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Large Loss Investigations

Blue Wave has established a partnership with Hales & Gooch Ltd. to provide specialist consulting services in the areas of engineering design and associated large loss investigations for insurance companies and law firms. Crispin Hales and Shayne Gooch have extensive experience in this field, having worked in failure analysis, engineering design, and accident reconstruction for over twenty years, both within the U.S and internationally.

Our combined expertise includes:

  • Boiler explosions
  • Safety of mechanical systems
  • Design failures
  • Equipment failure
  • Pressure vessels failures
  • Piping and plumbing system failures
  • Accidents and personal injuries
  • Application of codes and standards

Blue Wave is able to work on large loss investigations and projects in Europe, drawing on the expertise of Hales & Gooch and other specialists as required.

Reference case

On Monday, February 1, 1999, an explosion and fire ripped through the aging power plant at Ford Motor Company's famous Rouge facility in Dearborn, Michigan, killing six civilians and injuring 38, 14 of them seriously. Resulting in about $1 billion in property damage, the fire was one of the most expensive industrial accidents in U.S. history. It was also the largest human-caused insurance loss of the year. Dr. Crispin Hales was a principal engineer investigating the Ford power plant explosion. The team's final report appeared in 2004.

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