Forensic engineering focuses on investigating damage cases and determining the technical cause of incidents. Sanacon supports owners, insurers, and legal parties with independent expertise following fire, collapse, explosion, or other structural damage incidents. Our analyses form the basis for remedial measures, liability issues, and future risk management.
When a structure sustains damage due to fire, an explosion, a collapse, or another incident, there is often an immediate need for objective technical expertise. Owners, insurers, contractors, and legal parties want to gain insight into the cause of the incident, the extent of the damage, and the impact on the safety of the structure.
With forensic engineering, Sanacon investigates the technical facts behind a damage case. By combining inspections, material analyses, damage investigations, and structural calculations, we reconstruct the course of an incident and objectively map out the technical cause. Our analyses form a reliable basis for repair decisions, liability issues, and future risk management.
Fire can have a significant impact on the performance of concrete, steel, and timber structures. In this regard, visible damage often tells only part of the story. High temperatures can lead to loss of strength, deformation, internal cracking, or permanent degradation of structural elements.
Sanacon conducts technical assessments following fire incidents to determine the remaining load-bearing capacity and safety of structures. We combine visual inspections with material testing and stability analyses. Based on these results, we advise on which components can be retained, which need to be repaired, and where replacement is necessary.
In this way, an objective picture emerges of the actual impact of the fire on the structure.
Collapses and explosions often lead to complex technical questions. Was there a structural defect, material failure, overloading, or an external influence? Which mechanisms led to the damage? And what risks remain for surrounding structures?
Our experts conduct damage investigations on buildings, industrial installations, infrastructure, and civil engineering structures. By analyzing the structural functioning and combining available data with field investigations, we reconstruct the event and identify the most likely causes.
These objective analyses support both technical decision-making and expert dossiers for insurance, legal proceedings, and remediation projects. The result is a substantiated assessment of the cause, consequences, and necessary next steps.
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