Forensic Engineering in Baton Rouge, LA

Forensic work in the Baton Rouge corridor splits between industrial materials problems, concrete in chemical service, foundations under vibrating and thermal-cycling equipment, containment structures that stopped containing, and the settlement disputes that soft alluvial ground generates wherever loads were placed on it. The method is evidence first: cores per ASTM C42 establishing in-place strength and condition, petrographic examination per ASTM C856 reading chemical attack, thermal history, and construction defects at the microscale, elevation surveys and borings where movement is the question. Documentation runs under chain of custody built for insurance and litigation timelines, and licensed engineers are engaged in Louisiana for evaluation, opinions, and testimony.

Chemical-service concrete along the corridor deteriorates by mechanisms, acid attack, sulfate reactions, thermal cycling, that look alike at the surface and very different under the microscope; petrography is usually where these investigations get decided.

• Concrete distress investigation: cracking, scaling, spalling, low strength results
• Core sampling and testing of hardened concrete per ASTM C42
• Petrographic examination of hardened concrete per ASTM C856
• Foundation and pavement performance investigations
• Documented chain of custody and photo documentation built for litigation

ASTM C42ASTM C856ASTM C39