Recent Technical Papers of Davis Consulting Group

• Technical papers of Christopher Barry This link is to documents and papers presented on the topics of Boat Building, Ferries, Hydrodynamics and Ship Production and presented at IBEX, SNAME, and at other venues.
• "IAAI Origin and Cause on Boat Losses" Presentation by Gregory T. Davis to the International Association of Arson Investigators,  55th Annual conference, St. Louis, MO, April, 2004. (Pdf)
• "Origin and Cause- Appraisals on Boat Losses", Presentation by Gregory T. Davis to The National Association of Subrogation Professionals 5th annual conference, Reno, NV, November 4, 2003. (Pdf)
• IBEX 2003, Session 806, "Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) for surveyors", presentation by William Hayden, PE, VP Engineering and manager of Davis Consulting Group, Miami Beach, FL, October 29, 2003.(Pdf)
• IBEX 2003, Session 806, "Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) for Surveyors", presentation by Gregory T. Davis, Miami Beach, FL,. October 29, 2003. (Pdf)
• IBEX 2003, Session 107 "Dispute Resolution", presentation by Gregory T. Davis, Miami Beach, FL, October 27, 2003.(Pdf)
• Evidence Collection- Spoliation and Other Issues- How does ASTM deal with this experts quagmire?, presentation by Gregory Davis at the NAMS 41st Annual Marine Conference East, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2003 (Pdf)
• Salvage or Towing  part of the Boatowner's Losses workshop presentation by Gregory Davis at the Property Loss Research Bureau 2003 Claims Conference and Insurance Expo, Orlando, Florida, April 1, 2003. (Pdf)
• Electricity in the Boatyard, IBEX 2002 presentation by Gregory Davis at the International Boat Builder's Exhibition and Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL February 2002. (Pdf)
• MACM 2000 Paper-" In-Service Failures of Recreational FRP Boats -A Surveyor's Casebook", by: William Hayden, NA and Gregory Davis, NAMS-CMS. Presented at the 8th International Marine Applications of Composites Materials symposium, March 2000, Melbourne, FL.
• NFPA 303- An Overview- a 'mini web' overview of the NFPA standard Marinas and Boatyards, 95 edition. From a PowerPoint presentation of Greg Davis's, for the 'Davis Boat Seminar 2000'.(Pdf)
• Accident Reconstruction and Documentation, Accident Investigation Seminar, April 16-17, 1998, FT. Lauderdale, FL; Sponsored by the American Boat and Yacht Council.
  
• Plastic Bag Overheat Syndrome, Seventh International Conference on the Marine Application of Composite Materials , March 17-19, 1998,   Melbourne, Florida.
  
• Boat Fire Investigation, Composite Fabricators Association magazine article.
  
• Why Worry about Ignition Protection?  
  
• In-service Failures from the Marine Surveyor's Point of View - An Update, Sixth International Conference on the Marine Application of Composite Materials , March, 1996,  Cocoa Beach, Florida (pdf)
  
• In-service Failures from the Marine Surveyor's Point of View, Fourth International Conference on the Marine Application of Composite Materials , March, 1992,  Melbourne, Florida
  
• The Internet - An advertising and Communication Tool, 35th National Conference of the National Association of Marine Surveyors, March 20-22, 1997, New Orleans, LA
  
• Saturation test of Balsa Wood, Report of test conducted by George Barber, Davis & Company Surveyor, March 1998
  

• What the Surveyor wants from the Claims Adjuster, by: Gregory T. Davis, Technical Information Exchange article. 

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