Forensic Engineering and Investigation

Our services include:

• Civil and Structural

  • Forensic Engineering – Origin & Cause – Expert Witness
  • Building Failure Analysis – Commercial & Residential
  • Construction Defects
  • Roofing Assessments
  • Curtain Wall  (Building Envelope) Assessment
  • Moisture & Water Intrusion
  • Slip & Fall Analysis
  • Mechanical

• Commercial Building Systems

  • HVAC mechanical evaluation
  • Product Design Failure
  • Propane and natural gas equipment
  • Furnaces and other appliances
  • Industrial Manufactured Products & Equipment
  • Petroleum & gas storage and distribution systems

• Electrical

  • Analyze electrical events associated with fires, explosions, electrocutions, lightning, equipment, and other failures
    Electrical distribution systems
  • Lightning damage
  • Failure analysis evaluations – appliances & equipment
  • Vehicle Electrical Systems
  • Electrical Wiring Failure
  • Expert Witness

• Roofing

  • Hail & Windstorm Damage Assessments
  • Wind Up-lift Testing
  • Infrared Moisture Surveys
  • Construction Defect Investigations
  • Core Sampling
  • Installation Failure
  • Roof Collapse
  • Drainage System Evaluation
  • Condition Assessments
  • Warranty Review
  • Expert & Factual Witness Testimony
  • Material Science

• Mechanical Testing

  • Non-Destructive Testing
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Metallurgy
  • Failure Analysis
  • Coating Analysis
  • Microscopic Examination
  • Macroscopic Examination
  • Expert Witness

• Catastrophe Response

  • Wind vs. flood assessment
  • Roof damage investigation
  • Water intrusion analysis
  • Hail damage assessment