The Applied Technical Services (ATS) Family of Companies offers a highly qualified team of forensic building consultants. We provide mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering on top of environmental, fire cause and origin, and accident reconstruction services.
What Forensic Structural Engineers Do
A forensic structural engineer is a licensed Professional Engineer with the knowledge, ability, and skill to inspect, evaluate, and analyze structural engineering problems. They must be able to render opinions, conclusions, and recommendations for clients when a structure faces failures, damages, or performance issues.
How Structural Damage Inspections Work
Forensic structural engineers locate the source of damage during an inspection. They will investigate any structural damage resulting from improper installation, maintenance failure, or non-compliance with building codes and standards. They can also assess whether the structural damage took place after the completion of the building—perhaps due to lack of maintenance, natural disaster, or third-party involvement.
Reasons for Structural Damage:
- Lack of proper moisture barriers
- Poorly designed foundation or roof system
- Insufficient ventilation
- Improper flooring or window installation
- Deficient design leading to collapse
- Incorrect material application
- Non-compliance with building codes and standards
Identifying Sudden or Long-Term Damage
Engineers can determine whether the damage was sudden or gradual, as well as if it was accidental, intentional, or enhanced. These classifications determine who is liable for the structural damage. Engineers working on the case can even provide testimony as expert witnesses in trials, depositions, and mediations.
Our Team of Experts
The ATS Family of Companies employs our forensic building consultants to create comprehensive solutions to inscrutable problems. They evaluate commercial properties to locate the root cause of damages and determine the sequence of events. Once they characterize the damage, our building consultants provide customers with reports outlining the extent of the issue and their recommended method of repair.
Our team of expert forensic building consultants provides various structural engineering services. We specialize in commercial roofing, building envelopes, foundations, water intrusion, storm damage, and construction defect evaluations. We offer unbiased and quality forensic engineering reports. Informed by these conclusive findings, we supply our customers with repair recommendations, diagrams, photos, schedules, and estimates.
We Inspect Damage Caused By:
- Construction or design deflects
- Fires
- Floods
- Hail
- Hurricanes
- Long term neglect
- Soil subsidence
- Tornadoes
- Wind
Quality Assurance
The ATS Family of Companies follows each state’s authoritative engineering board rules and regulations. Our forensic structural engineers are licensed professionals, many even active members of professional organizations such as NAFE (National Academy of Forensic Engineers) and ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers).
Contact Us
Contact the ATS Family of Companies for an evaluation if you experience any structural damage that needs inspection by our forensic building consultants.
