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Investigative Engineering

Forensic engineering or engineering investigation is the practice of applying scientific engineering principles to determine important details of past events.  Tice Engineering provides forensic engineering services to support insurance claims, the legal community, government & private industry.  Some typical areas supported are:

  • Commercial & Residential property claims

  • Product liability

  • Personal injury

  • Subrogation

  • Cause & origin investigations

  • Machine or vehicle failure analysis

  • Fire cause & origin investigation

  • HVAC related failures 

  • Fire sprinkler failure investigation

  • Construction related blasting and vibration damage investigation

  • Roof leak origin investigation

  • Mold origin investigation

  • Building foundation crack origin investigation 

  • Water infiltration investigation

  • Adjoining property damage issues

  • Auto accident reconstruction

  • And more... 

Some of the ways we support these cases are by providing:

  • An explanation of the events based on physical evidence (not hearsay)

  • A written report (by a licensed Professional Engineer) that can be used to support decisions related to a repair or insurance claim.

  • Litigation support.

The photos below show some of the investigations we have worked on:

photo of loose vinyl siding
damages storage shed
broken sprinkler pipe
photo of land erosion
photo of tornado damaged house
photo of collapsed brick foundation
roof shingle damage
roof shingle damage
cracked porch foundation
cracked block foundation
damaged sprinkler head
water damaged floor structure
Thermal image of roof
damaged bicycle fork
drawing of damage documentation
car with smashed headlight
broken staircase
headlight filament examination

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