Rinaldi Engineering

When it comes to resolving structural issues I have the right experience that is hard to beat. I worked as a structural engineer for years performing structural analysis and design for houses, multi-story buildings, and other structures. I have built more than 65 custom-built houses in many styles and sizes up to 5,200 square feet. I have inspected more than 1500 houses in my career from small bungalows to 6,000 square foot mini-mansions. The houses ranged in age from 250 years old to brand new (where I still found a structural problem!). I have inspected houses all over Connecticut and Western Massachusetts and a few in Rhode Island. I have performed more than 250 construction progress inspections for a local bank, which gave me the opportunity to see many new homes in various stages of construction. I even served as an expert witness in a number of construction cases for several attorneys. My building experience provided me the opportunity to experience all the construction problems, choices, and decisions that builders face. I know how they think, the trade-offs they make, and the resulting good or poor quality construction. My structural engineering experience enables me to readily recognize structural deficiencies that others miss. I have seen the best workmanship in houses and the absolute worst. I have developed that "6th sense" that enables me to identify a problem when there is little evidence of it. When performing an inspection I tell it like it is. I am not an alarmist. When I inspect a house I enjoy the satisfaction I get when I give the buyer more information about the house than they ever wanted to know. When I find a serious defect in a house which my client was not aware of, I get a lot of satisfaction in advising my client of the problem.