Forensic Engineering
FPrimeC Solutions provides forensic engineering services through the strategic deployment of advanced non-destructive testing (NDT), advanced simulations and modeling, and professional engineering judgment.
Our work supports forensic engineers, legal counsel, insurers, owners, and stakeholders involved in construction disputes, claims, and litigation. Unlike conventional testing firms that focus solely on data collection, FPrimeC delivers engineering-led investigations designed to establish facts, identify mechanisms of damage, and support defensible technical conclusions.
Our forensic concrete NDT services are applied to both new construction disputes and damage assessments of existing structures. Common cases include:
- Suspected poor-quality concrete or shotcrete installation,
- Inadequate consolidation, segregation,
- Cracking,
- Delamination,
- Insufficient cover, and durability-related defects.
We also investigate concrete damage resulting from extreme events such as:
- impact and blast,
- fire and extreme heat exposure,
- explosions,
- vibration, or accidental overloading.
Non-destructive Testing for Forensic Investigation of Concrete
FPrimeC Solutions offer advanced NDT methods to accurately assess the quality, durability performance, and structural integrity of concrete structures.
We combine various NDT methods based on the failure mechanisms under consideration in order to collect key information about the quality and integrity of materials:
- Advanced Ultrasonic Pulse Tomography
- Impact-Echo Testing of Concrete Thickness
- Ground Penetrating Radar for Structural Details
- Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Assessment of Concrete Uniformity
- Half-Cell Corrosion Potential Mapping and Corrosion Rate Measurement
- Petrography of Concrete
Simulations and Numerical Modeling of Concrete Deficiencies
FPrimeC offers advanced numerical modeling and simulation for forensic engineering of concrete structures. FPrimeC integrates the results of non-destructive testing and intrusive assessments into finite element modeling to determine the root cause of structural failures, and to assess the extent and severity of defects.
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