Structural Analyses

This agency has been called on sites of the most notorious structural catastrophes, such as the Oklahoma City bombing and the Kansas City Hyatt Regency collapse. Many of the failures it investigate are loss of functionality or value, including thousands of relatively common structural problems, from assessing concrete cracking to investigating cracks in steel frames to measuring and mitigating unwanted vibrations or floor sags.

Its staff perform forensic investigation of:

• Buildings
  
• Bridges
  
• Industrial facilities
  
• Roof structures
  
• Transmission towers
  
• Foundations and pavements
  
• Telecommunication towers
  
• Steel, concrete, wood, composite structures

The services offers comprehensive evaluations, including structural analyses, structural condition and damage assessment surveys, dynamic testing and vibration measurement, computer animated reconstruction, reliability and risk analyses, advanced theoretical and numerical modeling, due diligence consulting, and component or material testing.

Once the root cause of the failure is known, and the extent and severity of the distress is fully assessed, the company recommends optimal repair options. become informative and memorable exhibits.

Exponent, Inc, 310 Montogomery St, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-518-0289; Fax: 703-549-4225.