Curtis Testa | Roofing, Siding & Storm Damage Expert

Summary

Curtis (Curt) Testa, President of Allied Emergency Services, Inc., construction consultant and expert on roofing, siding and storm damage — Curtis (Curt) Testa, President, Allied Emergency Services, Inc.

Curt Testa has worked in the building trades since 1999 and in storm damage restoration for more than a decade. He completed a union carpentry apprenticeship and worked as a journeyman carpenter before entering property restoration, and in 2015 he founded Allied Emergency Services, Inc., an Illinois roofing and exterior restoration contractor. Through Allied he has inspected, documented and scoped wind, hail and tornado damage to residential and small-commercial buildings, and has managed repairs within the scope of Allied's licenses.

He provides construction consulting and expert services to counsel through Allied Emergency Services, Inc., under a written agreement with the retaining law firm. Fees for these services are never contingent on findings or outcome.

CV current as of October 16, 2026. Testimony history is provided to retaining counsel on request.

PracticeInstalled roofing, siding and exterior components · storm damage · scope and cost of repair

LicensesQualifying party, Illinois Roofing Contractor – Limited No. 104.019029 (held by Allied) · Wisconsin Dwelling Contractor Qualifier DCQ-092100962

CertificationsVSI Certified Installer No. 28216 · EPA/HUD Certified Renovator (RRP)

Site workIllinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan · desk reviews nationwide

TestimonyBy videoconference · testimony history provided to retaining counsel on request

Retained byPlaintiff and defense counsel · written agreement after a conflict check · fees never contingent

Areas of practice

Installed roofing, siding and other exterior building components, compared with the manufacturer's installation instructions, the building code in force and the contract documents
Documentation of building conditions and their causes, including wind, hail and tornado effects, installation, age and weathering
Scope of repair and cost of repair
Documentation of a property's condition before repair or demolition

Limits of practice

Mr. Testa's opinions concern construction: the physical condition of buildings, the causes of those conditions that construction expertise can determine, installed work compared with its written requirements, and the repair and its cost. He is not a licensed professional engineer, architect, home inspector or meteorologist, and he is not an attorney, insurance adjuster or public adjuster. He does not give structural-design or meteorological opinions, interpret insurance policies, give legal opinions about contracts, or value insurance claims.

Licenses

Illinois Roofing Contractor – Limited (residential, one to eight units) — Allied Emergency Services, Inc., IDFPR License No. 104.019029, active through December 31, 2027. Curt Testa is the license's qualifying party. Verify with IDFPR
Wisconsin Dwelling Contractor Qualifier — Curt Testa, DSPS Credential No. DCQ-092100962 (twelve hours of continuing education completed January 2026). Verify with Wisconsin DSPS

Certifications

Held by Curt Testa

Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI) Certified Installer — No. 28216, valid through December 7, 2030
EPA/HUD Certified Renovator (RRP) — Certificate No. R-I-T210065-25-02292, issued July 17, 2025, expires July 17, 2030

Held by Allied Emergency Services, Inc.

EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm — Certification No. NAT-F303832-1, expires August 6, 2030

Training

Building codes, products and installation

Simpson Strong-Tie, Code Requirements for Conventionally Framed Roofs — August 9, 2025 (1 AIA LU/HSW; 0.1 ICC CEU)
Simpson Strong-Tie, Adhesive Anchor Installation Training — July 9, 2024 (0.5 PDH)
Wisconsin Dwelling Contractor continuing education, 12 hours — January 2026: Estimating and Costing; Building Exterior Shell and Drywall; Contractor Contracts, Liabilities and Risk Management; Guide to Brick and Block Masonry; Business Management; A Primer on Painting; Rainwater Harvesting

Job-site safety

OSHA 30-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training — March 8, 2024
OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training — March 3, 2024
HAZWOPER 40-hour training (29 CFR 1910.120) — March 18, 2024

Weather awareness

NWS/COMET (MetEd) SKYWARN Spotter Training — January 10, 2024
MetEd modules, January 2024: Role of the SKYWARN Spotter; SKYWARN Spotter Convective Basics; Met 101: Basic Weather Processes; Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk; Analyzing and Evaluating Risk

Emergency management — FEMA Emergency Management Institute, July 2025

IS-100.c Introduction to the Incident Command System; IS-200.c Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response; IS-700.b An Introduction to the National Incident Management System; IS-800.d National Response Framework, An Introduction; IS-2900.a National Disaster Recovery Framework Overview; IS-288.a The Role and Responsibilities of Voluntary Organizations in Disaster; IS-552 The Public Works Role in Emergency Management; IS-559 Local Damage Assessment

Professional experience

Allied Emergency Services, Inc. — Founder, President and sole owner, 2015 to present

Roofing and exterior restoration contractor. Mr. Testa personally performs or directs storm damage inspection and photo documentation, scope-of-repair estimating, code-compliance review, project management, emergency board-up and roof tarping, and roof, siding, gutter and exterior restoration by Allied's crews and licensed subcontractors. Allied also provides construction consulting and expert services to counsel, as a line of business separate from its contracting work.

Holden Roofing — Property restoration representative, before 2015

Storm damage inspection, documentation and homeowner consultation, with weekly in-house restoration training.

Union carpentry apprenticeship and journeyman carpenter, from 1999

Completed a four-year union carpentry apprenticeship program early; worked as a journeyman carpenter on residential and commercial framing and finish work.

Education

McHenry East High School, McHenry, Illinois — diploma
Union carpentry apprenticeship program (four-year program, completed early)

Service

Volunteer observer, CoCoRaHS (NOAA/NSF-sponsored Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network) — Station IL-MCH-124, McHenry County, Illinois; daily precipitation and hail reporting, October 2026 to present

Engagements

Available to plaintiff and defense counsel as a consulting or testifying expert in first-party property, construction defect and storm damage matters. Every engagement begins with a conflict check and a written agreement with the retaining law firm. Site inspections are performed in person in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan; desk reviews nationwide. Depositions, hearings and trial testimony are given by videoconference. Fees are never contingent on findings or outcome. Rates, the 2026 fee schedule and the conflict-check form are on the litigation support page.

Independence and disclosure

Curt Testa also publishes The Hail Files, a public archive of court filings in the State Farm wind-and-hail litigation. Allied discloses that to counsel in any matter involving State Farm before accepting a testifying engagement, and offers consulting (non-testifying) roles in those matters where that serves the client better.

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Questions

Who is Curtis (Curt) Testa?

Curtis (Curt) Testa is a construction consultant and expert on installed roofing, siding and other exterior building components, and on storm damage to residential and small-commercial buildings. He has worked in the building trades since 1999 and founded Allied Emergency Services, Inc., an Illinois roofing and exterior restoration contractor, in 2015.

What subjects does Curt Testa consult and testify on?

Installed roofing, siding and other exterior building components compared with the manufacturer's installation instructions, the building code in force and the contract documents; the documentation of building conditions and their causes, including wind, hail and tornado effects, installation, age and weathering; scope of repair and cost of repair; and the documentation of a property's condition before repair or demolition.

What is outside his practice?

He is not a licensed professional engineer, architect, home inspector or meteorologist, and he is not an attorney, insurance adjuster or public adjuster. He does not give structural-design or meteorological opinions, interpret insurance policies, give legal opinions about contracts, or value insurance claims.

How is he retained?

Through counsel. Every engagement begins with a conflict check and a written agreement between Allied Emergency Services, Inc. and the retaining law firm. Rates are published, and fees are never contingent on findings or outcome.

Where does he work?

Site inspections are performed in person in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan; desk reviews nationwide. Depositions, hearings and trial testimony are given by videoconference.

Is his testimony history available?

His testimony history is provided to retaining counsel on request. His current CV is posted on this page.