Forensic engineering solutions
Uncovering the truth behind electrical failures with meticulous investigation and expert analysis. We provide clarity and defensible conclusions when it matters most.
Our distinct approach to forensic engineering
What makes our forensic engineering approach different is the combination of licensed professional engineering expertise, decades of hands-on field experience, and an independent, evidence-based investigation process. We do not rely only on drawings, reports, or theoretical analysis—we understand how electrical systems are installed, operated, maintained, and how they fail in real-world conditions.
We evaluate the complete picture, including system design, protection settings, maintenance history, operating records, testing data, applicable codes and standards, physical evidence, and human or procedural factors. This allows us to distinguish the initiating cause from secondary damage and avoid conclusions based on assumptions.
Most importantly, we translate complex findings into clear, defensible explanations and practical recommendations that attorneys, insurers, facility owners, engineers, and other stakeholders can understand and confidently use.
Solving complex electrical challenges
We help clients solve complex electrical problems where the cause, responsibility, or extent of damage is unclear. Typical assignments include:
- Catastrophic electrical equipment failures
- Fires, arc-flash events, short circuits, and electrical faults
- Transformer, switchgear, breaker, cable, and generator failures
- Power outages and emergency-power system failures
- Equipment-loss, repairability, and replacement evaluations
- Design, installation, maintenance, or operational deficiencies
- Construction defects and code-compliance disputes
- Utility, contractor, manufacturer, or property-owner responsibility questions
- Insurance claims, subrogation matters, and litigation support
- Reliability problems involving hospitals, data centers, utilities, and other critical facilities
Our role is to determine what happened, identify why it happened, distinguish the initiating cause from the resulting damage, and explain the findings clearly. We then provide independent, defensible conclusions and practical recommendations.
Who we serve and what we achieve
Clients seeking forensic engineering support typically include attorneys, insurance carriers, adjusters, property owners, utilities, contractors, manufacturers, and operators of hospitals, data centers, industrial plants, and commercial facilities.
They usually need clear answers after an electrical failure, fire, outage, equipment loss, construction defect, or technical dispute. They want to determine what happened, why it happened, who may be responsible, whether equipment should be repaired or replaced, and how to prevent the problem from happening again.
By working with us, clients receive an independent, evidence-based investigation; clear and defensible conclusions; and practical recommendations they can confidently use for insurance claims, litigation, recovery decisions, corrective actions, and future risk reduction.
A successful resolution example
In one representative case, a client experienced a major electrical equipment failure that caused extensive damage and disrupted operations. We evaluated the system design, protective-device settings, maintenance and operating records, test data, and physical evidence to identify the initiating cause and distinguish it from the secondary damage.
Our findings gave the client a clear, defensible understanding of what occurred and supported critical decisions involving repair versus replacement, insurance recovery, and responsibility. We also recommended corrective actions to reduce the likelihood of another failure. By turning a complicated technical event into clear conclusions and a practical recovery plan, we helped the client move forward with confidence while reducing further risk, cost, and downtime.