EXPERTISE
Transportation
Accident Reconstruction / Trucking and Shipping Incidents / Vehicle Fire Investigation
Beacon Scientific can perform crash investigations that involve any combination of pedestrians, motorcycles, automobiles, and heavy trucks.
Structures
When property damage occurs, it often results from mechanical failure. Beacon Scientific can identify the means of failure as well as the immediate and proximate causes.
Fire / Flood / Structural Failures
Heavy Equipment and Lifts
The use of heavy equipment, whether at construction sites, production facilities, farms, or a myriad of other applications poses many potential hazards.
Heavy Equipment / Agricultural Equipment / Aerial Platforms
Construction
Mechanical System Failures / Codes and Standards / Scaffolding / Injuries
Improper construction and construction defects can lead to large claims as home and commercial property owners attempt to recover repair and remediation expenses from those who performed the work.
Product Liability
Product Design / Mechanical Defects / Materials Science
Any or all parties along the manufacturing and distribution chain can be held responsible following product failure, including component part manufacturers, assembling manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.
Industrial Machinery
Machine Guarding / Mechanical Systems Design & Analysis / Pressure Vessels and Plumbing
Industrial machinery carries inherent risk of injury and any injury that occurs can be the result of many different failures. These factors can include human, mechanical, environmental, and other elements.
Premises Liability
Lighting / Slip Resistance / Signage / Code Compliance
In the event of an accident or injury on private, public, and commercial property, the injured party will often look first to lay responsibility on the owner/controller of the premises.
ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINES/AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Energy
Exercise/Sports Equipment
Hunting Equipment
HVAC
Marine Vessels
Public Utility
Intellectual Property