Forensic Engineering
GEMTEC Limited carries out studies to investiagete the cause of engineering failures or accidents (Forensic Engineering).
We have completed forensic engineering projects in the following areas:
- Building damage as a result of adjacent pile driving, blasting, or other construction operations
- Dam and Lagoon failures
- Foundation settlement and frost heave damage
- Embankment failures
- Premature deterioration of concrete including shrinkage, thermal debonding, alkali reactivity and construction damage
- Assessment of fire damaged concrete
- Flood damage due to stormwater, groundwater, and ice jams
Our Expertise
- Expert Testimony
- Technical Support
- Concrete and Asphalt Damage
- Foundation and Water Damage
- Geotechnical Failures
- Design Analysis
- Vibration and Blasting
- Coefficient of Friction / Skid Resistance
- Groundwater-Level Variation
- Frost Damage
- Groundwater and Soil Contamination
