Joseph Barbato Associates provides expert services to insurance and legal clients, which includes investigation, evaluation, reports for buildings and building components. This service includes a comprehensive site visit, an investigative report and conclusions with regard to causation together with research of all relevant codes.

“…The structural engineer must bring into the forensic arena the academic training, practical knowledge, and experience (including successes and disappointments), and then use them in the role of a detective or investigative reporter.  Every piece of evidence in the case including calculations, drawings, materials, and products should be documented for review as part of the information-gathering process for analysis prior to the commencement of formulating an opinion…”R. T. Ratay