Lecturer Bios
Carol A. SIgmond Esq.
Carol A. Sigmond is a partner in the Construction and Litigation practice groups at Greenspoon Marder. With more than
four decades of legal experience, Ms. Sigmond focuses her practice on construction industry matters, including arbitration,
appeals, bid protests, contract preparation, mediation, litigation, and suretyship.
She represents clients in construction
defect litigation relating to issues that arise when adjacent owners develop their properties, as well as expediting a
builder’s construction project by ensuring that the proper contracts are in place. As a seasoned practitioner, Ms. Sigmond
has a history of litigating construction disputes for public works and buildings in both the public and private sectors.
She also has extensive knowledge preparing contract documents, including design-build, construction management,
guaranteed maximum price, and fixed-price contracts. Additionally, Ms. Sigmond is an experienced mediator and arbitrator
handling construction or real estate cases for the New York County Supreme Court Commercial Division Roster of
Volunteer Mediators and the American Arbitration Association’s Roster of Construction Industry Arbitrators.
Dan Eschenasy, PE, F.SEI
Dan Eschenasy is a forensic engineer with over 40 years’ experience in structural engineering. In 2022, he retired from the
NYC Buildings Department where he was the Chief Structural Engineer. In this position and as Chief Structural Engineer
at the NYC Department of Design and Construction, Mr. Eschenasy was typically the first engineering responder and
investigator to almost all major NYC building incidents, such as collapses of buildings, retaining walls, cranes, or other
construction installations. On 9/11 he was tasked to organize the engineering response to the disaster.
He also was a
member of the ASCE/FEMA task force that investigated the WTC collapse. Published in various technical magazines, the
results of his forensic investigations and related statistics became the basis for changes in the structural and construction
chapters of the NYC Building Code. Mr. Eschenasy’s experience will enhance the structural forensic engineering services
that GMS already provides to clients including investigations, structural assessments, litigation support, design of
mitigation strategies, and post-disaster response.
