Timothy J. Allison, MS, P.E., formed AC&E in 2010 in pursuit of providing engineering expertise to various parties involved in civil and structural engineering.  Career growth with firms such as Donan Engineering and Rimkus Consulting afforded training and experience that provided breadth and depth in forensics and related engineering practice.  He now focuses full-time on AC&E to deliver expert evaluation, advice, and reports for stakeholders in construction projects.

Timothy earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  His career began with design, evaluation, and repair of light-frame construction that included hotels, apartments, custom homes, and tract residential developments in the southeast, midwest, and Rocky Mountain regions.  

Timothy returned to St. Louis in 2011 to assist the extreme needs of forensic engineering evaluation resulting from the widespread hail storm damage that affected Missouri and Illinois.  Mr. Allison worked extensively in the Houston, Texas, area in 2017 during flood-related projects resulting from Hurricane Harvey.  He worked along the Mississippi River valley in 2019 for projects related to the Mississippi River and tributary flooding.  

Mr. Allison has experience in hail and storm-related events as well as evaluation of fire, earthquake, flood, wind, snow/ice/winter storms, and other structural load events.  He also has partnered with groups for evaluation, remediation, and repair of sites for construction improvements, construction defects, or as-built conditions.

Forensic engineering investigations include:

*Storm-damage evaluation of a neighborhood development in Colorado and subsequent expert testimony for a jury trial with estimated damages above $15 million

*Evaluation of damage due to construction-related activities adjacent to a commercial property and subsequent expert testimony for a jury trial in Alton, Illinois

*Evaluation throughout Washington, Illinois, after the tornado and storms in 2013

*Structural evaluation of residential and commercial structures after fires that included residences, cabins, and industrial facilities

*Residential evaluations and repair recommendations after vehicle impacts to buildings in Texas and Missouri

*Investigation of a bar and restaurant in Illinois after a roof collapse

*Commercial evaluations and repair recommendations after vehicle impacts to a truck stop service facility and a commercial loading dock area in Missouri and Illinois

*Repair and remediation of conjoined-style buildings in a block development circa 1900 in Arkansas

*Teamed with engineers for evaluation of construction defects to a development in Texas in 2018, with potential damages above $100 million

*Flood evaluation to breweries and other commercial structures along the Mississippi River during the 2019 flooding

*Flood evaluation to a cabin resort along the Arkansas River during the 2019 floods

 

Mr. Allison can be found engaging with the American Society of Civil Engineers subcommittees for Wind Loads and for Snow & Rain Loads to help develop building codes and standards.

He enjoys live music, running, and playing soccer and guitar in his free time.