Chuck Dutill, P.E.

Based inWest Chester, Pennsylvania

Main fieldPersonal injury, accidents and safety

Areas of expertise37 listed

About Chuck Dutill, P.E.

For over 35 years Mr. Dutill has been performing hydrology and environmental engineering nationwide. He has focused on wastewater, stormwater, flooding, sewers, septic systems, groundwater, drainage, runoff, hydrology, hydraulics, backups, drinking water, and air quality. He addresses these and other related issues as an expert witness and a general consultant. His cases comprised federal and state court cases, and have included damages ranging from $25,000 to approaching $1 billion, with most between $100,000 to $5M. Cases occurred in 30 or more states, and have involved allegations concerning approvals, personal injury, damages, illegal facilities, and the correction of problems.

Services

Heritage Technical Services, founded in 1988 by Mr. Dutill, addresses such environmental and civil engineering issues as:

Hydrology
Stormwater Management
Flooding
Drainage
Runoff
Sewer Systems
Sanitary Sewage
Wastewater Treatment
Septic Systems
Backups
Overflows
Surface Water
Groundwater
Hydrogeology
Erosion
Grading
Hydraulics
Floodplains
Piping Systems
Wells
Mold
Soils
Air Quality
Regulations
Combined Sewers
Detention
Maintenance
Inspections
Dams
Sinkholes
Hazardous Waste
Aquifers
Drinking Water
Hydraulic Fracturing
Health and Safety
Standard of Care
Toxicity
Contamination
Spills
Pollution
Remediation
Modeling
Pumping
Storage
Sedimentation
Hydroplaning
Odors
Waste Management
Wetlands
Landfills
Water Quality
Monitoring
Storm Sewers
Infiltration/Inflow
Metering

To discuss your issues, case, or dispute, please contact Chuck Dutill (610-701-5650 or [email protected]). Mr. Dutill typically responds by the end of the next business day if not sooner.

For further information, including a CV or references, please contact Dawn Grothmann (610-701-5650 or [email protected]).

Areas of Expertise

Accident
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Amusement Parks
Arbitration
Chemical
Chemical Accidents
Chemical Analysis
Climatology
Confined Space
Drainage
Engineering
Engineering Civil
Engineering Environmental

Engineering Investigation
Environmental
Failure Analysis
Flooding
Hazardous Materials
Hydraulics
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Litigation
Mediation
Mildew
Mold
OSHA

Research
Safety OSHA
Septic System
Sewer Backups
Sewers
Storm Water
Waste Treatment
Wastewater
Water
Water Safety
Wrongful Death

Profile

Chuck Dutill, P.E. has spent approximately 25% of his professional time providing expert witness services nationwide for over 35 years. About 50% of his expert witness services have been for defendants, with approximately 50% also for plaintiffs.

Both as principal of Heritage Technical Services and as a member of two distinguished national civil and environmental engineering firms, the hydrology, civil engineering, and environmental engineering work of Mr. Dutill has been heavily concentrated in:

provision of expert witness services, including investigation, analysis, consultation with counsel, written reports, and expert testimony analysis of regulations, including concerning compliance and enforcement evaluation of monitoring requirements development of engineering feasibility studies and facility plans acquisition of permits with appropriate requirements and fees provision of project cost advice

He also has significant engineering experience in the areas of design, construction management, operations assistance, maintenance, and community acceptance. Serving as a civil engineer, environmental engineer, and hydrologist on a consulting basis for private, institutional, and governmental clients, Mr. Dutill has nationwide expert witness and project experience in hydrology, stormwater management, flooding, drainage, runoff, sewer systems, sanitary sewage, wastewater treatment/discharge, backups, overflows, septic/onsite systems, surface water, groundwater, and hydrogeology.

As indicated in feedback from attorneys on expert witness cases, some of his strengths include understandable guidance, responsiveness, timeliness, communication, effective report writing, strong testimony (including on cross), efficiency, organization, and assistance with framing case issues.

Consulting Practice

Nationwide - Heritage Technical Services, Inc. offers consulting and expert witness services for hydrology and environmental engineering in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.), Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other international locations.