Serving the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry for more than 40 years, our team of construction professionals consists of architects, engineers, construction managers, cost estimators/quantity surveyors, LEED® accredited professionals, programmers, and technical experts. With extensive experience in every phase of construction, our team has addressed a wide range of complex claims and disputes involving design errors and omissions, construction defects, construction injury accidents, builder's risk claims, vibration claims, contractor pollution events, surety bond defaults, economic damage claims, and related matters. Our experience extends to a broad range of construction and infrastructure projects, ranging in value from US$1 million to multi-billion dollars. We can support AEC clients with project planning and programming services; commercial, project, and contract management support; and dispute assistance, including independent delay and quantum expert evidence.

With more than 40 years of lessons learned from forensic engineering investigations, we can help identify problems within your properties and lead your team to quick and innovative solutions. Whether large or small, operating a business exposes a person to a myriad of potential problems that can arise from building envelope issues, green buildings, fire protection equipment, premises liability, mechanical, electrical and plumbing problems, indoor air quality, and structural engineering. Our engineers, architects, fire consultants, certified industrial hygienists, and toxicologists have extensive experience in the investigation of incidents and accidents that may have occurred on your property, from foundation failures and roofing system failures to barrier EIFS problems, structural engineering consulting, and indoor air quality and mold assessments.

Working with government agencies to help them understand issues and resolve claims and disputes, our experts offer the services of professional engineers, scientists, fire investigators, technical specialists, cost consultants/quantity surveyors, and quantum and delay experts gained from more than 40 years in the forensics business. Our consultants average more than 20 years of industry experience, allowing us to provide subject matter experts in a multitude of engineering and scientific disciplines. Work spans all levels of government, including the many departments within the federal government as well as multiple state, county, parish, and municipal entities. This extends further to quasi-governmental taxing entities such as ports and airports, transit authorities, school districts, state universities, and municipal utility districts, as well as assignments in more than 70 foreign countries.

Modern healthcare technology has extended human life expectations while improving the quality of that life. Our staff of experts helps clients to understand the root causes and effects of failures of medical equipment in hospitals, medical offices, or homes and of medical devices such as replacement joints, fracture fixation devices, braces, and pacemakers. Our experts also evaluate medical equipment damaged in catastrophic events such as hurricanes, floods, and power surges to determine the extent of damage and repair or replacement needs, covering medical devices, medical equipment, clinical engineering, and medical technology and intellectual property.

More than other industries, the hospitality, retail, and restaurant industries bring businesses in close contact with the public. As a result, problems can arise in many areas, and we have the expertise to assist in the timely resolution of those problems. Services span fire investigations, mechanical failure evaluations, property damage investigations, storm damage and catastrophic response, building envelope assessments, green building inspections, premises liability investigations, compliance issues, injury causation biomechanics, environmental evaluations, and mold and indoor air quality assessments. Additional capabilities include Legionella investigation, security event prevention and post-security event consulting, toxicology, food adulteration, food contamination, food preparation/packaging/storage/transport, video enhancement, animation, and multi-camera video services, ensuring comprehensive support for claims across all facets of the hospitality, retail, and restaurant sectors.

Industrial and manufacturing services focus on a wide range of businesses that extend from small commercial manufacturing facilities to large, complex facilities and mining operations, with multiple stages of processing, interlinked assembly lines or multiple 'trains' operating in parallel. Our forensic experts understand the manufacturing processes and how the various pieces of equipment work together to produce the end product. Services include design analysis and debottlenecking, performance testing, environmental concerns assessment, evaluation of raw materials and end products, failure analysis of equipment such as gas or steam turbines, boilers, and pumps, and investigation of fires and explosions at manufacturing, processing, treating, and refining facilities.

Consulting professionals are called upon to evaluate an extensive variety of losses and assist insurance clients in understanding the damage that has occurred, the cause of that damage, the steps necessary to make repairs, and their associated costs. Personal loss investigations cover water intrusion and damage, fire origin and cause, roof leaks, plumbing failures, structural analysis, HVAC design and failure, mold, catastrophe events, foundation failures, and vehicle accidents. Commercial investigations extend to transportation, construction, and industrial accidents; environmental pollution; energy, oil, and gas property and equipment losses; fire origin and cause; structural damage; HVAC issues; catastrophe events; marine losses; medical healthcare facilities and technology; product liability; professional liability; and multi-family, commercial, institutional, and industrial properties.

From the time cargo is loaded until it reaches its destination, both the cargo and the vessel carrying it are subjected to the dangers of nature and human error. Our team of marine engineers, naval architects, civil engineers, and marine-certified fire investigators specialize in evaluating a wide array of maritime incidents and accidents including vessel sinkings, groundings, fires, equipment failures, injury accidents, and damage to piers and wharves. Services cover cargo damage, vessel collisions and damage, fires and explosions, and marine facilities damage, with the goal of explaining what happened and, where possible, how to avoid the same issues in the future.

For more than 40 years, we have supported clients in the oil and gas industry, with experience in hardware and operations from drill bit to burner tip, as well as the contractual and other business aspects of the industry. Services span upstream operations (drilling rig accidents, blowouts, fires), midstream operations (pipelines, railcars, trucking, rotating equipment), and natural gas and oil processing (refining, processing, and treating problems worldwide). Additional capabilities include financial loss analysis for interrupted operations, equipment damage assessment for complex facilities, and fires and explosions investigation involving flammable hydrocarbons in pipelines and plant equipment, delivered by mechanical, chemical, and civil engineers together with fire and explosion experts and materials specialists.

The backbone of the industrial world, the power industry incorporates equipment that is unique to that industry as well as standard equipment used across many industrial installations. Expertise covers power generation across coal-fired boilers, hydroelectric turbines, nuclear facilities, solar (photovoltaic and concentrated beam), wind turbines, and gas-fired turbines, as well as transmission systems and distribution systems. Project planning and programming services, commercial and contract management support, and dispute assistance including independent delay and quantum expert evidence are also offered. Renewable energy capabilities extend to analysis of blade failures, foundation issues, turbine overspeed, and bearing failures and fires in wind turbines, design and equipment failures in solar energy facilities, and investigation of hydroelectric facility failures, positioning the firm at the forefront of renewable energy loss investigations.

Offering years of experience in investigations related to product failure and safety, our experts apply this significant experience to the development and testing of products for the manufacturing industry, providing guidance and recommendations related to design, testing, usability, safety information, warnings and labels, compliance, and risk assessment. In the pharmaceutical industry, our consultants provide support for many issues regarding safety and compliance, including toxic drug-drug interaction claims, errors in prescribing or administering medication, professional liability claims against pharmacists for inaccurate or inappropriate dispensing and labeling of prescription drugs, and evaluation of pharmaceutical transport and storage issues that may lead to adulteration and integrity claims.

The various modes of commercial transportation bring about many avenues for incidents and accidents — the vehicles used, the roads, waterways, and rights-of-way, and the facilities that support operations are all subject to accidents. Trucking investigation services deploy 3D scanners and drones to map accident scenes and download event data recorder information, then combine precise calculations with 3D scan data to produce detailed animation for the dispute resolution process. Rail accident reconstruction covers human error, track-related conditions, equipment failure, and catastrophic derailment events. Marine transportation incidents — including collisions between ocean-going vessels, collisions with fixed objects, groundings, and propulsion failures — are also investigated, along with multi-mode operations encompassing mail carriers, parcel carriers, and pipeline transportation.

Multidisciplinary engineering and architectural consulting for operating, optimizing, and protecting buildings and infrastructure across the private and public sectors. Combines project delivery expertise with operational and maintenance optimization to enhance building performance and longevity throughout their lifecycle.

Construction claims management and dispute resolution services providing technical expertise to identify root causes, quantify impacts, and navigate complex claims globally. Delivers independent analysis and expert support to resolve contractual disputes and construction-related claims across international jurisdictions.

Independent expert witness services in delay, quantum, engineering, technical, and life sciences disciplines for arbitration, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution forums. Provides credible third-party expert testimony and analysis to support legal proceedings and dispute resolution across multiple technical domains.

Forensic investigation and engineering consulting covering environmental, human health and safety, infrastructure, and technological disciplines to resolve accidents, claims, and legal disputes. Conducts detailed forensic analysis to determine causation, liability, and damages in complex incidents across multiple technical specializations.

Specialized laboratory-based testing and investigation services including human performance testing and materials testing and investigation. Provides controlled testing environments and expert analysis to validate performance, safety, and material properties for construction, product, and systems applications.

Human factors, biomedical engineering, product safety, and life sciences consulting to help clients understand and improve how humans interact with products, facilities, and systems. Applies human performance science and safety engineering principles to optimize product design, user experience, and safety outcomes.

Pre- and post-contract technical expertise in project management, project controls, and commercial and quantity surveying for construction and engineering projects. Delivers comprehensive project control, cost management, and commercial advisory from planning through completion to support successful project delivery and commercial outcomes.