chairman, current Senator
American Society of Civil Engineers, Member
American Welding Society, Member
National Society of Professional Engineers, Member
Professional Awards
Honorary Member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee
Bernard F. Langer Nuclear Codes and Standards Award
Life Fellow of ASME
The ASME Centennial Medal, by the Policy Board for Codes and Standards
Professional Registration
Professional Structural Engineer - Illinois
Professional Civil Engineer - California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin
Papers & Publications
Upon request
has worked as a metallurgist, welding engineer, quality assurance manager, and consultant, in the pressure vessel and piping industry, since 1975. He has experience in design, fabrication, and operation of various power and refinery plant components, including nuclear power. His background includes valve design and application, welding and materials engineering, and quality assurance program management for construction and operation. He has been involved in engineering reviews, material selection and application, quality assurance auditing and system development, and personnel training. He is an expert in inservice inspection, repair/replacement/modification programs in nuclear power plants, and construction of spent fuel storage and transportation vessels. His expertise includes welding procedures and qualifications for ASME Code applications.has worked extensively in boiler and pressure vessel litigation.
EW #13705 has been an active participant since 1977 as a member of ASME and ASTM nuclear and nonnuclear Codes and Standards Committees. He has served as a consultant to utilities, architect/engineers, manufacturers, and material manufacturers and suppliers. Mr. Rick Swayne taught several courses in valve design and application for Anchor/Darling Valve Company between 1976 and 1980. He taught courses in preparing for ASME Accreditation Surveys and in nuclear material procurement several times between 1981 and the present. He has conducted at least 30 training courses in ASME Section XI inservice inspection since 1994, in public courses and private classes, for many U.S. and foreign nuclear power plant licensees. EW #13705has trained hundreds of individuals in the ASME Code requirements.
Professional Experience
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards, Member
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee, Member
Section II, Subcommittee on Material Specifications, former Member
Section III Subgroup on Materials, former Secretary
Section XI, Subcommittee on Nuclear Inservice Inspection, Member
Subgroup on Repair/Replacement Activities, Chairman
Working Group on Design & Programs, Member
Working Group on Responsibilities and Program Requirements, former Member
Working Group on Repair Welding, former Member
Special Working Group on Editing and Review, Chairman
Task Group on Erosion/Corrosion Evaluation, former Member
Subgroup on NDE, former Member
American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), former Member
American Society for Metals (ASM), former Member
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