Quest Reliability’s staff includes internationally recognized and experienced experts in several disciplines including the fields of structural integrity engineering, mechanical engineering, corrosion engineering, fracture mechanics, finite element analysis, root cause failure investigation, tribology, metallurgy and materials engineering.
We have engineers who are expert in evaluating the risk and reliability issues associated with the operation of several types of facilities and critical assets including ammonia, hydrogen and methanol plants, geothermal and fossil fueled power plants, gas and steam turbines, boilers and waster heat recovery systems, reformers and fired heaters, and piping systems in process, power and pipeline applications. Our experts are supported by experienced, qualified, engineering staff backed by Quest Reliability’s comprehensive laboratory facilities and on-site equipment, including a range of non-destructive inspection and measurement techniques.
Our expert staff and our facilities are often engaged to provide or contribute to expert testimony in support of litigation or insured loss recovery. They are also called upon to perform and/or provide independent expert advice to safety and accident investigations.
Our services in this area include:
- Forensic engineering, including :
- Risk assessments (fault trees and event trees)
- Computer modeling and simulation (including event reconstruction)
- Materials characterization and evaluation
- Materials testing laboratory (destructive testing, reconstructions of failure scenarios, failure-related materials research)
- Failure investigation
- Root Cause Failure Analysis
- Design Review
- Fitness for purpose assessments
- On-site inspection of a failure
- Evaluation of equipment inspection and maintenance data and procedures
- Interpretation of standards, protocols, procedures
- Statistical analysis of historical condition assessment data
- Development of visualizations of a reconstructed failure event; preparation of other explanatory or expository exhibits
- Preparation of written testimony; participation as expert witnesses in judicial or administrative proceedings
For further information about Litigation and Insurance, please contact us.