Forensic Engineering in Atlanta, GA

Atlanta's distress cases grow out of its profile: structures settling into fills placed wet on micaceous soil, foundations bearing partly on PWR and partly on saprolite with the differential movement that mix produces, excavation and shoring disputes where the rock surface was not where the bid assumed, and the concrete questions any high-volume market generates. Investigation runs on measurement: elevation surveys, cores per ASTM C42, borings that establish the actual bearing and fill conditions beneath the distress, laboratory testing of the fill against its specification, and petrographic examination per ASTM C856 where the concrete is in question. Chain of custody is maintained, with licensed engineers engaged in Georgia for evaluation and testimony.

Wet-placed micaceous fill is a signature Atlanta root cause: it passes density during construction, then creeps under load, and the forensic laboratory work distinguishing it from ordinary settlement is well established.

• Concrete distress investigation: cracking, scaling, spalling, low strength results
• Core sampling and testing of hardened concrete per ASTM C42
• Petrographic examination of hardened concrete per ASTM C856
• Foundation and pavement performance investigations
• Documented chain of custody and photo documentation built for litigation

ASTM C42ASTM C856ASTM C39