About the Principal — Sean Sims
Sean Sims
Expert Witness
Sean is a California licensed general building and glazing contractor (850516) with a degree in Construction Management and more than 30 years of construction-industry experience. Career experience includes roles as a carpenter, foreman, and project manager overseeing new construction, tenant improvements, remodels, custom homes, and reconstruction projects across commercial and residential settings.
He brings more than 20 years of litigation-support experience involving construction defect claim analysis, trade standards of care, building code analysis, and mediation support.
He provides construction consulting expertise in field testing, forensic investigations, habitability evaluations, and premises-liability matters.
Areas of Expertise
- Fenestration systems — windows and doors
- Habitability evaluation
- General construction evaluation
- Code compliance conformance evaluations
- Project management — construction administration, contractor selection, plan administration, pay certificates and specification conformity
- Forensic investigation of construction related deficiencies
- Standard of care of contractors and subcontractors
- Code and material compliance analysis
- Repair methodologies and cost estimating
- Litigation support
30+ YearsConstruction industry experience across commercial and residential settings
20+ YearsLitigation-support experience in construction-defect and standard of care matters
CA LicensedGeneral building and glazing contractor, State of California. License # 850516
Standards ExpertiseBuilding codes, trade standards of care, and construction defect analysis