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Claims and Forensic Investigations

VERTEX delivers expert forensic consulting and claims resolution services, leveraging a multidisciplinary team to support clients in navigating complex disputes, assessing liabilities, and achieving fair settlements.

WHY VERTEX

VERTEX has responded to dozens of catastrophic events and worked on thousands of construction and design disputes.

Comprehensive Forensic Expertise for Claims & Disputes

VERTEX’s seasoned forensics team includes accounting, architectural, construction, engineering, environmental, safety, and contract experts who have responded to natural disasters and catastrophic events, and who have worked on thousands of construction, development, and design disputes as well as contract disputes. We offer Forensic Consulting services throughout the globe to a diverse mix of markets and industries that include attorneys, insurance carriers, third party administrators, sureties, developers, HOAs, property owners and managers as well as contractors. Our clients hire us to provide experts, often with litigation and deposition experience. Whether to support an insurance or legal claim matter or consult for distressed construction or design disputes, VERTEX offers turnkey forensic solutions.

We also help clients assess and allocate liabilities, and evaluate plaintiff declarations to determine reasonable costs. VERTEX is unique in that we tender our cost of repair reports as formal bids to complete the work. This verifies the legitimacy of our estimates and promotes fair settlements.

Our Experts

Meet the Leaders of VERTEX’s Claims and Forensic Investigations Team

Diana Minchella

Senior Managing Director and Practice Area Lead – Claims, Disputes and Forensics

Robert A. Peterson

Senior Managing Director and Practice Area Lead – Commercial Damages & Investigation

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Lee Barry

Senior Managing Director and Practice Area Lead – EMEA

Claims and Forensic Investigations case studies

Featured Case Studies in Claims and Forensic Investigations

North America Forensic Consulting on 6-Story Hotel, Framing & Drywall in Tampa FL Surety Claims Consulting

VERTEX was retained by the surety who bonded the framing and drywall subcontractor on the ground-up construction of a 6-story hotel in Tampa, FL.

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Concrete Slab Cracking at Warehouse Facility – Structural Investigation
North America Structural & Sinkhole Risk Found at Mid-Atlantic Warehouse Forensic Engineering

VERTEX uncovered structural risks and sinkhole concerns beneath a Mid-Atlantic warehouse due to poor drainage and design deviations.

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North America Uncovering the Truth: A Deck’s Hidden Dangers Forensic Cost Engineering

Discover how hidden deck defects led to near-collapse and how VERTEX identified structural risks to ensure homeowner safety and compliance.

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North America TENORM Spill Remediation Claim Review – Oil Well Fire Loss, Watford City, ND Environmental Claims Consulting

VERTEX helped reduce a $547K TENORM remediation claim by 13% after site inspection and cost review at an oil well fire in North Dakota.

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North America San Diego County Wildfire Property Loss Evaluations

VERTEX forensic experts have provided damage assessments for hundreds of properties in the San Diego Wildfires.

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North America Forensic Consulting for Retail Shell Space & Site Development Surety Claims Consulting

VERTEX successfully assisted a surety in a construction project dispute, evaluating allegations of delayed performance and deficient work. We facilitated a favorable mediated settlement for the surety with the obligee.

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General Contractor vs. Sub-Contractor Claim Resolution
North America General Contractor vs. Sub-Contractor Claim Resolution, San Bernardino County Superior Court

Expert testimony helped resolve a $3.8M construction dispute between a GC and subcontractor in San Bernardino County Superior Court.

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North America Chemical Fire Claim Management

VERTEX was retained to review the remedial costs from a claim from a fire and subsequent explosion of an isobutylene aboveground storage tank (AST).

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Explore news, thought leadership, and educational resources on Claims and Forensic Investigations from VERTEX’s Expert Services team.

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News VERTEX to Attend 2025 WLA Annual Charity Golf Outing News

On Thursday, May 15th, the Utica Claims Association (UCA) will host its first quarterly meeting in New Hartford, NY, beginning at 5:30 PM. VERTEX will be in attendance, represented by…

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