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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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The inquiry can include the configuration and capacity of the containment area, drainage features, penetrations, walls or berms, site conditions, and evidence showing how released material moved after leaving the tank. For bulk storage container installations subject to SPCC sized secondary containment requirements, the containment system must accommodate the capacity of the largest single container with sufficient freeboard for precipitation.
Corrosion, thinning, cracking, weld conditions, bottom deterioration, settlement, foundation movement, damaged connections, and prior repairs can all become relevant depending on the event. Investigators may also compare those physical conditions with earlier inspection results and maintenance records to determine whether deterioration developed over time or was previously identified. API Standard 653 specifically addresses matters such as corrosion, leaks, cracks, tank-bottom conditions, foundations, settlement, and suitability for continued service.
Inspection history can show how a tank's condition changed over time. Thickness measurements, documented repairs, corrosion findings, inspection intervals, testing results, and recommendations may help establish what was known about the tank before an incident and whether later physical findings are consistent with earlier deterioration. The SPCC rule requires covered aboveground bulk storage containers to undergo regular integrity inspection in accordance with applicable industry standards.
Yes, when the expert's qualifications cover those issues. Foundation settlement, anchorage, shell distortion, bottom conditions, and connections between the tank and associated piping can affect tank performance. The scope should be defined around the particular failure mechanism and the disciplines required to assess it.
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Manufacturing
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
