William Nugent

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Mr. Nugent joined WJE in 1976 and has since completed over 400 investigation, testing, and repair design projects. Mr. Nugent’s experience includes seismic damage assessment and retrofit design, investigation of structural failures, field and laboratory testing of structures and numerous assignments involving building facades, curtain walls, and glass. This latter experience has included the design and installation of instrumentation to measure wind pressure and motions of buildings, review of curtain wall designs and investigation of curtain wall, glass and cladding system failures. He has also been involved in the recladding of several buildings.

Mr. Nugent has authored numerous technical reports dealing with a variety of structural and materials problems. He has presented lectures on structural failures, seismic performance, cladding problems and related repair techniques.