30 Forensic Engineering, Canada’s leading and fully-independent multi-disciplinary forensics firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dewan Karim M.A.Sc., MITE, P.Eng., PTOE as Senior Associate within the Transportation Safety group.

Dewan graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Master of Engineering in Infrastructure Planning and a Master of Applied Science in Transportation Safety from Ryerson University. Dewan has focused on transportation engineering, planning and traffic safety issues since 2000 and received his Professional Engineer designation in 2008. Dewan has investigated strategic safety and location-specific collisions from traffic engineering and safety regulations for all street users including motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, off-road and commercial vehicles, and motorcycles. He has also researched safety aspects of transportation planning and street design issues including Vision Zero plans for several municipalities in Canada.

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Transportation Engineering, Operations and Safety:

• Passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles and recreational vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians
• Specialized in traffic engineering and safety regulations in Ontario
• Assessment of traffic safety using local standards, manual and guidelines
• Area safety studies for intersections, street segments and other roadway locations
• Strategic safety and planning policies that influence overall traffic safety outcome
• Safety assessment of new transportation modes such as carshare, rideshare, bikeshare, scooters
• Intersection collision including turning movement, traffic signal, pavement marking assessment
• Smart data to identify safety trends prior to actual incident
• Transit user safety and rail infrastructure assessment to improve user or operational safety
• Land-use policies that influences safety outcome
• Safety perspective for senior citizens, children, school travel and disable persons
• Winter maintenance, minimum maintenance standards, highway traffic act, OTM manuals, master plans
• Roundabout safety and traffic calming measures

Mark Fabbroni B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Vice President & Practice Lead, Collision Reconstruction & Trucking states: “There are very few experts in North America with the combination of transportation safety and urban planning expertise that Dewan possesses. This gives him a unique and sought-after perspective on the transportation problems that cities and municipalities face, and how they should be tackling them not only now but into the future. We believe that Dewan’s insights will provide great value to our clients as they increasingly confront disputes related to transportation safety, mobility, land use, and urban intensification. We are very excited to welcome Dewan to the 30 Forensic Engineering Transportation Safety team.”

About 30 Forensic Engineering

30 Forensic Engineering is one of Canada’s largest and most respected multi-disciplinary forensic firms. Our core team of 70 Professional Investigators, Engineering Technicians and support staff is enhanced through relationships with some of the top scientists, standard-makers and specialized consultants in North America serving a wide variety of industries including: Insurance, Manufacturing, Legal, Construction, Health Care, Commercial and Residential Property, Financial, Government, Hospitality, Mining, Renewable Energy and Transportation.

We provide world-class engineering and consulting expertise in:

Civil/Structural Failure
Building and Fire Code
Geotechnical and Mining
Biomechanics & Personal Injury
Human Factors
Collision Reconstruction
Transportation Safety
Renewable Energy
Environmental Health & Safety
Multi-disciplinary Remediation
Materials & Product Failure / Piping & HVAC
Fire / Electrical & Explosion investigations
Trucking

The Canadian Lawyer Magazine readership acknowledged 30 Forensic Engineering as their top choice in both forensic engineering categories: