About Us
Tailored Forensic
Engineering Solutions
We at MCES Forensics believe that all functional organizations should be able to answer their “what”, “how”, and “why”.
What We Do
MCES Forensics has two customers: 1) our clients and 2) the consultants that serve on our team. We strive to respect both and provide fair value and wages, respectively.
Regarding our clients, we are a service-related industry that provides competent experts for durable opinions to be relied upon for coverage decisions and expert witness testimony. Types of clients include:
- Insurance Companies
- Independent Loss Adjusters
- Public Adjusters, Appraisers, Umpires
- Realtors & Property Managers
- Contractors
- Engineers / Architects
- Attorneys
- Materials Manufacturers
- Government Agencies
Regarding our consultants, we partner with those who have prior education, training, certifications, and experience in engineering disciplines and equip them to serve at the highest levels of forensic investigations. Types of consultants include:
- Design Engineers
- Manufacturing, Production, and/or Operational Supervising Engineers
- Engineering Construction Supervisors
- Academic Engineering Professors
- Prior Military Members with equivalent engineering experience
How We Do It
Forensic engineering is the investigation and analysis of an accident, injury, and/or failure via the scientific method.
The scientific method begins with the asking of a question. This is usually provided by the client seeking information on the what, how, and/or why an accident, injury, and/or failure occurred. The investigator then collects data such as inspections, interviews, and documentation review. After the collection of data (or the introduction of new data), the investigator analyzes the data; develops hypotheses through inductive reasoning; and then tests the hypothesis through deductive reasoning. The investigator may perform several iterations through data collection, analysis, inductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning. Conclusions are then generated to address cause, contributory factors, duration, extent of damage, and/or attribute responsibility (such as a violation of a code, standard, or standard of care). Ultimately, conclusions are generated using the scientific method, typically using the preponderance of the evidence to a reasonable degree of engineering certainty.
The conclusion of an investigation results in a verbal report, an email report, a letter report, and/or a formal report.
Why We Do It
Accidents, injuries, and failures are an unfortunate outcome, yet reality of the world we all share. Forensic engineering serves as a feedback mechanism to make society a safer place. It is necessary to understand the root cause of why something bad happened to prevent it from happening again.
We at MCES are professionally curious about engineering. The discipline of forensic engineering provides a gateway into the exploration of unique failures. This satisfies our desire to solve problems innate to the discipline of engineering.
Knowing the Truth is necessary to make just and right decisions. At the heart of MCES was a desire to teach. Sharing the basis of an engineering opinion is fundamentally teaching what happened to a property owner, adjuster, lawyer, or jury.
