<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451945097290481393</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:33:22.590-08:00</updated><category term='pneumatic hoist'/><category term='shackles'/><category term='Litigation Support Specialist'/><category term='wire rope slings.'/><category term='Rigging'/><category term='Forensic Consultant'/><category term='ingersoll rand hoist'/><category term='chain slings'/><category term='Expert Witness'/><category term='synthetic slings'/><title type='text'>Expert Witness - Bransford Pickett BS Engineering, MBA Finance, PE Mechanical Engineering</title><subtitle type='html'>Litigation Support Specialist, Expert Witness and Forensic Consultant.
Provides mechanical engineering support in accident investigation and reconstruction covering failure analysis, process simulation, equipment reliability and safety. Specialized in areas of cranes, rigging, industrial forklifts, aerial devices, conveyors, and barges. 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Box 4101&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chula Vista, CA 91909&lt;br /&gt;Phone: (619) 977-7693&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fax: (619) 781-8752&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E-mail: &lt;a class="textblacktitle" href="mailto:bapickett@cox.net" target="blank_"&gt;bapickett@cox.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cranes, rigging, conveyors, forklifts, aerial devices, mechanical engineering, failure and simulation analysis and reliability. Cover ANSI, State and Federal OSHA. California registered professional engineer.&lt;br /&gt;Specialize in general material handling equipment and operations, mechanical engineering, failure analysis and risk simulation analysis. Services address areas of equipment operations management, equipment safety, personnel training, accident investigation, and litigation supports activities. Accident investigation and litigation support encompasses accident reconstruction, equipment failure mode analysis, incident responsibility assessment and evaluation.&lt;br /&gt;Equipment Include: Cranes: Jib, Mobile, Tower and Portal, Bridge, Truck and Floating Barge Cranes; Forklifts, Scissors lifts, Rigging Gear, Hydraulic Jacks and Lift Systems, Conveyors, Pallet and Packages Conveyors, Pneumatic Systems, Boats, Barges dry docks and aerial devices.&lt;br /&gt;Over 20 years of experience include Lifting Equipment Condition Evaluation, Complex Lift Design and Supervision, Detailed Equipment Selection for Operations, Overall Operation Management, systems design, failure analysis and accident investigation and reconstruction, state and federal OSHA regulations, ANSI/ASME B30 and HST standards, ASME B31.1 and B31.3 codes, and CMAA specifications.&lt;br /&gt;BSc Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;P. E., Mechanical Engineer, State of California (Reciprocity available by State)&lt;br /&gt;MSc Business Administration Finance, San Diego State University Membership: NSPE, ASME, GARP, PMI&lt;br /&gt;Listed in the Following States&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bransford Pickett (Forensic Engineering and Applied Science Institute) is listed with ExpertPages in the following jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico &amp;amp; USVI, US Pacific Islands, Overseas International, National Experts&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2451945097290481393-247296776703506151?l=bransfordpickett.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bransfordpickett.blogspot.com/feeds/247296776703506151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2451945097290481393&amp;postID=247296776703506151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451945097290481393/posts/default/247296776703506151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451945097290481393/posts/default/247296776703506151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bransfordpickett.blogspot.com/2008/02/bransford-pickett-pe-bsce-mscba_09.html' title='Bransford Pickett BS Engineering, MBA Finance, PE Mechanical Engineering'/><author><name>W.P.M.C.LLC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06155093838044054592</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
