Forensic Analysis

Forensic analysis services examine the physical and technical evidence behind building failures to identify root causes and contributing factors. RDH integrates lab testing, simulation, and multidisciplinary expert review to develop defensible conclusions that support repair planning, litigation, and insurance resolution.

• Material and component testing evaluates durability, degradation, or failure under expected use conditions.
• Assembly performance evaluation compares actual field behavior to intended design performance.
• Root-cause hypothesis development synthesizes test results, field data, and documentation to develop causation scenarios.
• Thermal, hygrothermal, and structural modeling simulates failure mechanisms and evaluates alternative explanations.
• Multidisciplinary system review brings together enclosure, structural, and materials expertise to assess interconnected failures.