Twenty-five years ago, Liran Yair Raz Steinkrizer was finishing his electronics studies at Hermelin College and preparing for service with the Israel Air Force's ground communications and radar units. Today, he leads Razore Engineering's field measurement division — and his testimony appears in court cases, Ministry of Defense proceedings, and municipal environmental enforcement actions across Israel.
The distance between those two points is not a straight line. It is 1,000+ field measurements per year, three academic degrees, four professional licenses, a doctoral research track at the University of Haifa, and twenty-five years of accumulated expertise that cannot be replicated by any report written from a desk.
The Formation
Dr. Raz Steinkrizer's academic trajectory was built in parallel with practice, not before it. His first degree came from Ariel University's Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management (2009), followed by an MBA from the same institution (2011) — both earned while already working in the field. His doctoral research at the University of Haifa — in progress since 2012 and focusing on electromagnetic field (EMF) effects on the environment and human health — is not a theoretical exercise. It is a direct extension of the measurement work he performs daily.
Before all of this: service in the Israel Air Force at Base Matzah 108, in the academic reserve track, specializing in ground communications, RF systems, and ELF (extremely low frequency) installations. The IAF background matters because it is where Dr. Raz Steinkrizer first encountered the technical problem that has defined his career — measuring and evaluating non-ionizing radiation in environments where precision is not optional.
The Licenses
Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection issues specific professional licenses for non-ionizing radiation (NIR) measurement. Dr. Raz Steinkrizer holds two:
- ELF License 3000-01-4 — Extremely Low Frequency radiation measurement
- RF License 3000-02-5 — Radio Frequency radiation measurement
These are not certifications. They are regulatory authorizations — issued by the Ministry after evaluation of technical competence — that grant the holder legal standing to conduct field measurements that will be used in permit applications, enforcement proceedings, and court submissions. The license numbers appear on every measurement report issued by Razore's NIR division. Regulatory authorities and courts accept them as confirmation of measurement validity.
Beyond NIR: Dr. Raz Steinkrizer holds Engineers Registry license 2629977, Technician Registry 27951, and Real Estate Broker license 30636708 — a combination that is essentially unique in the Israeli environmental engineering market and that enables him to evaluate NIR and acoustic issues in the context of real estate transactions, not just as standalone technical measurements.
What 1,000+ Measurements Per Year Looks Like
The scale of Razore's NIR and acoustic measurement operation is not a marketing figure. It is the direct consequence of Israel's regulatory framework:
- Every residential project within 100 meters of a cell tower requires a pre-construction NIR assessment to verify setback compliance.
- Every project with an IEC transformer room in or adjacent to habitable space requires a magnetic field measurement to verify IS 1519 sensitive area compliance.
- Every project near a high-voltage overhead line requires distance and field-strength verification.
- Every project that receives a Ministry of Environmental Protection query regarding NIR exposure requires a licensed measurement engineer to respond.
Israel has approximately 13,000 active cell antenna sites, several hundred kilometers of overhead high-voltage transmission lines, and thousands of IEC transformer rooms embedded in residential buildings. The volume of measurements required to support new development, regulatory enforcement, and private due diligence inquiries is enormous — and the licensed professional pool capable of performing them is small.
Dr. Liran Raz Steinkrizer (right, with beard) at the Israeli Construction Center Conference, alongside the Razore Engineering team.
Expert Witness and Regulatory Work
Dr. Raz Steinkrizer serves as an expert witness in court proceedings involving NIR exposure and environmental acoustic claims. His testimony has been submitted in cases before district courts, the Ministry of Defense's legal division, and municipal environmental enforcement panels. The work requires a specific combination of technical measurement expertise, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to translate complex physical measurements into legally admissible findings — a combination that very few engineers in Israel can offer.
His regulatory work includes consultations with local planning authorities on NIR setback compliance for proposed developments, responses to Ministry of Environmental Protection enforcement queries, and expert opinions for real estate transactions where NIR or acoustic issues have been identified as risk factors. This is not work that can be delegated to a junior engineer with a measurement kit. It requires the accumulated judgment of someone who has seen every variation of the problem.
Leading the Razore Team
Razore Engineering operates with over 100 engineers and consultants across six Israeli offices, covering acoustic engineering, thermal and energy performance, hydrology and stormwater management, geotechnical engineering, environmental quality, green building certification, and urban environmental assessment. Dr. Raz Steinkrizer leads the NIR and acoustic measurement division — and the interdisciplinary coordination model that makes Razore's integrated approach possible.
The integration matters. A residential project with an IEC transformer room adjacency issue, a party wall acoustic deficiency risk, and a façade NIR compliance question is not three separate problems — it is one project with three risk vectors that must be resolved in a coordinated way. A consultant who specializes in one of these areas will optimize their piece of the problem. Dr. Raz Steinkrizer's team, with its breadth across NIR, acoustics, and environmental quality, addresses them as a system.
He is also, visibly, someone who takes the work into the field personally. Razore's measurement quality depends on this: the team is not sending field technicians with protocols. They are performing measurements that carry the signature — and the Ministry license numbers — of an engineer who understands every dimension of what the numbers mean.
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