Inspection Types

Accident Reconstruction
  • Computer simulations (Edcrash and Edsmac)
  • Crush depth and crush profile measurements
  • Friction test
  • Multiple-vehicle accidents
  • Occupant placement
  • Signage
  • Single-vehicle accidents
  • Site measurements and mapping
Industrial and Construction Site Accidents
  • Building collapse (residential and light commercial)
  • Crane overturns
  • Electrocutions
  • Lightning losses
  • Machinery mechanical failure
  • Machinery explosions
  • Slip-and-Fall Occurrences
  • Tank failures
  • Wall collapse
Fire: Cause, Origin and Damage Determination
  • Arson
  • Automobile and commercial vehicle
  • Chimney defects
  • Electrical system defects and malfunctions (meter base, weatherhead connections, etc.)
  • Farm machinery
  • Heat appliance failure (gas, oil, electric, woodstove, solar, A/C)
  • Heavy equipment
  • Household appliance failure (refrigerator, toaster, range, clothes dryer, washing machine, light fixture)
Lightning Loss Analysis
  • A/C Unit
  • Cars
  • Building
  • Electrical Systems
  • Well Pumps and Shafts
Automobile Failure Inspections
  • Abuse of vehicle analysis
  • Brake failure
  • Component failure
  • Fire cause and origin
  • Fluid contamination (sugar in fuel, etc.)
  • Paint matching
  • Tire, rim, and axle failure
  • Wheel failure
  • Damage Pattern Assessment
Household Appliance Failure Inspections
  • Air conditioners
  • Distribution panels
  • Electric circuits and circuit components
  • Fans
  • Gas and electric Clothes Dryers, Furnaces, Ranges
  • Heat pump
  • Lightning damage or lack thereof
  • Refrigerators
  • Spa failures
  • Toasters, food dehydrators, etc.
Commercial and Residential Structural Damage Inspections
  • Asphalt shingle failure
  • Basement wall failure
  • Blasting damage
  • Bowing, warping, shrinking, expansion and deterioration associated with water or moisture
  • Concrete and asphalt driveway failure
  • Construction defects (design or installation)
  • Heat damage or lack thereof
  • Heavy equipment operation
  • Lightning
  • Metal and built-up roofing failures
  • Settlement damage
  • Swimming pools-above-ground, in-ground, concrete, plastic liners, etc.
  • Tree impact damage
  • Unexplained deterioration or failure
  • Wind (tornado, hurricane, storm winds)