Kleinfeldt conducts engineering investigations of a broad range of building and engineering failures to assist clients with the resolution of liability or claims that may result in legal or adversarial positions. This includes building code compliance reviews and assessments of structural and building system failures.

A Forensic Engineering Assessment is prepared after a failure has occurred, with the knowledge that it may be used to assist in the resolution of a legal issue, dispute, or claim. In this way, Forensic Engineering Assessments might be better described as forensic “failure” assessments in which engineers assess the cause of a failure.

The goal of a Forensic Engineering Assessment is to determine and assess the cause of the failure. A thorough understanding and investigation of the available information is required, and in this way, possible contributing factors can be determined.

Our scope of services ranges from the initial site assessment to the presentation of opinions and conclusions regarding the cause of failure as court evidence. Our process includes site examination, testing, technical research, and analysis of information, ultimately arriving at an independent opinion on the cause of failure.