Are you a court-appointed and/or insurance expert? Call on an independent partner to assist you in your investigations!
Forensic and insurance expertise
Your expectations
Are you a court-appointed and/or insurance expert? In the event of a claim, damage or loss resulting in a dispute, you should be able to call on an independent partner to assist you in your investigations!
As an expert, you can rely on our skills to independently and factually analyse all aspects of the incident to understand the nature and root cause of the damage.
We can partner with you to carry out your analyses (on site, in the laboratory) or be appointed as a specialist consultant to provide you with the knowledge and the best practices in the field.
Our solutions
We offer you:
- Consideration of the specific context for a quick budget estimate.
- Immediate readiness of our multidisciplinary specialists to respond as quickly as possible in France and abroad.
- Performance of investigations on materials, components, equipment and processes based on:
- The selection of samples/measurements/inspections and their execution on site,
- Tests carried out in our various laboratories and test platforms,
- Numerical computation and simulation tools,
- The knowledge and field experience of our various sector specialists,
- Attendance of our specialists who are familiar with forensic investigations at meetings with all parties present.
- A well-documented, clear and factual summary investigation report that can be used directly.
Your benefits
- CETIM, the French technical centre for mechanical industries, recognized as an honest, impartial and independent third party.
- More than 150 sector experts who regularly assist with court-supervised investigations and who can adapt to the issues at stake and to the type of damage.
- Tailored support through multidisciplinary expertise and multi-sector experience:
- Materials and coatings: metallic, composites, polymers, elastomers, ceramics and glass,
- Components such as exchangers, gears, pumps/valves, pressure equipment and rotating machines,
- Processes such as assembly, sealing and painting,
- Specific equipment: lifting/handling, bridges/metallic structures, pipelines, production means, etc.
- Transport means and infrastructure.
- High-performance and innovative solutions and stringent methods that have proven their worth for over 50 years.
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Forensic and insurance expertise
