Forensic Investigation and Failure Analysis
Forensic engineering services provide collection and analysis services to help determine the cause of a failure, and prevent it from recurring.
Failure of machinery and structures often result in property damage, business interruption, pollution, and personal injuries. Intertek offers failure analysis services to identify the immediate and root cause of failure. Investigations typically focus on operating parameters, system, and component design, as well as considering the equipment's condition and maintenance history. Through identifying the consequences and cost of failures, we can then advise on run, repair, or replace decisions.
Many accidents and failures result in insurance claims and possible litigation. Intertek's experience and familiarity of this area enables us to clarify the complex technical issues involved. We provide support on the legal calculation of direct and consequential damages related to failures and delays, and provide the appropriate engineering-related assumptions on incident causes enabling the appropriate and correct calculations of damages.
Forensic Investigation and Failure Analysis expertise and capabilities:
- Analysis and prevention of failures of equipment
- Investigation of failure modes including fatigue, fracture, creep, corrosion, erosion, design defects, fabrication/construction defects, human error, workplace risk, improper materials, poor welds
- Construction delay
- Economic damage analysis
- Repair cost audit and evaluation
- Run, repair, replace recommendations