Our Services
Engineering & Investigation Services Nationwide
Engineering Specialists, Inc. provides forensic engineering, fire origin & cause investigations, and expert evaluation services for insurance professionals, attorneys, and property owners. With over 35 years of experience and more than 5,000 investigations completed, we deliver scientifically defensible findings you can rely on.
Our service areas
Forensic Engineering
Expert investigation of failures — structures, products, components, and property. We determine the cause through methodical analysis and deliver clear, defensible findings.
- Structural Engineering Services evaluations of all structure types, damage assessment, and cost-effective repair design
- Property Damage full-scope evaluations for storm, fire, environmental, and construction-related damage
- Storm Damage hail, wind, lightning, flood, and severe weather assessments
- Product Failure origin and cause for mechanical, structural, and electrical product failures
- Appliance Testing consumer and commercial appliance failure analysis and destructive testing
- Building Condition Assessments forensic diagnostics for pre/post-purchase, renovation planning, and ongoing structural concerns
- Earthquake Damage hidden structural damage, foundation displacement, and seismic code evaluation
- Commercial Roofing all commercial roof system types, damage extent, timing, and water intrusion source
- Residential Roofing shingle, tile, wood shake, and flat roof evaluations, damage, and repair
- Water Penetration & Damage root cause analysis for water losses, frozen pipes, intrusion, and material failure
Fire Origin & Cause Investigations
NAFI-certified fire investigators and licensed engineers determine the origin and cause of fires and explosions. We represent all parties — insurers, property owners, attorneys — as an unbiased third party.
- Residential Fire single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, and multi-family structures
- Commercial Fire office buildings, retail, restaurants, hotels, and tenant spaces
- Industrial Fire manufacturing, mining, farming, and research/development facilities
- Vehicle Fire passenger cars, trucks, semi-trailers, motorcycles, electric bicycles, and ATVs
- Heavy Equipment & Machinery Fire combines, tractors, loaders, forklifts, excavators
- Marine Fire fishing boats, cargo ships, houseboats, personal watercraft, commercial vessels
- Aviation Fire light aircraft, jets, rotorcraft, seaplanes, ground support equipment
- Solar Panel & Module Fire residential rooftop, ground-mounted, and large-scale solar farm installations
From structural failures to product and component failures, our forensic engineers determine the cause through an expert, fact-based analysis.
Learn moreWhether there has been a small house fire or a massive industrial explosion, our Certified Fire Investigators analyze fires and determine origin and cause.
Learn moreFrom generator failures to communication tower collapses, our experts provide origin and cause determinations for a wide range of products and components.
Learn moreFrom hail and wind damage to water intrusion and lightning, we evaluate the full extent of storm damage to roofs, cladding, and structures.
Learn moreESI engineers are available nationwide with no travel charges. Find services in your area.
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