Thomas L. Brookman, A.I.A.

Tom is an architect, contractor and builder.   Currently he is licensed in both Hawaii and California as an architect.    He is experienced in residential, commercial and public buildings.

After 25 years as a designer, project manager and inspector, Tom retired from City of Los Angeles.     He worked for the Department of Water and Power,  Recreation and Parks, and as a consultant to the Community Redevelopment Agency as surveyor and project manager.    L.A. Department of Water and Power is the largest publicly owned power, design and construction firm.     

Recreation and Parks is the largest parks department in the country with more than 300 parks and includes beach facilities, golf courses, museums, senior citizen complexes, olympic sized pools, camps, observatory, historical buildings and outdoor amphitheatre.   From 1976 to 1986 the department provided the design, construction and post use of the facilities for the 1984 Olympics.

Registered with ASTM  as a commercial project inspector, he took special classes to be registered with ASTM and FEMA.  

Post hurricane Iniki, as a resident, he participated in the reconstruction of residences and small commercial.    That event precipitated his interest in forensics of buildings, and why they fail.    Forensics and professional witness for litigation are another part of his broad experience.

As a consultant to International Valuation and Inspections, Inc., he did  Inspections and project management of large commercial multi-complexes, for purposes of acquisitions and refinancing of major companies. 

Presently involved in residential and small commercial of all sizes because of the high demand here of recent.