Forensic Engineering and Research Practice Areas

The following is a partial list of our practice areas. Please feel free to call us to inquire about your area of need. If your investigation requires a competency outside of our expertise, we will refer you to an expert with the appropriate professional experience.

We are conveniently located near Denver International Airport and can normally be on site anywhere in North America within twenty-four hours. Call 303-757-4000 to discuss your need with one of our forensic engineers.

Accident Reconstruction

• Vehicle crash dynamics
• Engine and brake failures
• Tractor-trailer accidents
• Speed determination
• Pedestrian and bicycle accidents
• Airbag data recovery

• Boilers and pressure vessels
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning
• Computers and telecommunications
• Mechanical
• Electrical systems
• Transformers

• Origin and cause determination
• Gas appliance exam and testing
• Codes and standards compliance

• Electrical systems in industrial, utility and mining locations
• Electric systems of vehicles, elevators, baggage systems
• Lightning strikes
• Electrocutions
• Code compliance and industry standards

• Cause determination
• Incendiary fires (arson)
• Fire modeling and dynamics
• Fire damage assessment
• Vehicle fires
• Gas appliance examination and testing
• Pressure vessel failures
• Boilers and furnaces; gas control valves
• Propane cylinders, gas grills

• Wet and dry sprinkler
• Pre-action
• Deluge
• Wet and dry chemical restaurant
• Carbon dioxide
• Halon

• Slips, trips and falls
• Machinery injuries
• Vehicle accident injuries

• Corrosion analysis
• Fracture surface analysis
• Metallography

• Backflow prevention devices
• Supply risers
• Fixtures and sprinklers
• Pipe and tubing
• Ballcock valves
• Regulators and relief valves
• Specialty piping systems (CSST and PEX)
• Numerous styles of valves and checks
• Water heaters

• Pipeline failures
• Product liability evaluation
• Machinery failures
• Appliances
• Testing and modeling
• Patent infringement evaluation
• Hose failures
• Plumbing failures

• Accident investigation
• Shoring and scaffolding failures
• Ladder accidents
• Code conformance
• Fires
• Soil movement and damage assessment
• Water and moisture infiltration problems
• Repair recommendations and design
• Steel, masonry, concrete and wood Structures
• Wind and snow damage

• Species identification
• Historic timber structure assessment and preservation
• Grading and strength testing
• Wood utility pole assessment
• Heavy timber and all-wood joinery design
• Flooring and roofing damage assessment
• Decay, weathering , and moisture-related deterioration

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