The expert witnesses at DJS Associates who specialize in failure analysis address issues pertaining to failures involving structures; equipment; machinery; materials; products, and systems/operations.  Investigations are performed to determine the root cause of the failure and may involve site or evidence inspections and sampling, destructive or non-destructive testing, reconstructing the failure event, and determining steps toward preventing future occurrences.  Experts addressing failure analysis range in professional backgrounds including mechanical; transportation; electrical; geotechnical; material; structural; and civil engineering, among others.