Our Work in the Construction Industry
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Construction Firms
We support project management, reduce risk, and solve complex engineering problems.
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Law Firms
From prelitigation through trial, we help you accurately and objectively understand technical issues for every decision point in your matter.
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Owners
We provide owners with unbiased assessments of construction quality and management.
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Insurance Companies
When disputes arise, we clarify the facts with unbiased scientific and engineering findings.
How We Help Clients
Risk assessments. Forensic analyses. Site inspections. Exponent brings decades of practical knowledge and hands-on experience in the construction industry to your most formidable challenges.
What Can We Help You Solve?
With decades of experience and unique specialization in addressing construction industry challenges, we can ensure you get the data, facts, and technical insights you need to make effective business decisions.
Get in touch to discuss your unique needs.
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Support for Construction Claims
Evidence-based analysis of construction claims, including business risks, delay, acceleration, and contract termination.
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Design & Construction Consulting
Extensive civil engineering expertise to empower decision-making and help reduce design and construction risks and failures.
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Remote Sensing Analysis
Improve site understanding with remote sensing and geospatial analytics, including GIS.
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Capital Planning & Construction Advisory
Capital planning and consulting for high-value, high-risk construction projects.
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Structural & Geotechnical Design Support
Complex structural health and design support, with effective strategies to mitigate environmental impacts and degradation.
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Construction Accidents
Accident investigation informed by 50+ years of failure analysis, including falls, equipment-related incidents, impacts and collapses.
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Construction & Machine Vibrations
Measurements and evaluations of vibration sources and magnitudes to assess damage from adjacent construction and make repair recommendations.
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Testing & Analysis of Construction & Building Materials
Cutting-edge technical construction engineering and materials testing.
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Differing Site Conditions
Objective analysis for all aspects of DSC claims.
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Expert Services for Construction Disputes
Independent, evidence-based expertise for construction disputes.
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Earthwork & Grading
Effective ground evaluations to support infrastructure planning and projects.
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Earth Structures
Decades of experience addressing the multitude of complex challenges that can arise when earth and engineering meet.
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External Hazards: Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Accurate assessment, mitigation, and remediation support for external hazards and natural disasters.
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International Arbitration
For over 50 years, Exponent has provided independent expert advice to clients involved in arbitration and mediation all over the world. Our experience in courts...
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Independent Technical Reviews of Design & Construction
Overcome project challenges through third-party reviews and confirmatory analyses of engineering calculations.
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Project Advisory Services for Construction
Construction project advisory services including front-end planning, project initiation, design, procurement, construction, and closeout.
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Structural & Geotechnical Quantitative Risk Assessment
Innovative, quantitative risk assessments to support climate-change planning that helps protect buildings, infrastructure, and other valuable assets.
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Specialty Structures
From airports to green buildings, construction consulting for specialty structures requiring wide-ranging expertise to improve safety and performance.
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Structural Failures
Understand why buildings and structures fail, and how to prevent similar failures in the future.
Experts
Insights
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