/ ABOUT THE CLAIM In the aftermath of a recent hurricane, a building owner filed a property claim with his insurance carrier. The small commercial building is constructed of CMU (concrete masonry unit) exterior walls with structural steel support for the roof. The aforementioned roof is a low-slope system with a single-ply PVC membrane. The policyholder stated that storm activity...

/ ABOUT THE CASE, CLAIM, OR ISSUE Not long ago, legal counsel for a major insurance carrier reached out to the Guardian / YA Group team for a forensic engineering investigation and litigation support on a large case. Their insured, a general contractor specializing in interior remodeling, was the subject of a lawsuit alleging widespread defective work and millions of...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Guardian and YA Group’s surety consultants were recently called upon by a longstanding client. The surety’s claim manager wanted our team’s engineers to help them ascertain status on one of their bonded principal’s general construction projects. The project was a small municipal building located in the Pacific Northwest. The principal had chosen to self-perform the concrete...