- Building, Component and Material Evaluations
Residential, industrial, and commercial buildings
Concrete, steel, timber, and masonry bridges
Foundations, basements, and crawlspaces
Site features, pools, and buried civil engineering infrastructure
Marine and underwater structures
Structural and architectural component and material failures and testing
Residential and commercial roofing and building envelope systems
High-performance (green), historic, and legacy building materials and methods
Finite element analysis (FEA) and building information modeling (BIM)
High-rise buildings, complexes and communities, and regional/national chains of facilities
Temporary structures, construction safeguards, and special event staging
Designated lead of multi-disciplinary teams of investigative professionals
- Damage Assessment and Remediation Evaluation
Cause and extent of damage, as well as reparability, cost evaluations, and appraisals
Post-fire, post-impact, post-explosion, and post-collapse catastrophic damage pattern analysis
Hurricane, tornado, and straight-line wind evaluations, as well as hail
Foundation and retaining wall subsidence and instability, including earth movement and sinkholes
Construction vibration and demolition damage
Underpinning/excavation failures during construction
Flood damage, including wind/wave/surge effects, as well as site drainage issues
- Construction Defects and Design Deficiencies
Structural distress evaluation, including moisture intrusion and mold infestation
Evaluation of construction contracts and documentation
Contract document, code, ADA, and regulatory compliance
Installed system performance evaluation and testing, including stucco and adhered stone veneer
Chronic problem diagnosis, building pathology testing, and remediation design
Construction material performance/installation requirements
Wind and seismic (earthquake) structural design adequacy
- Accident and Incident Evaluations
Premises liability incidents, including within dynamic hotel, restaurant and retail environments
Walkway surface evaluations, including tribometry (slip resistance evaluation)
Retail display/merchandise failures, including operational policies and procedures compliance
Lighting, maintenance, and previous renovation adequacy evaluations
Construction safety issues and responsibilities, including OSHA compliance
Human factor and biomechanical affects, including comparative contributions to causation