Bring The Facts
To Light.
Welcome to Forensic Engineering Experts, your trusted source for engineering services and forensic investigations. Our skilled engineers use advanced technology to provide clear solutions to complex projects. Count on us for expert analysis and testimony.
Forensic Mechanical And Building Systems Engineering for Insurance Claims and Litigation
Bring The Facts To Light
Welcome to Forensic Engineering Experts, your trusted source for forensic engineering services and forensic investigations. Our skilled forensic mechanical engineers use advanced technology to provide clear solutions to complex projects involving machinery, buildings, and equipment. Count on us for clear analysis and dependable expert witness testimony.
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Experienced Forensic Engineers for Complex Cases
When a case involves complex equipment, building systems, or unusual accidents, it can be hard to know where to begin. Facts seem scattered, technical documents are confusing, and it is not clear what truly caused the loss. If it is engineered, we are here to help you understand it and explain it clearly.
Focussing On Difficult Incidents
Our experts bring more than 40 years of experience to complex cases. We have dealt with cases that involve crashes, entanglements, amputations, crushing, poisoning, falls, explosions, human error, system failures, and process failures.
As mechanical and building systems specialists, we have seen a wide range of serious incidents and understand how to turn them into clear, factual findings so you can move your case or claim forward with confidence.
Specializing in Uncommon Equipment and Systems
Many of our assignments involve equipment and systems that most engineers rarely see. We deal with cases involving uncommon equipment such as recliners, chairs, elevators, derricks, swing stages, telehandlers, cranes, fork lifts, boom lifts, horizontal grinders, OSHA related issues, codes, screeners, harvesters, ATVs, and trailers.
We focus on how these systems were designed, installed, maintained, and used so we can identify what went wrong and why. Our services support attorneys, insurers, and risk managers who need a machinery accident expert witness they can rely on.
Tackling Rare Mechanical Challenges
Many of our assignments involve equipment and systems that most engineers rarely see. We deal with cases involving uncommon equipment such as recliners, chairs, elevators, derricks, swing stages, telehandlers, cranes, fork lifts, boom lifts, horizontal grinders, OSHA related issues, codes, screeners, harvesters, ATVs, and trailers.
How Our Forensic Engineering Services Help You
Forensic cases that involve mechanical systems, buildings, or complex equipment are often confusing for attorneys, adjusters, and property owners. Technical reports are hard to interpret, site conditions change quickly, and important details can be overlooked without qualified engineering support. When liability, coverage, and safety decisions depend on what really happened, you need clear answers backed by proven experience.
Forensic Engineering Experts focus on mechanical and building systems. From equipment and machinery failures to building system defects, accident reconstruction, storm and environmental damage, and premises incidents, our engineers examine the evidence, apply sound engineering principles, and explain the data in plain language. We assist clients nationwide from our base in Orlando, Florida.
We work with legal and claims professionals who require defensible, evidence based opinions rather than generic assessments. Every engagement is scoped around the questions that matter to your case or claim, with a transparent process from initial review through inspection, analysis, reporting, and testimony. If you are evaluating a new matter or need help with an active file, you can submit a claim online or speak directly with a forensic engineering expert witness to discuss next steps.
Forensic Engineering Services for Claims, Construction, and Litigation
Consulting Services for Claims, Legal, and Construction Professionals
Our team focuses on complex mechanical systems, building systems, accidents, and equipment failures. We provide consulting forensic engineering services for claims, legal, and construction professionals who need clear engineering answers that stand up to scrutiny.
We specialize in analyzing complex systems, machinery, processes, and equipment. Our clients receive clear, practical insight, a prompt response, and support for design projects, insurance claims, and litigation. Many of our matters involve mechanical engineering expert witness support for both plaintiff and defense.
Mechanical Systems & Failure Analysis
We examine mechanical components, systems, and processes to determine why they failed and what factors contributed to the loss. This includes fatigue, wear, corrosion, misuse, installation issues, and maintenance practices across automotive, industrial, consumer, and agricultural equipment.
Our engineers identify root causes, evaluate system performance against design intent, review safety measures, and assess compliance with relevant codes and standards. The result is a clear explanation of what happened and practical recommendations to reduce future risk. When needed, our findings support mechanical failure analysis expert witness testimony.
Accident Reconstruction & Product Defect Investigations
We reconstruct events before, during, and after an incident to understand how and why it occurred. This includes vehicle accidents, industrial and construction incidents, consumer product injuries, and premises events involving equipment and machinery.
Our work supports product liability and defect cases, appliance and power tool failures, and accidents involving recreational vehicles and other devices. We use physical evidence, scene documentation, and established engineering principles to provide reliable findings for legal and insurance matters. When a case requires an accident reconstruction expert witness, our engineers are prepared to testify.
Equipment & Machinery Analysis
We perform detailed evaluations of equipment and machinery performance and failures. Typical assignments involve automotive systems such as engines, brakes, and transmissions, industrial machinery including press brakes and conveyors, consumer products such as appliances and tools, and agricultural machinery like tractors and harvesters.
Our analysis covers design, operation, and maintenance. We look at malfunction causes, improper use, system performance, and installation quality, and then explain our findings in clear written opinions and, when needed, testimony. This work supports professionals and attorneys who need a machinery failure investigation they can rely on.
Building Systems & Construction Investigations
We investigate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems as well as building envelopes and structural integration from foundations to roofs. This includes HVAC and ventilation issues, plumbing and drainage problems, moisture intrusion, mold risk, electrical and fire protection concerns, and energy performance.
We evaluate how building systems were designed, installed, and maintained, and whether they comply with applicable codes and standards. Our goal is to identify the cause of defects or failures and provide factual support for construction, property, and claims decisions. When disputes arise, we act as a construction defect forensic engineer, supporting both insurers and construction counsel.
Storm & Environmental Damage Assessments
We assess storm and environmental damage to buildings and mechanical systems for property owners and insurance professionals. Assignments often involve hurricanes, wind, hail, floods, or other severe weather events.
Our engineers evaluate mechanical system performance, structural integration, HVAC operation, electrical and fire protection systems, and signs of water intrusion and moisture damage. We provide objective findings that help clients understand the extent of damage and support claim evaluation. This work is especially valuable for property damage forensic engineer assessments in catastrophe and large-loss claims.
Expert Witness Services & Litigation Support
We provide engineering expert witness services for cases where technical issues are central to questions of liability, causation, or damages. This includes case review, technical consultation, written reports when requested, and testimony in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
Our opinions are grounded in careful forensic analysis and real-world engineering experience. We work closely with attorneys and claims professionals to focus on the issues that matter most and to communicate technical topics in a way decision-makers can understand. Whether you need a forensic mechanical engineer, a construction defect expert, or an HVAC expert witness, our team is prepared to assist.
Additional & Specialized Investigations
We offer additional investigative and advisory services that support both claims and risk management. These include slip, trip, and fall investigations, premises liability assessments, product design and safety evaluations, risk assessments, and advisory work involving HVAC, plumbing, and construction defects.
Our team also performs detailed drone inspections and thermographic evaluations for storm damage and accident reconstruction. High-resolution imagery and measurements help document site conditions, evaluate roof and structural damage, and support accurate analysis, especially in natural disaster and environmental claims.
Industries We Serve
Our work focuses on the kinds of cases where mechanical systems, buildings, and equipment play a central role. We support attorneys, insurers, property owners, and technical teams who need clear, defensible engineering answers. The examples below reflect the types of clients and matters we handle most often.
Automotive & Transportation
We assist with vehicle accidents and automotive system failures involving passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, and commercial fleets. Our engineers analyze crash dynamics, vehicle performance, braking, and component failures to support insurers, fleet managers, and legal teams. When needed, we serve as automotive forensic engineers and vehicle accident reconstruction experts.
Manufacturing & Industrial Machinery
We investigate failures and incidents involving industrial equipment such as press brakes, conveyors, material handling systems, and automated machinery. Our work includes failure analysis, maintenance and operational evaluations, and process reviews for plant managers, safety professionals, and industrial insurers. This industrial focus supports manufacturing equipment failure expert work and complex machinery claims.
Consumer Products & Appliances
We examine incidents involving household appliances, tools, playground equipment, and other consumer products. Assignments often involve product defect allegations, warnings and instructions, and real-world use conditions for manufacturers, designers, retailers, and their insurers. Our engineers function as consumer product forensic engineers in product liability matters.
Agriculture & Heavy Equipment
We have experience with tractors, combines, front-end loaders, harvesters, and other agricultural and off-road equipment. Our engineers analyze machinery failures and accidents in rural and agricultural settings to help clarify equipment performance, operator actions, and contributing conditions. This supports agricultural equipment accident investigation and related claims.
Construction & Infrastructure
We support cases involving construction defects, building system performance, and accidents on active job sites. This includes investigations of mechanical and plumbing systems, HVAC issues, building envelope and weatherproofing problems, structural integration, and incidents with construction vehicles and access equipment. Our role as a construction defect forensic engineer helps clarify technical issues at the center of these disputes.
Property Owners & Insurance Professionals
We work with property owners, carriers, and adjusters on claims involving storm and environmental damage, building system failures, and mechanical issues. Our reports clarify the extent and cause of damage, ensuring that coverage decisions, repairs, and remediation plans are grounded in evidence. Many assignments originate from insurance claim engineering assessments following large or disputed losses.
Legal & Claims Professionals
Attorneys and claims professionals rely on our forensic analysis and expert witness services in civil matters across state and federal courts. We assist with early case assessment, technical strategy, expert reports, demonstrative aids, and testimony in depositions, mediations, and trials. We are frequently engaged as forensic engineering expert witnesses for both plaintiffs and defendants.
HVAC, MEP & Building Systems Managers
Facility managers, MEP consultants, and building owners engage us to investigate performance problems in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection systems. We assess comfort complaints, ventilation issues, drainage problems, moisture and mold concerns, and energy efficiency questions across a range of building types. Our work often overlaps with HVAC forensic engineer and MEP investigations for both operational and claims-driven needs.
Natural Disaster & Environmental Claims
We provide engineering support for hurricane, wind, hail, flood, fire, and other disaster-related claims. Using site inspections, drone imagery where appropriate, and building system evaluations, we document storm impacts, identify damage mechanisms, and help clients navigate complex environmental and weather-related losses. These assignments commonly involve storm damage forensic engineering and large-loss property claims.
How Our Forensic Engineering Process Works
Our clients rely on a clear, predictable approach. Each matter follows a structured sequence so you know what to expect from first contact through resolution.
Phase 1 - Initial Review
We review the case materials, background facts, and available records to understand the issues involved. At this stage, we clarify the questions that need to be answered, outline the likely scope of work, and identify any additional information or access needed. This step sets the foundation for efficient forensic engineering services.
Phase 2 - Site Inspection
When appropriate, we conduct an in-person inspection of the site, vehicles, equipment, or building systems. During this visit we document conditions, gather measurements, take photographs, and preserve evidence needed for later analysis and, if necessary, testimony.
Phase 3 - Engineering Analysis
Using the information collected, we apply established engineering principles to evaluate how the incident occurred or how the system performed. This may include failure analysis, accident reconstruction, code review, or performance evaluation of mechanical and building systems.
Phase 4 - Written Report (When Requested)
A written report is prepared when it is needed to support a claim, negotiation, or legal proceeding. Reports explain our methods, observations, and opinions in a clear, straightforward format so decision-makers can follow the reasoning and trust the conclusions.
Phase 5 - Testimony
When a case proceeds to deposition, mediation, arbitration, or trial, our engineers provide testimony that reflects the same careful work performed throughout the engagement. We focus on explaining complex technical topics in terms that judges, juries, and other non-engineers can understand. This is where our role as engineering expert witnesses comes into focus.
Clear, Fact-Based, Authoritative Testimony
Expert Witness: Clear Engineering Insight for Complex Cases
Technical issues can strongly influence the outcome of a case. Without a clear explanation of how the equipment, building system, or vehicle actually performed, critical facts can be missed or misunderstood.
Our expert witness work focuses on:
Translating complex engineering topics into clear, practical explanations
Providing careful, unbiased analysis rooted in documented evidence
Offering testimony supported by real-world engineering experience
Giving you direct access to a forensic engineer who understands the demands of litigation
From early case review through deposition, mediation, arbitration, and trial, we help legal and claims teams present technical facts in a way that decision-makers can easily understand and follow. Whether you need a mechanical engineering expert witness, construction defect expert, or accident reconstruction expert witness, we are ready to assist.
Forensic Engineering Analysis
What Happened and Why: Engineering Support For Adjusters And Attorneys
We help resolve claims and disputes where engineering questions are central to liability, coverage, or damages. Our role is to examine the evidence, apply sound engineering methods, and explain what the data shows.
How we help:
Damage assessments grounded in engineering principles
Claim verification that supports or challenges coverage decisions
Support for fraud detection through close review of physical and documentary evidence
Expert opinions for litigation, mediation, and subrogation matters
Guidance on remediation options and risk reduction for future operations
Our goal is the same for every client: to provide clear, defensible findings that help you make informed decisions with confidence.
Expertise and Experience
Consulting Engineers: Precise Engineering, Forensic Expertise, and Reliable Results.
At Forensic Engineering Experts, you work directly with experienced mechanical engineers who understand how real-world systems are designed, built, and maintained. We combine hands-on mechanical knowledge with formal analysis to help clients handle complex technical questions with certainty.
We focus on mechanical and building systems that matter in claims, projects, and disputes. Whether the assignment involves a single piece of equipment, a production line, or an entire building system, our goal is to identify what happened, why it happened, and what it means for your case or project.
What we do:
We provide failure analysis of mechanical and structural systems to determine the cause of performance issues or breakdowns.
We deliver product and system design work that emphasizes efficiency, durability, and code compliance.
We offer engineering support for HVAC systems, heavy machinery, and custom equipment operating in demanding environments.
Why clients rely on Forensic Engineering Experts:
We are an experienced, multidisciplinary team with strong mechanical, building systems, and forensic backgrounds.
We have a deep familiarity with relevant codes, standards, and safety requirements.
We bring a proven history of work in high-stakes technical matters where clarity and accuracy are essential.
From early consultation through detailed analysis and, when needed, expert testimony, our consulting engineers support you with clear, practical engineering insight.
Why Choose Our Forensic Engineering Services
Our clients work with us when they need clear engineering answers, not general opinions. We focus on mechanical systems, building systems, and complex equipment, ensuring that we stay grounded in the facts of each case.
Independent and Objective Advice
We are engaged by both plaintiff and defense attorneys, insurers, and property owners. Because we’ve worked on all sides of a case, our focus remains on evidence rather than outcomes. Our engineers evaluate the data, apply established methods, and explain the facts so you can make informed decisions.
Direct Access to Senior Engineers
At Forensic Engineering Experts, you work directly with senior engineers instead of navigating layers of staff. From the first discussion through inspection, analysis, and testimony, you consistently maintain direct contact with the professionals doing the work. As a result, questions are answered promptly, and technical issues are addressed by the people who understand them.
Rigorous Forensic Analysis with a Collaborative Approach
Our engineers combine forensic analysis with open communication. We examine failures, accidents, and building systems using sound engineering principles and relevant codes and standards. Throughout the assignment, we coordinate with your team to confirm objectives, share preliminary findings when appropriate, and keep the work aligned with the needs of your claim or case.
Commitment to Accuracy and Integrity
Accuracy and clear documentation are central to our work. We record methods, assumptions, and findings so that our opinions can be reviewed and tested. Whether the matter resolves early or proceeds to trial, our goal is to present work that is consistent, supportable, and transparent.
Expert Engineering Fit to Your Needs
Simplicity in engineering communication makes complex matters easier to resolve. We structure our services so they are practical for real cases and real projects.
Nationwide Service
From our office in Orlando, Florida, we provide services to clients across the United States. Our engineers travel for site inspections, evidence examinations, and testimony, supporting forensic engineering services for insurers, attorneys, and property owners nationwide.
Workable Solutions
We focus on solutions that function in the real world, whether the assignment involves investigating a failure, supporting a claim, or advising on system performance. Our findings are framed so they can be applied in negotiations, repairs, and long-term risk management.
Easy to Understand
Technical topics do not have to be communicated through confusing language. We prepare reports, graphics, and testimony with clear, straightforward explanations so that attorneys, adjusters, property owners, and other decision-makers can follow the reasoning and understand what the evidence shows.
Testimonials from Our Clients
Clients turn to us when they need clear, focused engineering work on difficult matters. The feedback below reflects the level of detail, professionalism, and communication they experience on their cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases do you handle?
We work on matters where mechanical systems, buildings, equipment, or products are central to the claim or dispute. This includes machinery failures, vehicle and equipment accidents, building system defects, storm and environmental damage, premises incidents, and product-related injuries. Many of our cases involve complex or uncommon equipment that requires specialized mechanical and building systems knowledge and forensic engineering services.
Do you work with both plaintiff and defense?
Yes. Our engineers are retained by both plaintiff and defense attorneys, as well as insurers, TPAs, and property owners. Having experience on all sides of a case helps us maintain a clear focus on the evidence and the engineering, rather than concentrating on the outcome for any one party.
How do I start a new case or claim with you?
You can begin by submitting a claim through our online form or contacting us by phone or email. Once we have some basic information about the incident, location, parties involved, and available records, we can outline a proposed scope for initial review and, if appropriate, conduct a site inspection and analysis.
What information should I send for an initial review?
Helpful materials often include photographs, videos, incident or police reports, maintenance records, design drawings, prior inspection reports, claim documents, and any existing expert opinions. If you are unsure what is available, we can discuss that on a preliminary call and identify the most useful items to gather.
Where do you provide services?
Our office is in Orlando, Florida, however we provide services nationwide. We travel for inspections of vehicles, equipment, buildings, and storm damage, as well as for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trial testimony when needed. This allows us to support forensic engineering expert witness work across the United States.
Do you always provide a written report?
A written report is prepared when it is required for a claim, negotiation, or legal proceeding. In some matters, clients may prefer consultations, verbal findings, or shorter work products focused on early case assessment. During the planning stage, we will determine what level of documentation is better suited for your case.
Are your engineers available for deposition and trial testimony?
Yes. Our engineers regularly provide testimony in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials. The same methods, observations, and opinions developed during the forensic work form the basis of that testimony. We focus on explaining technical issues in a way that judges, juries, and other non-engineers can understand.