Standards of care for the flooring industry expert. Over 40 years of Experience.
Diploma of The American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology.
Member of the Marble Institute of America (MIA), The National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA), American Standards Testing and Materials (ASTM). Licensed contractor in the State of California. Over 150 Depositions and 25 Trials. Numerous Mediations and Arbitrations.

Educator and Author

Geographically we work throughout North America and the Hawaiian Islands. As a member of the ASTM F-13 committee I work with the standards of Pedestrian Walkway Safety. As a member of the leading flooring standards organizations I work with the flooring standards of care. As an expert for the the for the enforcing agency I work with the standards of labor practices. Our network of testing facilities examines concrete suitability, slip resistance, materials construction , adhesive performance and all manner of materials defects.

Forensics is the science of evidence gathering for presentation to a court. The Forensic Scientists at Interior Specifications focus on all aspects of floors Each flooring product has a set of rules prepared by the industry’s governing body. As a member of these associations (ie. The National Wood Flooring Association, The Marble Institute of America, American Standards And Materials), we are kept up to date of current issues. When the gathering of evidence goes beyond relevant document review, we go into the field to observe and the laboratory to identify those conditions that are relevant to the floor at issue. We test: Concrete: for moisture, formulation and installation Adhesives: for identity, effectiveness, appropriateness Vapor barriers: performance, installations Wood, moisture, stability, acclimation, gap, cup, dimensional stability, bugs. Ceramic tile dynamic coefficient of friction dimensional tolerance, Bond Strength, lippage Natural stone static coefficient of friction, bond strength, lippage, curl, dimensional stability Carpet, tuft bind, edge ravel, bundle wrap, flame spread, bond strength. Rubber and Vinyl flooring, bond, compressive strength, tensile strength We provide both hard and soft evidence, as the case requires. A floor-covering expert (with experience in over 150 depositions and 25 trials with over 40 years in the floor-covering industry) interprets the evidence for the court.

• Kenneth D. Newson

  5737 Kanan Road #549, Agoura Hills, CA 91301, USA

  818-991-4300

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