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Delivering Clarity Through Collaboration

Delivering Clarity Through Collaboration: How Multi Disciplinary Consulting Teams Strengthen Complex Damage Consulting By Benjamin Irwin, PE, DFE, CXLT, Associate Vice President of Engineering, Principal Forensic Engineer At Haag, our mission is to deliver independent, industry‑leading consulting services grounded in integrity, time‑tested expertise and practical experience. Today’s complex claims environment demands more than isolated technical opinions. Losses involving building failures, severe weather, fire, mechanical breakdowns, or construction disputes often requires multiple disciplines working together to uncover the full story. Haag continues to evolve a consulting model centered on multi‑disciplinary teamwork that integrates expertise across: forensic engineering forensic architecture building consulting forensic meteorology / forensic weather consulting fire science forensics property loss consulting construction process consulting research and materials testing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering heavy, mobile, and fixed equipment evaluations This coordinated approach provides clients with clear, comprehensive, and reliable conclusions for insurance claims, litigation cases, and expert

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Why IBHS Sub-Severe Hail Research Shouldn’t Guide Forensic Damage Assessments

Using the Wrong Tool for the Job: Why IBHS Sub-Severe Hail Research Shouldn’t Guide Forensic Damage Assessments By Steve Smith, PE, Director of Research and Testing, Principal Forensic Engineer Admit it. We’ve all done it. We’ve used a boot as a hammer, or a key in place of a screwdriver. We needed a tool and we opted for the nearest object that can get the job done. Not using the right tool for the job caused us to gouge the heel of our boot or bend our house key. We should have spent 60 seconds walking to the toolbox and chosen the right tool, and instead, we’ve made a mess of things. A similar thing has happened over the past couple of years, but this time, some in the roofing industry are using research papers intended to explore potential shortfalls in underwriting and risk assessment, as though the papers are

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Driving Through Hail: Field Research that Helped Shape Modern Forensic Meteorology

Driving Through Hail: Field Research that Helped Shape Modern Forensic Meteorology My Time on Project HailSTONE By Jared Leighton, CCM, Senior Forensic Meteorologist Before joining Haag’s Forensic Meteorology team, I worked as a forecaster for the National Weather Service (NWS). During that time, I was invited to participate in a field project called the Hail Spatial and Temporal Observation Network Effort–better known as HailSTONE. The purpose of the project was simple but critical: to document and capture the true hailfall distribution in a severe storm to supplement our understanding of hail data garnered through NWS storm reports. This extra layer of understanding helps in the assessment and analysis of real-world storm damage. The project had no organizational funding and no official sponsors. Instead, the idea was simple and a bit wild: use our own vehicles, on personal time, and on our own dime to drive into hail-producing supercells and collect

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