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R.
Bouwmeester & Associates offers
professional sun & shadow modeling services to private and public sector
clients within the accident reconstruction, law enforcement,
legal, insurance, architectural, land development, building and urban
planning communities.
We
provide forensic sun position analyses related to crime
scene investigation, traffic accident investigation, and
collision reconstruction.
We also provide solutions to urban planning and
building design and approval problems, whether to minimize the
impact of potential shadowing or to
optimize solar access and daylighting.
Ralph Bouwmeester, principal of the firm,
is a professional civil engineer with over 30 years experience in land development and
municipal engineering. Ralph received a B.Sc. (Civil
Engineering) degree from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, in
1976. He is a
member in good standing of Professional Engineers
Ontario, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Society for Civil
Engineering, and he is qualified as a Level II
On-Scene Collision Investigator.
Mr. Bouwmeester has appeared before civil and criminal
courts as well as before land use tribunals (Ontario Municipal
Board) as an expert witness
in the field of sun and shadow position modeling.
He has presented papers
to the Canadian Association of Technical Accident
Investigators and Reconstructionists (CATAIR),
Ontario Region, entitled:
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Sun and Shadow Modeling in Accident Reconstruction (in PDF format), and
- Superimposing Sun Position and Total Station
Survey Data into Drivers' Eye Perspective
Photographs - A Case Study
In addition, he presented, Virtual
Modeling of Tall Buildings - Sun & Shadows, to the Higher Learning Symposium in Toronto,
Ontario, on October 19, 2006.
Mr. Bouwmeester's work has been featured in a number of newspaper articles in recent
years. Reprints are available at the links listed below.
1998
- Barrie Advance - Helping opportunity
knock, by Donna Douglas
1999 - Toronto Star - Working in sun and
shadow, by Robert Burg
2001 - National Post - Lurking in the
shadows, by Guy Babineau
2003 - Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram - Shedding
light on sun glare, by Gordon Dickson
2004 - Des Moines Register - Drivers, beware of sun's glare,
by Tom Alex
2004 - Des Moines Register - Sun blamed in 1 death, 2 collisions,
by Tom Alex
2005 - Des Moines Register - Equinox
driving,
by Jeff Bash
2005 -
East Valley Tribune - Equinox
means more problems for commuters, by Mike
Branom
2007 -
Toronto Star - Our Places in the Sun - The Shadow Factor,
by Stephen Weir
2008 - Des Moines Register - Seasonal
Danger - sun glare graphic
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