the form of Forensic Engineering. We have provided our services directly to Design
Professional Insurance Company, local companies, and law firms. Inquiries are invited and
references are provided upon request.
We offer Forensic Engineering in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.
When verifications of construction in the field are required, our equipment includes a
calibrated Airflow Hood, Light Meters, Laser Non-Contact Thermometer, Sound Meters, an
EMF (electro-magnetic field) Meter, Carbon Monoxide Sensor Kit, Sling Psychrometers,
Water Pressure Gauges, Clamp-On Current Meter, Amp Probe, Voltage Meter, Probe Type
Thermometer, Multi-Meter, Video Camera, Mechanical Tachometer, Strobe Non-Contact
Tachometer, and virtually any other device which one might require to provide accurate field
observations and to ensure proper installation. For your information, very few engineering
firms have any of this equipment due to the cost of the equipment and the lack of ability or
experience of most to use it safely.
We also have a complete work area for model building with all the required tools and the
ability to use them. We are able to build model buildings, construction sites, and building
components to scale, all while using various materials. We are then able to test theories and
recreate events with the models. Our Model Room consists of, but is not limited to, the
following tools: a miniature Lathe, miniature drill press, miniature router, Dremel Tool kit,
numerous types of model building knives, model paints, model paint brushes, and miniature
paint spray guns.
GWA offers the services of Dr. David Smith, Ph.D Organic Chemistry for the design of
chemical and hazardous waste treatment equipment, and as an expert witness about
environmental regulations (RCRA, TSCA, CERCLA, SARA, CAA, CWA) and as they pertain to
evaluation, testing, remediation, and closure of environmental issues. Dr. Smith has provided
design services for GWA on projects where demonstrating the level of safety of equipment
designed by GWA and/or equipment existing at project sites was required.
