Leadership Team > LAWRENCE KENT SHAPIRO, P.E.

Vice President

Photo floating to the rightHOWARD I. SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES Consulting Engineers, P.C.

Licensed Professional Engineer since February 1983

Licensed in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey

Education: University of Virginia, B.S. Civil Engineering, 1978.

Publications & Teaching Assignments:

  • Construction Cranes, Scientific American, March 1998, pp (Co-author), Cranes and Derricks, 2nd Ed. 1990 & 3rd Ed. 1999, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., (Co-author with Howard I. Shapiro and Jay P. Shapiro) Author or Co-author of various articles in trade publications.
  • Guest Lecturer at Columbia University Construction Engineering and Management Program

Field of Practice:

Construction Engineering: Design of temporary structures; installation design for tower and mobile cranes, derricks, hoists, scaffolding, and shoring; planning of means and methods for construction; constructability and logistics studies; rigging design and procedures; assurance of structural integrity of buildings in alteration or demolition; analysis of construction loads on structures and soil; stress analysis for proof of competence of cranes and other lift equipment; emergency assessment, stabilization and recovery of construction equipment and structures in distress.

Structural Engineering: Design of structures systems, components and details for civil and mechanical engineering applications; design and detailing of building appurtenances.

Forensic Engineering: Investigation of accidents and failures, technical support for dispute resolution and litigation.