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Night-time Visibility Studies
March 23, 2010
Often, two of the questions put forward in night-time motor vehicle collisions are, what could the driver have seen in the time leading up to the collision, and when could...
Avoiding Collisions - The Thought Process
March 18, 2010
When asked to evaluate the evasion potential for drivers involved in collisions, our engineers address three main questions. First, when did the driver or drivers become aware of the hazard...
Understanding Smoldering Combustion
March 18, 2010
Many fire investigators intuitively understand the nature and manner of smoldering combustion. Unfortunately, expressing the concept in words often leads to problems when the fire investigator is called upon to...
When Structures Stop Standing: Getting to the Bottom of It
March 18, 2010
When a structure stops standing - be it a building, a bridge, a barn, or any other constructed facility – a structural forensic engineers can help shed light on the...
Vehicle Fire Investigations - Burning More Than Just Rubber
March 16, 2010
The design of modern motor vehicles is rapidly changing and the costs of them are increasing significantly. As a result, often the size of a loss involving a motor vehicle...
Child Seat Assessments - A Voice for the Smallest Accident Victims
March 16, 2010
In low speed impact injury claims, one of the most commonly asked questions is: Were the reported injuries plausible? As minor collisions involve primarily soft tissue injuries, these injuries can...
Rollover Accidents and Occupant Restraints
March 15, 2010
Vehicle rollovers are among the most devastating events that occur on our roadways. These types of accidents are more likely to result in fatalities than are other types of collisions,...
When a Building is not a Building
March 14, 2010
In Alberta, buildings are generally constructed in conformance to the Alberta Building Code and the Alberta Fire Code. These documents provide a prescriptive approach to building design, setting minimum criteria...
The “Black Box”
March 14, 2010
In the insurance community, the term “black box” has been commonly used to refer to a vehicle’s Event Data Recorder (EDR). The EDR is a recording device found in some...
Fire Modeling
March 14, 2010
Fire Modeling is an engineering tool used to estimate fire and smoke spread for specific fire situations. Fire models can be either physical scale models or computer generated mathematical models...
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