North Carolina

Our Charlotte, North Carolina office is in the heart of Nascar country and offers 18,000 square feet of office and high bay laboratory space.  The North Carolina office is located along the I-85 "Boom Belt" or "Golden Crescent," just south of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, a major hub for American Airlines.  The facility was completely renovated to accommodate the wide variety of our current and growing client base requiring the following areas of expertise:

• Accident Investigation and Analysis
• Automotive Accident Reconstruction
• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Boilers and Machinery
• Building Envelope Investigation
• Building Structure Damage Assessments
• Civil/Structural
• Commercial and Heavy Trucking
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Systems
• Engineering, Procurement Construction (EPC) Analysis
• Fall Protection Consulting
• Fire and Explosion
• Gas Pipelines
• Injury Analysis Causation/Mechanism
• Manufacturing and Agricultural Equipment
• Mechanical Engineering
• NEC Code Compliance Analysis
• Power Generation and Distribution Analysis
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Structure Investigation
• Premises Power Infrastructure Analysis
• Process & Machinery
• Residential Structural Damage
• Safety Assessments and Risk Analysis
• Safety System Analysis

Whether your project is industrial, commercial, or residential in nature, we have consultants with the right training and experience to help.  Our consultants pair technical expertise with an in-depth understanding of business operations to provide a full range of investigative, technical, and litigation support services.  With ESi, you have access to a national network of experts, state-of-the-art facilities, and a staff trained in using the latest technologies and best practices to deliver high quality results.

Our North Carolina office now offers FARO 3D laser scanning for scene/component documentation and preservation, HVE and PC Crash for automotive collision and trajectory simulations, and MADYMO for occupant (HIII-ATD) and restraint simulations.  Additionally, we utilize infrared thermography, surface penetrating radar, water infiltration testing, moisture probes, and other testing approaches for structural and building envelope investigations.  This office also leverages other corporate assets such as SEM, CT scanning, and graphics.  Please call us to find out how we can help you find answers to your most challenging technical problems.  We'd love to speak with you.

Testing and Inspection Capabilities:

• 3D laser scanning
• Acceleration measurement
• HD video camera
• Heavy truck/semi-trailer air brake systems
• In situ sampling of structural and building envelope materials for laboratory testing
• Infrared thermography (IRT)
• Marine and dockside electrical systems
• Pachometer/profometer
• Photo documentation
• Power distribution systems
• Relative humidity probes
• Remote mount and semi-submersible video
• Scene diagramming and exhibit generation (CADZone, TurboCAD, and Alibre)
• Selective demolition and/or excavation (i.e. "test cuts" and "test pits") for structural and building envelope investigations
• Solar power generation systems
• Surface penetrating radar (SPR)
• Water testing with spray racks, calibrated nozzles, and pressure chambers

Measurement:

• Electronic and electrical system instrumentation
• Special, unique instrumentation
• Structural monitoring

Computational Analysis:

• CAD and solid modeling (TurboCAD and Alibre)
• Electrical system modeling and analysis
• Explosion/blast effect analysis (PHAST)
• Fire modeling (FDS)
• Gas dispersion modeling
• Occupant motion (HIII-ATD) and restraint simulation (MADYMO)
• Structural modeling (components and overall systems)
• Vehicle dynamics simulation and crash analysis (PC crash and HVE)