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Expert Witness Services
O'Donnell Consulting provides root cause failure analysis and engineering expert witness services to legal, insurance, and industrial firms to determine the cause of accidents, structural failures, and fire/explosions.

Providing Expertise
We have over 30 years experience in engineering design, analysis, troubleshooting and providing expert witness testimony. We engage our audience with powerful, effective visuals and animations. These results:

Our track record includes: In a range of applications:



See our Portfolio to read about past cases.

analysis of failed boiler tube
Boiler Tube Failure
analysis of conveyor
Conveyor Failure
analysis of cable hot short
Cable Hot Short

Our failure causation analyses often include metallurgical examinations and materials tests.



Producing Results
What sets us apart is our ability to communicate results in a clear and effective manner. When we perform forensic engineering, we thoroughly investigate - from taking data at the scene, to analyzing drawings, material specifications, and supporting documentation. Our investigations range from simple engineering analysis, to more complex analysis involving Finite element analysis (FEA) which is used to evaluate materials and fabrication/ construction defects. These models produce accurate results (images or animations) that can be used in court to demonstrate how a structure has failed. (O'Donnell was one of the first engineering companies to use FEA in the Courtroom.) See Resume Summaries of our senior engineers.

Call today to discuss your legal issues.