How can we help:

We provide inspections and building evaluations to help with the insurance claim process.

Abbott Consulting Capabilities - Typical Assignments

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The Mission: Engineering With Compassion

To help others in need by providing ethical, non-bias professional engineering services. Storms come. Things happen. Buildings get damaged. People must put the buildings and their lives back together. Professional engineers can help with compassion by working diligently for the goal of restoring lives.

Qualifications:

Rick has 19 years of structural engineering design followed by 8 years of forensic engineering.

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Our Approach:

We believe that the most important building is the building in which we eat, sleep, and raise our families.

Every structure that we enter should allow us to come home safely at the end of the day.

Ethics and Integrity:

Integrity makes all the difference in sorting out building issues after unfortunate events.

There are unique ethical aspects within forensic engineering that must be followed.  Read More

Meet the Owner

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Richard T Abbott, PE, SE, LEED-AP

Results:

We know that our reputation is only as good as the results of our last job. That's why we pride ourselves on following through on every assignment. 

Philosophy:

"Good customer service is treating everyone with dignity and respect."

Education:

  • U of Minnesota (IT) 1989 - BS Civil Engineering (Str.)
  • Cornell University 1990 - Masters of Engineering (Civil/Str.)

Licensing:

  • Professional Engineer (PE) - MN, ND, SD, WI, IA, FL
  • Structural Engineer (SE) - CA