Fire & Explosion Investigations/Fire Science

Our engineers and consultants have conducted over 2800 investigations ranging from small residential fires to multi-billion dollar industrial losses.  

Examples of such projects:
   â€¢ Origin & cause investigations
   â€¢ Scope of damage assessments
   â€¢ Repair/replacement cost estimating
   â€¢ Site reconstruction supervision
   â€¢ Product burn testing 
   â€¢ Gas migration analysis

Construction, Mining and Heavy Equipment

Our engineers have strong construction backgrounds and have investigated incidents involving all types of construction, mining and heavy equipment, including:

   â€¢ Mobile, gantry and fixed-base cranes - collapses and tip-overs
   â€¢ Logging and lumber equipment (feller bunchers, stump grinders, stackers)
   â€¢ Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators, forklifts
   â€¢ Mining equipment (wheel loaders, drills, feeder breakers, drag lines) 

Chemical, Petrochemical and Process Machinery

Our engineers and consultants have assisted many clients in the chemical and petrochemical industries with incident investigations, process hazard analyses, dust hazard analyses, safety audits, post-incident damage assessment and reconstruction direction and supervision.

Product liability

Our engineers and consultants have tested and evaluated a wide range of consumer products to identify failure mechanisms, evaluate compliance with applicable codes and standards, and to provide input on improving designs and manufacturing.

Marine Vessels and Facilities

3S engineers and consultants have extensive experience in operation, maintenance and repair of marine machinery such as propulsion turbines, HVAC equipment, hydraulic systems, diesel engines, etc.  We have investigated shore facilities such as loading cranes, power connections, waste disposal systems and cargo storage.