Mariella Conti Swain
One Minute Summary
With a Master’s Degree in Architecture and 23 years of work experience, Mariella Conti Swain is exceptionally well versed in the fields of forensic architecture, construction quality assurance, and risk management. Mariella is particularly passionate about building envelopes and other waterproofing systems failures and their failure mechanisms. She has a talent for construction drawing review, as well as expertise in allocating responsibility for construction defects. Mariella is an exceptional building consultant and reliable technical expert, with an abundance of experience evaluating and testing physical building performance, examining enormous volumes of project documentation, making repair recommendations, estimating project costs, tendering projects for bid, and rendering professional opinions to aid in moving projects to conclusion.
Areas of Expertise
Categories of Expertise
Expert Witness Testimony
Building Envelope Failures
Allocation of Responsibility
Construction Drawing
Construction Quality Assurance
Inspection and Testing/ Forensic Field Work