FAILURE INVESTIGATION

When a structure fails — whether it’s a full collapse or a serious loss of load-carrying capacity — it’s important to get clear answers quickly. We conduct on-site investigations, thoroughly documenting the conditions and assessing the structural behavior that caused the failure, supported by computer analysis. Our structural analysis is grounded in first principles of engineering and guided by facts obtained on site, not speculation. We’re experienced in working with owners, insurers, contractors, and legal teams to provide objective and defensible findings. We respond quickly and guide our clients through the process of resolving the issues subsequent to the failure. Every failure is unique and we treat them as such.

• Structural steel collapses due to high loads, construction defects, and design errors

• Retaining wall collapses due to age and deterioration and construction defects

• Concrete parking garage collapes

• Myriad of failures of isolated structural components due to a combination of factors