WANE A. BAKER, P.E., CIH

Division Manager, Indoor Air Quality

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Indoor Environmental Quality:  Expert Witness, Damp Buildings, Fungi and Bacteria, Building Physics, Heat and Mass Transfer, HVAC Analysis & Performance Testing

• Has managed and/or personally conducted more than a thousand Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) investigations in various settings, including healthcare, institutional, educational, residential, multi-family and commercial properties

• Serves as an Expert Witness on matters of building physics, damp buildings, chemical and microbial contamination

• Conducts sampling for physical, chemical and biological stressors

• Analyzes and tests performance of mechanical ventilating systems

• Designs and specifies microbial remediation, related corrective activities

SELECTED PROJECTS

• City of Madison, Wisconsin: Investigated and managed the remediation of extensive water damage and microbial contamination of an apartment complex

• Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, Wisconsin:  Investigated, determined causation of water damage and fungal contamination of new elementary school, expert witness

• Hudson Middle School, Hudson, Wisconsin:  Investigation of microbial contamination, HVAC system analysis and performance testing

• St. Croix Press, New Richmond, Wisconsin:  Assessment of occupational chemical exposures, fork truck testing

• Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan:  Comprehensive IAQ assessment including microbial, aldehyde and volatile organic compound sampling

• Edina High School, Edina, Minnesota:  Occupant health surveys, extensive study of ventilating system performance, HVAC hygiene and microbial contamination

• Guthrie Theatre Shops, Minneapolis, Minnesota:  Chemical hygiene survey, IAQ and ventilation assessment

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• 25 years professional-level experience

• Division Manager, Indoor Air Quality – Michaels Engineering

• Full-time air quality consultant since 1991

• 30 years of experience in the operation and maintenance of buildings

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering – Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1982

REGISTRATIONS

• Licensed Professional Engineer - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa

• Certified Industrial Hygienist, ABIH #8708 CP

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