Ben Townsend is Senior Engineer with WDP Consulting Engineers, where he manages the New York division of the company. Mr. Townsend specializes in the improvement of new and existing building envelopes and structures through forensic investigation, building enclosure commissioning (BECx), design review, construction observation, field performance verification testing, and design of repairs for failed enclosures and structural systems. Mr. Townsend is a licensed PE in New York and Virginia. Originally from Alaska, he earned his civil engineering degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and subsequently obtained his master’s degree in structural engineering at Virginia Tech with a focus on the use of novel methods of attaching curtainwall panels to high-rise buildings. He is a member of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings, collaborating with the work groups preparing standards on topics such as enclosure field mockups and enclosure commissioning.