meet our team
SCOTT BITTERLI, CDT
SCOTT BITTERLI, CDT
Managing Director, Building Investigator
Scott manages day-to-day operations of the firm and serves as Project Principal for Professional Associates. He also ensures that we effectively communicate our findings with engaging reports, presentations & infographics.
Specialties
- Trial and Mediation Expert Witness
- Forensic Architecture
- Design & Construction Claims
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Signature Tower: Stucco Recladding, CMU Repair, Litigation Support Forensic Architect for Plaintiff Lead plaintiff expert team, structural, IAQ, Investigated and documented stucco and CMU defects 36-story luxury condo, $20 million claim, two year investigation and litigation *Currently active
- Lee Memorial Health Park South: Moisture Intrusion Investigation & Re-Cladding Project Forensic Architect for Plaintiff Lead forensic investigation, testified in deposition, litigation support Pediatric / surgical / patient units, $20 million claim, $12 million repair project, 3+ years Successful settlement for client in January 2012 Completed re-cladding project in August 2014
- The Alagon on Bayshore: Forensic Architect for Defense of SSAA Architects Produced defense report for insurer, reviewed architect’s standard of care 23-story condo on Bayshore Blvd, Tampa, FL Settled in 2010
EDUCATION
- University of Florida, M.A. Architecture (Honors, AIA Silver Medal Award, Gargoyle Honor Society, University of Florida Faculty), 1977
- University of Florida, B.S. Design (Honors), 1975
- St. Petersberg College, 1972
- Over 150 seminars, conferences and courses in continuing education
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Registered Architect: FL (# 8235), TX (# 22630), GA (# RA012955)
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Certified Number 42,542; MD (# 9312); IN (# 920140); UT (# 02391-0201-0)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- AIA/NIBS Tampa Bay Building Enclosure Council (TBBEC) Chairman, 2013–present
- AIA National, 1978–present
- AIA Florida, 1978–present
- AIA Tampa Bay, 1986–present
- AIA St. Petersburg, 1986–present
- ICC (International Code Council), 2002–present
- USGBC (United States Green Building Council), 2007–present
- NIBS (National Institute for Building Sciences), 2008–present
- NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), 2008–present
- IBHS (Institute for Business and Home Safety), 2009–present
- RCI (Roof Consulting Institute), 2010–present
- ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials), 2010–present
- Tampa Bay Building Enclosure Council, Founding Chair, 2013–present
