We specialize in industrial product failure, corrosion, expert witness testimony, accident investigation, materials and metallurgical failure analysis, welding, manufacturing, forensic engineering, product liability, and explosion investigation services. Our principle failure analysis engineer and forensic accident investigation expert can solve your industrial failure analysis or provide expert witness testimony for your insurance accident investigation or product liability failure analysis. We provide on site product liability evaluation, accident investigation, engineering analysis, litigation support, expert witness testimony, and evaluation of conformance to industry specifications. Metallurgical Consultants also provides solutions to manufacturing problems that improve your product quality, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.

Our principal engineer received his masters degree from MIT and has had 20 years of wide ranging industrial materials processing, welding, metallurgical engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing, accident investigation, forensic science investigation, and root cause failure analysis experience. This includes aluminum, steel, stainless steels, titanium, copper, nickel base, and other exotic alloys used in aircraft, ships, petrochemical plants, industrial machinery, food processing equipment, ASME boilers and pressure vessels, aircraft engine components, medical supplies, and oil and gas pipelines.

We have working relationships with professionals in metallurgical, mechanical testing, inspection, industrial accident investigation, and structural engineering services. Metallurgical Consultants can solve your industrial or consumer product failure, accident investigation, and materials failure analysis concerns or provide failure analysis expert witness services. We can assemble a team as large or as small as your project requires.

Expert Witness Testimony

We can provide materials engineers or metallurgists for expert witness testimony (defendant/plaintiff) from the initial legal proceedings through trial. We provide on site product liability evaluation with Materials Engineer on, accident investigation, engineering analysis, litigation support, expert witness testimony, and evaluation of conformance to industry specifications.

Expert Witness Services

Our expert witness evaluations are conducted by registered professional engineers. Our engineering experts can determine failure mode and identify the root cause of your failure; provide forensic macro/microphotographic documentation; and conduct industrial or consumer product failure analysis. Our primary accident investigator can solve your industrial material failure analysis or provide expert witness testimony for your product liability failure analysis.

Industrial Accident Investigation
Experienced Professional Engineering Analysis
Consumer Product Litigation Support
Forensic Investigations
Metallurgy
Welding
Failure Analysis
Corrosion
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Fee Schedule for Expert# 38

Expert Designation Fee---------To be determined on an individual case basis

Retainer Fee-----------------------To be determined on a individual case basis (usually applied to the last invoice)

Non-Testimonial Fee------------$300.00 per hour for consultation,analysis,research,written report,etc.

Testimony---------------------------$300.00 per hour for testimony,waiting to givetestimony,breaks,etc.

Travel Fee---------------------------$300.00 per hour

Travel Policy---------------------lodgings,meals,airfare,trainfare,tolls,parking,carrental,gasoline,carinsurance,tips,etc.all to be paid by client or party deemed responsible at cost.

Miscellaneous-------------------expenses are charged at cost plus a25% overhead charge

Fees outside of normal business practices or times will be handled and quoted on a case by case basis. Fees are charged for all time spent on the case . There is a sixteen hour minimum for each case. Additionally, there is a minimum charge of eight hours a day for work performedaway from the greater Orlando area.The retainer will be required to be refreshed as needed.Should there bean adjustment to the current fees there will be a 60 day notice given.