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Curriculum
Vitae
| Areas
of Expertise |
| All
floor covering products |
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Installation |
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Bonding
Agents |
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Specification
procedures |
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Construction
of sub-floors |
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Toxins
associated to floors |
| Standards
of practice in the floor covering industry |
| Management
Responsibilities in Public Facilities |
Formal Education
Dorsey HighSchool- Science
Los Angeles City College
Northridge State College.- Industrial Psychology
Specialty Training
Institute of Real Estate Management
Mohasco Research and Development School
Armstrong Training School
Individual Specialized Manufacturer's Training.
California Department of Consumer Affairs Expert's training
program
Experience
While in college
in 1964, he worked as a construction project manager, and was
moved to the Commercial Real Estate Management department. In
1969 he was the Director of Daily Apartment Operations for Urbanetics
Financial Corporation, and managed several thousand apartment
units in the Southwest, handling interior build-outs. In1970,
he was Director of Property Management for the Heritage Group.
In 1972, Mr. Newson
went to work for Irving C. Rubin & Associates, a company that
provided commercial floor covering to real estate managers.
In 1976 he began his own chain of commercial floor covering
outlets and became a licensed floor-covering contractor in the
California.
Over the next two
years he was trained in fabrication and installation of all
types of flooring materials. In 1978, Dupont Chemical sent him
to seminars around the country to be trained in the use and
specification of fiber systems. Specialty floor covering material
manufacturers sent instructors to him to provide individual
training for products such as, linoleum, cork, rubber, wood,
vinyl, epoxy, and stone.
This training allowed
him to train his sales and installation staff. His firm sold
and installed over 5,000,000-sq. ft. of specialty products,
for use in athletic facilities, schools, restaurants, factories,
airports and hospitals.
In 1977 Mr. Newson
joined the faculty at Ambassador College and taught classes
in textile specification for real estate managers. He began
teaching this same course for the National Boards of Realtors
as part of their Professional Property Manager's certification,
and The National Apartment Owners Association's "Certified Managers
Program".
Mr. Newson has published
several articles on floor covering specification in national
trade publications such as The Journal of Property Management.
He also writes articles pertaining to the specification of floor
covering and site conditions for architectural publications.
Dupont enlisted him
into their advisory counsel, made up of eight qualified contractors,
where he was asked to confer with other floor covering contractors
when they needed advice. In 1980 Mr. Newson opened the "Design
Resource Center" in Van Nuys California, where he taught classes
in materials specification to Interior Designers and Architects.
In 1984 he opened Interior Specifications, a consulting and
management company to service the design and construction community.
Mr. Newson was first
certified as a competent expert in the field of commercial floor
covering by the Los Angeles County Courts in 1979. He has testified
numerous times as both a plaintiff's and defense expert witness.
In 1993 the California Department of Consumer Affairs certified
him as a floor-covering expert. Today Mr. Newson is part of
their experts program, and acts as an investigator and mediator
in contractor disputes.
His list of references
is very long. Mr. Newson has consulted for many major educational
institutions, medical facilities, and public transportation
facilities. He recently completed studies for UCLA, USC, Cedar
Sinai Hospital of Los Angeles, and Pasadena-Glendale-Burbank
Airport, and Baltimore Washington International Airport.
Mr. Newson has conducted
studies on site suitability for specialty flooring products
for all types of public facilities. He is the floor-covering
advisor, and member of the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles
chapter, as well as the National Director of Marketing, for
the Society of American Registered Architects. He teaches continuing
education courses for A.I.A. and SARA, as well as writes instructional
and editorial columns for their national publications. Also,
he conducts symposiums for AIA and SARA on concrete additives
and moisture vapor, in preparation for floor covering and the
"Standard of Practice for the Flooring Industry".
In 1996 Mr. Newson
was accepted as a member of the American College of Forensic
Examiners (ACFE#10104), and subsequently past the peer review
and became a Diplomate of The American Board of Forensic Examiners.
On April 1, 1999 he became a Diplomate of the American Board
of Forensic Engineering & Technology.
His certification
is specialized to all matters pertaining to floors and their
function in as part of a system. Subsequently, he has conducted
investigations for several private companies, individuals and
public agencies. He investigates cases involving toxic fumes
toxic mold, premises liability, product liability, installation,
industry standards of care involving the National Codes of Safety,
and the Uniform Commercial Code, The American With Disabilities
Act, and the California Code of Regulations.
In August of 2002,
Mr. Newson prepared a course text and was certified by the California
Bar Association to provide Continuing Education, on all litigation
matters pertaining to floors, premises liability, and toxins.
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