Forensic Engineering
VERTEX’s forensic engineering services include investigating the cause and extent of damage from weather events and construction defects.
VERTEX provides forensic engineering services for insurance companies, law firms, adjusters and sureties. We have extensive experience in all building types and have worked on claims involving storm damage, fire and explosion claims, construction deficiencies, and design deficiencies.
Structural Engineering Design Investigations
VERTEX’s national team of forensic structural engineers are licensed in the lower 48 states and DC. VERTEX’s forensic structural engineers specialize in building structures, retaining walls, bulkheads and other miscellaneous structures. VERTEX also provides full service structural engineering design services. Our design arm assures VERTEX has up-to-date knowledge of building code changes and advancements in research and design applications. Our forensic structural engineers are proficient with both current and historic building codes.
Civil Engineering Design Investigations
VERTEX’s national team of civil forensic engineers are licensed in the lower 48 states and DC. Our civil engineers specialize in grading, drainage, paving, site concrete, and other miscellaneous structures. VERTEX also provides full service civil engineering design services. Our design arm assures VERTEX has up-to-date knowledge of building code changes and advancements in research and design applications. Our forensic civil engineers are proficient with both current and historic building codes.
Mechanical, Electrical and Pluming (MEP) Failure Investigations
When a building’s automation and control systems are not operating as efficiently as possible or are malfunctioning, VERTEX can assist by offering on-site assessment and review by licensed professional engineers and other technical professionals. Our team of professionals can offer professional consulting for various automation and control systems including chillers, boilers, air handling units, rooftop units, fan coil units, heat pumps, elevators/escalators, generators as well as plumbing and water monitoring systems.
Engineering Standard of Care Assessments
Many construction-related disputes involve assessing the quality of work performed by an engineer. Our engineering experts analyze project documentation and field conditions to opine on whether an engineer of record met the professional standard of care.
Expert Services
VERTEX’s pool of experts has individually testified up to 150+ times in state courts, federal courts, traditional arbitration (AAA, JAG, etc.), and ICC arbitration. Our experts are qualified in construction claims, engineering issues, cost estimating, allocation, construction means and methods, surety completion contracting, and surety claims administration.
Expertise
- Claims Disputes and Forensics
- Surety Claims Consulting
- Construction Claims Consulting
- Environmental Claims Consulting
- Forensic Engineering
- Forensic Cost Engineering
- Forensic Architecture
- Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations
- Forensic Fire & Life Safety Claims
- Insurance Appraisal Consulting
- Builder’s Risk and Delay in Start Up (DSU) Insurance Consulting
- Subcontractor Default Insurance Claims Consulting
- Expert Witness Services
- Standard of Care
Contractor - Standard of Care
Contractor Termination - Standard of Care
Owner - Standard of Care
Architectural & Building Envelope - Delay and Damages
- Productivity Loss
- Termination
- Commercial Damages
- Standard of Care
Structural - Standard of Care
Site Civil - Government Contracts
- Standard of Care
Heavy Civil - Standard of Care
Geotechnical - Standard of Care
MEP - Standard of Care Fire Protection
- Standard of Care Construction Safety
- Construction Delay Claims and CPM Scheduling
- Standard of Care Fire Protection and Life Safety
- Construction Delay Claims Productivity
- Construction Delay Claims Acceleration
- Cost of Repair and Fault Allocation
- Business Interruption & Lost Profits
- Differing Site Condition
- Added Scope
- Environmental Cost Expert
- Environmental Scope Expert Witness Services
- Environmental Schedule Expert Witness Services
- Environmental Compliance Expert Witness Services
- Standard of Care
- Project Advisory
- Distressed Services & Turnaround Construction
- Project and Program Management
- Quality Assurance
- Project Controls
- Compliance and Regulatory
- Risk Assessment and Loss Control

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