Hardwood, Engineered Hardwood and Bamboo
Installation, Sand & Finish, National Wood Floor Association, 1999
Hardwood Flooring Claims Inspections, National Oak Floor Manufacturers Association, 2001
Hardwood Flooring Claims Inspections, National Wood Floor Association, 2003
Hardwood Flooring, Understanding the Hardwood/Moisture Relationship, Brickman Consulting, 2003
Hardwood Flooring, Advanced Inspections & Claims, National Wood Floor Association, 2005
Hardwood Flooring, Psychrometrics: Understanding the Hardwood/Moisture Relationship, Brickman Consulting, 2011
Moisture in the Home Wood Flooring Workshop, Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2011
Strand Woven Bamboo - Problems, Causes & Cures, National Wood Floor Association, 2012
The Cork, the Educational Guild, (Steve Tolli, Wicanders), 2012
Resilient & Laminates
Installation & Claims, Wilsonart Laminate Flooring, 1996
Installation & Claims, Pergo Flooring, 1995
Installation & Claims, Mohawk Industries Laminates, 1994
Installation & Claims, Mannington Resilient, 1995, 2004
North American Laminate Floor Association, Claims and Inspections 2011
Installation & Claims, FCITS and Shaw Industries, Flexible & Rigid Core Vinyl Tile & Planks, 2019
Concrete, Coatings & Specialty Surfaces
Specialty Coating Surfaces, World of Concrete, 2003
Understanding Moisture in Concrete Floors, World of Concrete, 2004
How to Prevent Moisture-related Problems with Floor Coverings and Coatings on Concrete Slabs, Starnet Commercial/CTL Laboratories, 2004
Flooring Problems & Solutions: Moisture Vapor in Concrete Slabs, International Concrete Repair Institute, 2005
Concrete, Moisture and Sub-surfaces; Moisture-related Floor Covering Failures, LGM Technical Services, 2007
Concrete & Concrete Coatings - Advanced Concrete, Concrete Coatings and Inspections, Society of Protective Coatings, 2008
Concrete Moisture Testing Technician Level 1 & Level 2, International Concrete Repair Institute, 2009
Pull-off Adhesion Testing - Webinar, Society of Protective Coating, 2011
In Situ Concrete Moisture Testing - Webinar, CTL Laboratories, 2011
Troubleshooting Installations over Concrete Subfloors, Webinar Id Kanare, Wagner Instruments, 2011
Commercial Coatings for Concrete - Current State of Technology, American Coatings Association, 2012
The New SSPC Surface Profile Measurement Conformance Standard, Webinar Id 727-440-048; SSPC, 2012
Specifying Practice Group Meeting - Slab Floor Moisture Webinar Id: 455-157-193, 2012
Architectural Specifications for Polished Concrete, Webinar Id: 707-924-248, Brad Burns, Concrete Polishing Association of America (CPAA), 2012
Concrete Polishing of America (CPAA) - CPAA Floor Slippage Safety Training, January, 2012
Carpet Claims Inspections, LGM Technical Services, 1986
Carpet Claims Inspections, FCITS, 1989
Senior Practicing Carpet Claims & Inspections, IICRC, 1989
Textile Laboratory Testing AATCC, 1994
Clemson University Conference on Carpet Manufacturing, 1995
Clemson University Conference on Carpet Yarn Heat & Twistsetting, 1995
Carpet Installation Claims Inspections, CFI, 1997
Technical Certification, Carpet Installation, CFI, 1997
Advanced Carpet Claims & Inspections, Advanced Flooring Specialists, 2000
WoolSafe Carpet Complaint Investigations, WoolSafe Academy and Dr. Eric Brown, 2001
Carpet
Ceramic Tile and Natural Stone
Ceramic Tile: Problems, Causes & Cures, National Tile Council of America, 2004
Natural Stone Solutions (Program AIA11); Dal-tile Corporation, 2006
Ceramic Tile Forensic Inspections, Dave Gobis, 2012
Success with Tile: the TCNA Handbook and New Glass Tile Standards, CSI Santa Clara Valley, 2012
What You Are Not Being Told about Natural Stone, CSI Santa Clara Valley, 2012
The Science of Inspecting Ceramic Tile Flooring, Floor Inspectors Educational Guild (Noah Chitty), 2014
Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, Winter 1996
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Construction Specifications, Construction Documents & Contract Administration, 2006
Miscellaneous
Webinar and Distance Learning
Wood Flooring Installation Guidelines Revisions Interactive Q&A,presented by NWFA, April 30, 2020
Problems, Causes & Cures - Manufacturing vs Site Related, presented by NWFA, April 30, 2020
New Architectural Coatings Technology Targets Stricter Hospital Infection Protocols, Paintsquare, presented by Covestro (Webinar ID 908-678-483), June 17, 2020
Large and Heavy Tile Mortars and ANSI Mortar Designations, presented by National Tile Contractors Association and Mapei, June 23, 2020.
What Is Acclimation, presented by NWFA, June 30, 2020 (streamed July 16, 2020)
Water Restoration Inspections Relative to Hardwood Floors (1.5 hours)
Will Stoner | Inspector Training Services, August 26, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Understanding and Inspecting LVT Flooring (1.5 hours)
Andrew Fronczek | Inspector Training Services, August 26, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Understanding Moisture and Hardwood Moisture Testing (1.5 hours)
Ilene Cohn and Roy Reichow | Delmhorst Instrument Company, August 26, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Concrete Surface Preparation for Resilient Flooring (1 hours)
William Thornton | Tarkett Sports Flooring, August 27, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
The Effects of Light on Flooring and Flooring Acceptance in the Construction Industry (1 hours)
William Thornton | Tarkett Sports Flooring, August 27, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Concrete, Moisture, Moisture Vapor and Testing (1.5 hours)
Andrew Rynhart | Tramex Meters, August 27, 2020,
Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Product Introduction and Review (1 hour)
Nick Carter | Shaw Industries, August 28, 2020, Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Manufacturing Defects (1 hour)
Evan Lauridsen | Shaw Industries, August 28, 2020, Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
Installation and Site Related Claims and Failures
Lemarta Faulknor | Shaw Industries, August 28, 2020, Floor Education Guild Summer Webinar 356-831-947
It’s A New World: Communication Tips for Engaging Zoom Testimony
Carol Bauss, JD | NJP Litigation Consulting, October 14, 2020, Forensic Expert Witness Association
Since 1982, I have conducted over 13,000 third-party residential and commercial site inspections.
Nothing say’s experience like experience!
Roland is also a member of the “Moisture Mob”. The Moisture Mob is a small group of global subject matter experts who met at a Technical Symposium on Moisture Detection and Measurement in Dublin, Ireland. The symposium was hosted by Tramex, Ltd the global leader and innovator of high-quality precision moisture meters for the building envelope and construction materials.
The group consists of subject matter experts from the restoration, flooring, roofing, and related fields hailing from the US, UK and the EU who attended this invitation only event. Members of this group have rallied around the mission of sharing their knowledge with others in a positive manner which creates more awareness around issues associated with moisture within the building envelope.
It is the goal of this group to help others better understand and detect moisture which will lead to healthier and better performing buildings.
More about the Moisture Mob and interviews with some of its members can be found at http://www.iaqradio.com