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Ms. Jaffe is a Senior Project Consultant with NTH Consultants, Ltd. in Farmington Hills, Michigan where she specializes in investigation, evaluation, and rehabilitation of existing, deteriorated, and damaged structures.
Ms. Jaffe is a licensed Architect and a licensed Structural Engineer. She is also a Certified Construction Specifier and a Certified Special Inspector of Structural Masonry. She is a member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), The Masonry Society (TMS), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Ms. Jaffe has authored or co-authored magazine articles and a textbook, as well as numerous technical reports related to investigations of structures with material and architectural or structural deficiencies. She has spoken at a variety of seminars and other technical functions.