Services:
Brian LaCas provides expert witness and consulting services in hydrology, hydraulics, civil engineering, and water resource management. His areas of expertise include surface water hydrology, river and floodplain analysis, meteorology, sediment transport, shoreline and coastal engineering, watershed management, stormwater drainage systems, mining water management, and statistical analysis of climate and flow data.
His professional services encompass flood protection works, land and road drainage assessments, creek restoration projects, river gravel deposition studies, bridge and culvert hydraulic design reviews, dike design and inspection, shoreline protection works, wave modelling, dam spillway design, channel stabilization, channel relocation, channel geomorphology, erosion control works, flood construction level determinations, aerial photography interpretation, and hydrological and hydraulic numerical modelling, including both 1-D and 2-D flood simulations.
Additional specialist services include mine water management planning, hydraulic mine pond design, mine drainage systems, conduit and ditch design, PAG rock storage pond assessments, intake works reviews, flow monitoring station selection, and large-scale flow measurement weir design.
+ More
Qualifications:
Brian LaCas is a court-qualified expert witness and Professional Hydrological and Civil Consulting Engineer. His professional designations include:
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC)
APEC Engineer
International Professional Engineer (IntPE)
He serves as the lead expert and head of a highly experienced forensic hydrology team and is recognised for his specialist expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, flood risk analysis, and water resources engineering.
+ More
Experience:
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Brian LaCas has extensive experience gained through hundreds of hydrological, hydraulic, and civil engineering studies, together with engineering design and construction projects undertaken throughout Canada, the United States, and international jurisdictions.
His expert witness experience includes instructions on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in Canadian and American legal proceedings. He has provided independent expert opinion evidence in matters involving flooding, drainage disputes, water management systems, infrastructure failures, erosion, mining operations, coastal processes, and hydraulic engineering issues.
His career encompasses the investigation, design, review, and management of complex projects involving rivers, lakes, oceans, watersheds, transportation infrastructure, flood protection systems, mining developments, and environmental water management. This broad technical background enables him to provide authoritative opinions on both engineering practice and causation issues arising in litigation.
+ More
Fees:
Categories:
Engineering/Environmental , Engineering/Safety Engineering , Engineering Water/Sewer , Failure Analysis , Forensic Engineering , Hydrology , Engineering Civil , Engineering Water
Gallery is empty
