Failure Investigation & RCA
Establish what actually happened, and why.
Independent investigation of equipment, system and process failures. Failure investigation answers the engineering question of mechanism and cause. It is the factual foundation that claims, disputes and corrective action all depend on.
- UEI
- ZR3PJZEA7A21
- CAGE
- 174X8
- Independence
- Findings challenged before release
- Deployment
- Remote response within 24 hours
Decision supported
What caused the failure, and what must change.
Retained by
- Owners and operators
- Insurers and adjusters
- Counsel
- Manufacturers and contractors
Questions we are asked
- What mechanism produced the failure?
- What sequence of conditions allowed it?
- Will it recur elsewhere in the fleet?
- Can the asset return to service safely?
Scope of Work
What the engagement covers.
Evidence first
Evidence degrades from the moment an event ends. The first task is to protect it.
- Identification of evidence at risk and immediate preservation direction
- Documented site and equipment examination
- Recovery of operating data, alarms, trends and control records
- Chain of custody suitable for later adversarial review
Mechanism and sequence
A disciplined chronology built from records and physical condition, not from the first plausible narrative.
- Failure chronology reconstructed from independent sources
- Candidate mechanisms developed without early anchoring
- Metallurgical, dynamic, electrical and process analysis as the evidence requires
- Each hypothesis tested and eliminated on the record
Cause and corrective action
A cause statement a decision maker can act on, with its limitations stated plainly.
- Root cause, contributing conditions and their relative weight
- Recurrence risk across sister and comparable assets
- Corrective actions matched to the actual mechanism
- Return-to-service conditions where the asset can be recovered
Work Product
What you receive.
Written to be used by technical, commercial and legal readers without translation.
- 01Preliminary technical findings within the response window
- 02Full investigation report with evidence record
- 03Recurrence and fleet risk assessment
- 04Corrective action and return-to-service recommendations
Method
How the work is sequenced.
Define the technical question
Preserve the evidence
Reconstruct the event
Test hypotheses against evidence
State cause and limitations
Engineering Governance
How independence is protected.
Institutional clients rely on the process behind the opinion as much as the opinion itself.
Independence
We are retained for an engineering answer, not a predetermined conclusion. Findings are stated with their limitations.
Conflicts screening
Every prospective engagement is screened against parties, assets and prior involvement before scope is accepted.
Confidentiality
Transaction and claims material is handled under confidentiality, with controlled access and clean-team arrangements where required.
Evidence handling
Physical evidence is documented, secured and tracked with chain of custody suitable for adversarial review.
Peer review
Conclusions are challenged by a specialist outside the primary discipline before release.
Professional liability
The firm carries professional liability cover and works to recognized engineering standards of care.
Related Capability
Adjacent work we are retained for.
A failure has occurred. Start with the evidence.
Initial conversations are confidential and without obligation. We will confirm independence before scope is discussed.