FORENSIC ENGINEERING
Working closely with Insurance and Restoration Professionals, we provide experience-based value & honest advice. Our timely reports & drawings that stand up to scrutiny are created for a wide array structural engineering claims. Our services include, but are not limited to:
- Concrete Repair Technology
- Structure Rehabilitation
- Brick Masonry
- Concrete Block Masonry
- Stone Masonry
- Heritage Structure Repair
- Wood Design
- Shingle Roofing & Attics
- Flat Roofing
- Green Roofs
- Surface Storm Water Drainage
- General Storm Water Management
- Subsurface Storm & Septic Drainage
- Site Surfacing
- Windows
- Basements
- Crawl Spaces
- Building Foundations
- Retaining Walls
- Wall Assemblies
- Curtain Walls & Skylights
- Steps and Stairs
- Swimming Pools and Spas
- Barns and other Farm Buildings
- Flooring
- Parking Garages
- Balconies
- Eavestroughing
- Fencing & Railings
- Barrier Free Access
- Epoxy Pipe Lining
- Hydronic Heating Systems
- Swimming Pool Systems
- Structural Collapse
- Explosion Damage
- Fire Damages
- Wood Frame Construction Over-Loading
- Truss Collapses
- Construction Procedure Related Collapse
- Wind & Tornado Damage
- Hail Damages
- Ice Damming
- Residential Plumbing Performance Problems
- Roof Drainage Failure Investigation
- Slip-and-Falls/Trip-and-Fall
- Foam Insulation
- Condensation and/vs Leakage Problems
- Mould Origin Assessments
- Sump Pump Failures
- Basement Leakage and Drainage & Sump Pump Failures
- Site Grading and Drainage
- Vehicle or Tree Impact Damages
- Air Leakage Problems
- Code Conformance
- Winter Damages
- Vibration Damages
- Flood Damages
- Break-and-enter Damages
- Animal Damages & Protection
- Structural issues related to Environmental Clean-ups
- Interior Comfort and Energy Savings
- Pedestrian Ramps
- EIFS and Other Cladding/Siding Assemblies
- Stressed-Skin and Sandwich Panels
FEATURED PROJECTS
Professional Engineers experienced in dependable service to the insurance industry.
Two Storey House Collapse
Brown and Beattie Ltd. was tasked with the structural investigation of a complete collapse of a 2-storey house under renovation. Brown & Beattie’s expertise and experience was critical in the safe removal of the debris in order to determine the cause of the collapse, as well as, to maintain the integrity of the adjacent buildings.
House Fire
Brown and Beattie Ltd. were retained to determine whether any part of this structure was salvageable following a fire, which ravaged this home in Lisle, Ontario. We additionally designed and directed the installation of temporary shoring to allow safe access for fire and insurance investigators.