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About the Aquatic Designer and Watershape Artist

Paolo Benedetti is the designer and builder of the most luxurious works of aquatic art in the world. A specialist in hillside pools, vanishing edge pools, infinity edge pools, negative edge pools, knife edge pools, perimeter overflow pools, slot overflow pools, flooded deck pools, rooftop pools, basement pools, indoor pools, Lautner edge pools and complex structural engineering swimming pools and spas. His projects are executed with the utmost attention to the smallest details.

Benedetti has been described as the Michealangelo of the swimming pool industry. Benedetti collaborates with architects, landscape architects, other pool companies, design professionals, developers and property owners.

Benedetti has over 25 years of experience in the swimming pool industry.  He has been a two term President of the largest chapter of the Independent Pool & Spa Service Association (IPSSA).  Benedetti championed and instituted a water chemistry proficiency test for the chapter, before it became an association wide standard.  Benedetti has been designated by the California State Contractor's Licensing Board (CLSB) as a "Subject Matter Expert."  Numerous times he has sat on the committee that wrote and edited the California contractor's licensing exam.

Benedetti is only one of 35 people in the entire world to have completed the course of study required to become certified by the Society of Watershape Designers.  Since then, Benedetti has become the lead instructor of the Genesis 3 Basic Watershapes Construction School and Advanced Watershapes Construction School. 

As an educator, Benedetti has taken numerous new contractors under his wing and mentored them in the fine art of swimming pool design and construction.  Benedetti consults with other pool contractors to assist them in executing complex projects that are beyond their capabilities.

Benedetti has taught classes at the Decorative Concrete Show (Nashville, TN), Southwest Pool & Spa Show (San Antonio, TX), International Pool & Spa Expo (Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ, New Orleans, LA & Las Vegas, NV), International Pool, Spa & Patio Expo (New Orleans, LA, Las Vegas, NV, Orlando, FL).  

Editorial Coverage & Author

Benedetti has authored or been featured in over 100 on-line, magazine and newspaper articles and television programs.  Benedetti or his projects have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, HGTV, Ambiance Piscines (France), LUX (Spain), Luxury Pools, Aqua Magazine, Homes by Design, The Street, Watershapes Magazine, Concrete Homes, Dream Homes, Pool and Spa Marketing (Canada), The Wave, Residential Design and Build, Options, Pool Lifestyles (2003 International Pool Design of the Year), Crystal Fountains, Pool and Spa News, Pool and Spa Age.

Additionally, Benedetti has authored a number of technical "white papers" on tessellated cracking of glass tile mosaics, glass tile manufacturing, glass tile installations and the use of recycled materials in glass tile manufacturing.
 
Expert Witness

Benedetti has traveled the world to act as the owner's representative on complex international aquatic projects.  Benedetti has inspected projects to ensure that they were built to the design standards and structural engineered plans.  Additionally, he observed construction practices to guarantee the project's quality assurance.

As an expert witness, Benedetti has inspected hundred's of swimming pools for property owners, pool builders and insurance companies.  To date, the thoroughness of Benedetti's inspections, investigative reports and support documentation has resulted in only one case going to trail.  The remaining cases settled during arbitration, mediation or pre-trial conferences.

Benedetti's Creations Include:

• Residential watershapes
• Swimming pools
• Spas
• Fountains
• Water features
• Commercial and Resort Pools, Spas, Fountains
• Glass Tile Mosaic Pools & Spas
• Animal Exhibits, Enclosures and water features
• Complete outdoor environments: Kitchens, pizza ovens, BBQ's, fire features, automated fountains, patios, stonework, retaining walls, planters and seating areas.
• Anything involving water

Services provided by Paolo Benedetti:

• Pool, spa, fountain, watershape construction
• Conceptual design services & construction documents
• Structural Engineering and Hydraulic Design
• Consult on water sanitization options
• Controls, automation, and systems integration
• Construction management
• Outside contractor supervision
• Existing pool facility conversions and remodels
• Construction specifications and standards
• Code, Standard and Workmanship Compliance
• Material Sourcing, Samples & Mock-ups
• Owner's Representation 
• Quality Assurance Inspections 
• Construction Observations

Expert Witness Services

• Construction Defect cases
• Construction Litigation
• Forensic Evaluations & Testing
• Workmanship, installation, code and standards compliance

The firm is licensed in California (#721117) as a General Building Contractor (class B) and Swimming Pool Contractor (class C-53).

Construction Services

Complex hillside, beach front, rooftop, basement & indoor pools, spas and water features. We are also experts in infinity edge, vanishing edge, disappearing edge, knife edge, slot overflow, perimeter overflow and flooded deck pools and spas.

We also specialize in the area of glass tile mosaic pools & spas.

We also provide expert witness services for construction litigation & defect cases, concerning swimming pools, spas and fountains.

Brands

We work with the client to specify the best equipment for their project, based upon their intended stay in the property, reoccurring maintenance expenses, energy savings, and repair costs. This attention to the return on the investment (ROI analysis) approach insures that initial capital expenditures are offset by future operational savings.

We select the best quality equipment and materials to fit with the scope of the project, clients goals and budget.

Design Commissions 

Paolo accepts design commissions from around the world - you are never too far away to deserve the best life has to offer!  Fees are based upon our level of involvement, project complexity and location.

Paolo Benedetti http://www.AquaticTechnology.com 

Aquatic Technology Pool and Spa 

International Aquatic Consultant, Watershape Engineering, Expert Witness, Hydraulic Designer, Landscape Design 

Office: 408-776-8220 

Email: info@aquatictechnology.com 

Major Markets Serviced: 

San Francisco, Palo Alto, Atherton, Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Clemente, Pacific Palisades, Escondido, Scottsdale, Seattle, Phoenix, Tempe, Portland, Aspen, Vail, Park City, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, Madison, Detroit, East Hamptons, South Hamptons, Cape May, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Cherry Hill, Toms River, Salt lake City, Boise, Denver, Santa Barbaara, Carmel, Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pebble Beach, Oceanside, Big Sur, Napa, Sonoma, Sausalito, Danville, Belvedere, Palm Springs, Midland, Manhattan, Greenwich Village, Osaka, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Seoul, Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Cairo, Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Lisbon, Bonn.

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