WHAT WE DO
Below is a partial list of the forensic services in connection with mining losses. If you have questions, or do not see the items you are looking for, please contact Reid Stanway at 416.368.1700.
| Fires | Structural | |
| Failure Analysis: Mechanical • Electrical • Chemical – Improper Storage and Improper Handling
Investigation: Origin and Cause • Causation • Source • Contributing Factors |
Design Review • Pre-existing Damage Assessment • Fabrication and Installation Review • Failure Mechanism • Buried High Pressure Water, Gas and Oil Pipelines • Tunneling and Trenchless Technology • Horizontal Directional Drilling • Jack and Boring • Micro-tunneling • Impact Moling • Construction Related Vibrations • Blasting Related Vibrations and Fly Rock Damage • Flooding of Mine Sites |
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| Materials and Mechanical Failures | Environmental | |
| Failure analysis: Corrosion Failures • Explosions • Pressurization Failures • Improper Maintenance • Fatigue • Poor Service • Improper Use of Equipment or Machinery
Typical Points of Failure: Piping • Seals • Mills • Conveyors • Hoists • Trucks • Pumps • Crushers • Pressure Vessels • Steam Piping • Boilers Investigation: Origin and Cause • Causation • Source • Contributing Factors • Pre-existing vs. Sudden and Catastrophic |
Assessment of Contamination or Exposure: Pre-existing Contamination vs. Sudden or Catastrophic Environmental Contamination • Identification of contributing on Third Party Sources of Contamination • Microscopy • A Wide Range of Laboratory Analysis | |
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Failure Analysis: Baseline Investigations and Review • Geotechnical Site Investigations • Groundwater Investigations • Geotechnical and Groundwater Modeling • Thermal and Permafrost Modeling • Soil-Structure Interaction • Shallow and Deep Foundations (Piles) • Anchored and Braced Excavations • Slope Stability of Natural and Manmade Soil as well as Rock Slopes • Marine Structures including Wharfs, Tiewalls and Seaways |
