About
Mr. Bernstein is a Yale-trained and registered architect, LEED accredited, with over (44) years of experience in the industry. He is the Founder/President of an architecture firm (Bernstein & Associates, Architects, www.bernarch.com, 1990-present) and a project management firm (Empire Projects, Inc., www.empireprojects.com, 2003-present). Mr. Bernstein offers multi-faceted expertise in the areas of architecture, design and construction. He is a member of the American Institute of Architect, Construction Specifications Institute, and Project Management Institute. He is the author of two books on architecture and has written or had written above him over (40) articles on architecture and construction. He has provided expert witness services on (39) cases (2006-present). These cases have been located across the United States as well as internationally. Mr. Bernstein is an intelligent, articulate, and well-spoken professional.
Mr. Bernstein’s expert witness experience covers a wide range of design and construction subject areas, including: ADA, architecture, architect, architects’ liability, architects standard of care, architectural design, building change orders, building codes, building construction, building design, buildings, change orders, CM, CM contracts, construction management, construction management contracts, building design, change orders, construction, construction change orders, construction delays, construction scheduling, contractors liability, demolition, design change orders, engineering, engineering standard of care, errors and omissions, general contractor, general contractor contract, GMP, GMP contract, handicapped accessibility, premises liability, and standard of care.
Mr. Bernstein’s expert witness project types include: apartment design, apartment architecture, apartment construction, bank design, bank architecture, bank construction, behavioral healthcare, behavioral healthcare architecture, behavioral healthcare construction, behavioral healthcare design, cleanroom design, cleanroom architecture, cleanroom construction, condo design, condo architecture, condo construction, coop design, coop architecture, coop construction, doctors office design, doctors office architecture, doctors office construction, federal government project design, federal government project architecture, federal government project construction, healthcare design, healthcare architecture, healthcare construction, hospital design, hospital architecture, hotel construction, hotel design, hotel architecture, institutional design, institutional architecture, institutional construction, laboratory architecture, laboratory construction, local government project design, local government project architecture, local government project construction, medical office design, medical office architecture, medical office construction, mental health, mental health architecture, mental health construction, mental health design, pharmacy design, pharmacy architecture, pharmacy construction, public works design, public works architecture, public works construction, radiology design, radiology architecture, radiology construction, residential design, residential architecture, residential construction, restaurant design, restaurant architecture, restaurant construction, retail design, retail architecture, retail construction, state government project design, state government project architecture, state government project construction, townhouse design, and townhouse construction.