Tex Teixeira spent the first half of his career designing fenestration assemblies — windows, curtain walls and window walls. He has spent the second half explaining why they failed. A window into AVELAR’s fenestration expert. Most envelope experts meet a building only after it leaks. Tex knows what the assemblies are supposed to do, because
Mike Haller has been on roofs since 1978. Jack Haller flies over them. They are father and son, and they are AVELAR’s roofing team. Mike, AVELAR’s Senior Roofing Consultant, started as a journeyman roofer in 1978 and has inspected more than 10,000 commercial and residential roofs. He has torn them off, installed them, estimated them,
It’s one of the most debated questions in construction defect investigations. At the 2026 Westcon Symposium, our Senior Partner Lonnie Haughton joins Christine Diosdado, P.E., Principal at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, for a panel discussion on building defensible field investigation protocols. They’ll compare qualitative, condition-based sampling (ASTM E2128) with statistical approaches, and talk through what
That’s a wrap on AVELAR‘s 2026 Summer Interns. We sent Abigail Inouye, Kellen Bach, and Miako Pizzorno off the only way that felt right: a cookie table, a full conference room, and a lot of people rooting for them. Over the past few months, they moved through architecture, engineering, construction management, forensic investigation, and accounting — asking good questions, sitting
We’re proud to share that Joseph Garcia and Gary Garcia, both Principal Architects at AVELAR, are now individually licensed to practice architecture in the State of Hawaii. AVELAR has long served clients across the islands, and this expands the number of our licensed professionals working there directly. Joe and Gary bring decades of combined experience
Walnut Creek, CA — Bill Weber, Principal Consultant at AVELAR, has earned the Council-certified Fire and Smoke Damage Consultant (CFSC) designation from the American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC), reinforcing a practice built over nearly four decades across fire and smoke damage, indoor air quality, mold, and construction consulting. The CFSC designation is awarded to