CHUCK ELWYN

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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Charles (Chuck) Elwyn was born in New Jersey in 1948 and was raised in a family-owned construction business with his father (C.A. Elwyn & Son). He was considered a journeyman in construction at the age of 17. Since moving to San Diego in 1976, he has continued to work in the construction industry not only as a foreman and superintendent, but as a hands-on licensed contractor completing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new and remodeling commercial and residential projects. He worked on projects ranging from mid-rise office buildings (including subterranean parking) to design and construction of custom homes in Lake Tahoe.

Accumulating over 30 years of professional experience in general construction he has acquired knowledge in estimating both design and conceptual projects, expert contract negotiation and management (both with clients and subcontractors) and effective pre-construction management including marketing, project proposals, and project development. Commercial experience includes new banks, shopping malls, mid-rise office buildings, parking structures (both above ground and subterranean), manufacturing plants, churches, restaurants, tenant improvements, Cal State Opera House, and 18 Vons supermarket remodels and additions. Residential projects include: design and construction of numerous new custom homes, mid-rise condominiums and remodels. He has also developed expertise in alpine construction and vertical terrain projects.

Operating as an independent Forensic Construction Consultant for the major insurance companies Chuck Elwyn has provided a wide range of damage assessment/construction consulting/expert witness services for commercial and residential properties involving claims for all perils, catastrophe losses and construction defects since 1994. Damage assessment experience includes (but is not limited to) claims resulting from fire, water, flood, tornadoes, hurricanes, mold, earthquake, construction defects and vehicle-related property damage.

He has also completed well over a thousand insurance claims as a licensed adjuster for insurance companies nationwide over the past 14 years. Technical support regarding construction-related issues has been available to regional and national insurance adjusters throughout the adjustment process. This analysis occasionally included business interruption, co-insurance and construction management.

Most recently, Chuck has used his construction knowledge, forensic abilities and reporting methodologies to recover several million dollars worth of denied damages for New Orleans Hurricane Katrina policyholders.
Mr. Elwyn has been successfully mediating between insurance companies and the policy holders, general contractors and sub-contractors, contractors and homeowners throughout his career as a construction professional, contractor, construction consultant and as an adjuster.

Additionally, as an ambassador for the plaintiff, Mr. Elwyn has also provided, (through his company CSI) consulting and analysis services to obtain fair and equitable compensation for the insured.

As a neutral independent party with extensive construction adjusting and consulting knowledge and experience, Chuck Elwyn can perform litigation support for replacement cost evaluations, construction defects, and bad faith lawsuits by providing accurate, reliable and dependable services nationwide.

Whether representing the plaintiffs or the defendants, the insurance company or the policy holder, he has a reputation of knowledge, honesty, and integrity throughout the construction, insurance and consulting industries.

“Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor;
defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17 NKJV

EXPERIENCE AND WORK HISTORY

1. Forensic Construction Consulting

2. Independent Construction Consultin

        For the following companies:

Some of the larger insurance claims:

3. Construction Experience

    Hands-On Construction Experience:

        Diverse Commercial and Residential Construction Projects:

4. Insurance Adjuster Experience

    Catastrophe adjusting companies:
 

• Claims Consultants • Farmers Insurance • IMS Catastrophe • Liberty Mutual • Mobil Homeowner Insurance • Mason Claims • Safeco Insurance • Texas Farm Bureau • Wardlaw Claims • Zurich Insurance,

Description and Location of Claims:

5. FEMA Damage Assessment Experience
        Wind, rain, flood – Virginia
        Wind, rain, flood – Chicago, Illinois
        Wind, rain, flood – Reno, Carson City, Gardnerville, NV

COMPANIES OWNED AND OPERATED
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CERTIFICATION AND LICENSES

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY