A pedestrian waiting for a southbound train on Track 1 walked through an opening in the guardrail surrounding a ground-level platform and into the "foul" of Track 2, defined as the four-foot-wide area on either side of the track that the train occupies as it passes through the area.

Navigating the turbulent waters of marine and ocean cargo operations can be daunting for shipping lines, vessel owners, insurers, port facilities, and more. Our team of experts is here to steer you through these challenges with a comprehensive suite of marine services. From assessing causation and standard of care to evaluating damage and reparability, insurers, claimants, consignees, and OEMs trust us to deliver reliable solutions. 

August 2023 - ESi is honored to have been recognized with Nasuni’s prestigious Visionary Award, announced during the Nasuni Customer Awards section at the 2023 User Group meeting in Chicago, Il.

Have a question or need expert support? With a nationwide footprint, ESi is ready to help.

Dr. Matthew Brach brings over 20 years of automotive engineering experience including time in automotive manufacturing and in the consulting business. His areas of technical specialization include vehicle impact analysis, vehicle dynamics, automotive accident reconstruction, railway grade crossing crashes, and automotive safety. Dr. Brach has analyzed and reconstructed crashes that involved commercial vehicles, light vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, off-road vehicles, locomotives and trains, as well as crashes involving a horse and buggy. These projects have also involved aspects of human factors, visibility issues, and mechanical design issues. His approach to vehicle crash analysis and reconstruction involves the latest software and simulation tools, as well as data acquisition tools.

Two vehicles collided at an intersection, causing one vehicle to flip onto its side. The front passenger was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained serious spinal cord injuries, which resulted in quadriplegia. The client reached out to ESi for help.

We analyze and mitigate the impact of geological formations and environmental factors on infrastructure, buildings, and construction sites. Our services help clients with earth movement investigations, dam and embankment failure and repair, and other challenges. 

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ESi was requested to determine the cause of corrosion perforations that occurred to carbon steel tubes in a customer’s steam boiler.  The tubes were from a package boiler that had been in 24-hour a day service for approximately one year prior to the tube failures. The boiler was a fire tube design where hot combustion gases pass through the inside of the tubes to heat water circulated on the outside.  Perforations in the boiler tubes appeared to be from localized corrosion on the waterside of the tubes at the gas inlet end immediately adjacent to the tube sheet.

Kansas City, MO -- ESi is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Kansas City, further expanding our engineering investigation and materials testing capabilities for clients in the Midwest and across the country. This office will provide clients with local access to a facility designed for individual and multi-party inspections, and a well-equipped materials lab for materials characterization, selection, application, and performance testing for all stages of product development. 

Child drowning continues to be a serious concern in aboveground swimming pools. Despite efforts to reduce these incidents through warning labels and instruction manuals, these measures alone have not proven effective.