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Roger W. Griffith, P.E. is a licensed professional engineer with over 37 years of experience. His experience includes the design of plumbing, piping, HVAC, and sprinkler systems and performing forensic investigations.

As the founder and principal of Griffith Engineering & Consulting, his design experience with commercial and industrial projects include convention centers, schools, office buildings, condominiums, apartment buildings, hotels, churches, manufacturing facilities, medical buildings, restaurants, historic buildings, dormitories, fire halls, and maintenance facilities.

During the past 14 years, Mr. Griffith has also provided forensic investigations, litigation support, and expert testimony. His specialty areas include mechanical/plumbing/piping system design, hot water systems/scalding, carbon monoxide poisoning/gas venting, fuel gas fires and explosions, legionella, and failures to mechanical/plumbing/sprinkler systems. He represents plaintiffs and defendants and has provided testimony at depositions and trials.

Prior to founding Griffith Engineering and Consulting, he worked for an electric utility for 14 years as a mechanical engineer with experience in the design, maintenance, and operation of pumps, piping, valves, heat exchangers, and boilers. He also has extensive training and experience in failure analysis and has taught many courses on this subject for the company.

Areas of Expertise

Hot Water Scalding

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Legionella

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Thermal Expansion Tanks: Part 2 – Sizing

How To Size Thermal Expansion Tanks For Hot Water Systems In Part 1 of this series, we looked at where thermal expansion tanks are needed. When it is determined that a tank should be included […]

Thermal Expansion Tanks: Part 3

Selection and Installation of Thermal Expansion Tanks See Part 2 for calculating the expansion tank volumes. Now, using the calculated acceptance volume and total volume for the tank, select an expansion tank from the manufacturer’s […]

Designing Plumbing Systems To Minimize Legionella

The recent outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in New York City has brought renewed attention to the inherent risks from legionella bacteria in HVAC and plumbing systems. There are several things that plumbing engineers and designers […]

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Jefferson City, TN 37760
(865) 471-8142

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