Our expertise
Collapse and structural breakage
expertise
In cases where a building collapses, either when in operation or during its construction, ems engineers can bring a tailored support to their customers’ needs, depending on their role and involvement in the events. Thus, ems will specifically address the needs of the owner, the builder, the various insurers or any other involved party with the following services:
- Evaluate the precariousness of the structure and the risk of worsening or successive collapses;
- Secure the area;
- Search for the causes;
- Reconstitution of the structure before the disaster;
- Technical analysis under different codes that may be applicable and production of reports for legal purpose;
- Identify reconstruction solutions;
- Estimate the cost;
- Produce drawings and specifications to restore the structure after the disaster.
Damage to the wood main truss due to snow weight
Damage of roof truss
Breakage by compression of a chord member on all beams subjected by snow weight
Partial collapse of a farm building
Collapse of a wooden building while its construction
Collapse of a wooden building while its construction
Collapse of a wooden building while its construction
Collapse of a wooden building while its construction
Collapse of an industrial building due to snow weight
Damage to steel structure due to snow weight
Collapse of the annex of a residential structure
Collapse of masonry coating
Early indication of masonry parts coming off the facade of the building
Masonry cladding that has come off the façade
Local soil subsidence that has caused the breakage of a patrimonial-classified foundation
Lintel insufficiency
Follow-up of a critical crack with a crackmeter
Deformation of a steel elevator
Collapse of an agricultural elevator
Foundation wall highly damaged by backfill frost
Collapse of a wooden structure while its construction that has caused death
