Cause determination and subrogation support across property, casualty and large-loss claims.
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Claims work asks a narrower question than most engineering work: not how something could fail, but what actually caused this loss, and whether a third party is responsible for it. That distinction drives everything about how an examination should be scoped, and it is why a subrogation-viable determination often depends on decisions made in the first days after the loss.
Cross-cutting specializations most often engaged in insurance and claims work.
Origin-and-cause investigation of building fires — fire dynamics, pattern analysis, and incendiary determination.
investigateFires ignited by arcing, glowing connections, and overloaded wiring — origin, cause, and arc mapping.
investigateAutomotive fire origin and cause — engine bay, wiring, fuel systems, and EV battery thermal runaway.
investigateWildland fire origin and cause — utility ignition, equipment, lightning, and fire spread reconstruction.
investigateNatural gas and LP-gas explosions — leak source, migration path, ignition, and blast reconstruction.
investigateSnow, rain, and wind load, and truss and joist failure, behind roof collapse and life-safety incidents.
investigateWhere subrogation is possible, evidence handling and notice to potentially responsible parties frequently matter as much as the technical conclusion. A sound cause determination that cannot survive a spoliation challenge is worth very little.
Evidence handling in the first days often decides whether a recovery is possible. Start with the concierge.