/ 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...

/ ABOUT THE CLAIM Subsequent to a powerful hurricane, the owner of a 2,100 sf home reported additional damages, six months after the initial inspection. The rear of the single-story home, constructed in 1960, faces the Big Lagoon along Florida’s Panhandle and incorporates many windows. The structure is conventional wood framing, with exterior walls clad primarily in brick. ABOUT THE...