Wind & Water
Ripped sheathing and nails Wind-event damage analysis, exposed sheathing and pull-through nail failures from severe wind loading.
Fire
Safford fire damage Post-fire structural assessment determining residual capacity and safety of continued use.
Fire
Fire-damaged slab Spalling and reinforcement exposure on a concrete slab subjected to sustained high-temperature exposure.
Foundation
2.5-inch-wide crack in floor slab Foundation settlement and resulting slab crack documented for forensic causation analysis.
Foundation
Unlevel floor measurement Instrumented floor-level survey establishing the magnitude and pattern of foundation deflection.
Construction Defects
Construction defect investigation Defect documentation including framing, connection, and material-deterioration evidence.
Construction Defects
Fractured truss webs Pre-engineered metal-plate-connected truss with web fractures identified during structural survey.
Construction Defects
Entry window, new and old cracks Differential dating of crack propagation around a residential window opening.
Trial & Testimony
CPUC trial, Jurupa Valley transmission Expert testimony at a three-day proceeding before the California Public Utilities Commission on a 4-mile underground 230 kV transmission line.
Code Compliance
Thatcher house study Residential code-compliance investigation and continued-use suitability assessment.
Wind & Water
Hydraulic flow study LIDAR-based hydraulic modeling determining flood depth and velocity at a property.
Wind & Water
Hydrology watershed study Watershed modeling for a 100-year design storm to determine flow at risk points.
