Preserving structural integrity. Protecting community assets.
Milestone inspections, structural integrity reserve studies, cause and origin investigations and expert testimony for condominium associations, HOAs, insurers, adjusters, restoration contractors and attorneys. Every engagement is led personally by Sheldon Gibbs, P.E.
Four connected services. The engineer who inspects the building is the same engineer who designs the repair, oversees the contractor and, if it comes to that, explains the findings under oath.
Milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies (SIRS) under Florida's condominium safety laws, delivered as clear, board-ready reports.
Independent investigation of what failed, why it failed and what it will take to fix, for associations, insurers, independent adjusters, restoration contractors, attorneys and owners.
Repair specifications, bid documents and owner-side oversight so restoration work is priced fairly and built as designed.
Litigation-ready analysis and testimony on construction defect, cause-of-loss and standard-of-care matters.
For homeowners, contractors, builders and architects anywhere in Florida.
Signed and sealed structural design for single-family homes: removing a load-bearing wall, adding a room or a second story, repairing a foundation, building a deck, dock or pool enclosure, or meeting Florida Building Code wind requirements. Designed by the same engineer who investigates structural failures for a living.
Condominium and HOA boards, managers and association counsel
Meet your statutory deadlines, plan reserves on real conditions, and get repairs designed and built right, whether the board hires us directly or the contractor brings us in.
Carriers, independent and public adjusters, and restoration contractors
Cause and origin, extent of damage and expert witness support after hurricane, wind, water, fire and settlement losses, written for the claim file.
Construction, insurance, real estate and community-association attorneys
Field-tested findings on cause, responsibility and repair cost, explained clearly to a judge, jury or mediator.
Every opinion starts with a site visit. A few of the conditions Sheldon has documented on Florida properties.
Based in Jacksonville. Forensic, expert witness and residential structural design work is accepted throughout Florida.
Sheldon Gibbs, P.E., started as a designer, then moved into field inspection, construction materials testing and construction oversight before adding forensic work in 2013. That range is why his reports are practical and his testimony is credible.
He personally attends every field walkthrough at Axum. Clients never hand off to junior staff or wait on a project manager to relay answers. Before founding Axum, he co-owned and led the Gibbs Group for 17 years and spent more than a decade as a forensic consultant to regional engineering firms.
Tell us what you're dealing with. Sheldon will respond personally, usually within one business day.
