James Cohen Consulting

Services • Forensic engineering • Failure investigation • Scope of damage assessments • Litigation support • Claims investigation • Expert testimony • Emergency response • Repair design • Condition evaluations • Design review • Pre-purchase due diligence surveys • Materials sampling and testing • Natural disaster mitigation • Deconstruction engineering • Other related activities Project experience include fire, hurricane, earthquake, wind, flood, demolition, construction and design for residential, commercial and industrial buildings Projects types have included criminal proceedings involving structural failures, forensic engineering of major building collapses, historic buildings, landmark structures, construction means and methods, industrial facilities, precast concrete, hurricane and seismic damage, telecommunications towers, scaffolding and tower cranes. Materials have included stone, masonry, timber, glass, steel, concrete, cables, slings and others. Additional experience has included emergency shoring, seismic, blast, wind and flood mitigation projects. Client base The work is done on behalf of insurers, adjusters, attorneys, owners, contractors, designers, property managers, manufacturers and government, for a wide variety of structural types, forms and materials whether at the start of design, during construction or post-construction. Clients and projects include both domestic and foreign clients and locations where permitted by licensing.