Recently, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was brought into a case between a General Contractor (GC) and the building's owner. The first of two dozen buildings had gone up at this Northern California office campus, with this one being approximately 30,000 square feet, and already occupied. Unfortunately, water and water damage were evident throughout the interior spaces upon...

  With our corporate headquarters in Torrance, California, and offices in Sacramento, for the forensic engineers at Guardian Group, Inc., these two recent wildfires have really hit home. Thankfully, the Woolsey Fire was contained last week, but after three casualties. The Camp Fire up north in Butte County now also has been fully contained, but only after claiming a harrowing...

Guardian Group, Inc.'s construction claims experts were recently called to the scene of an aviation fueling facility. Just prior to this, a routine punch-list process left the project engineer dissatisfied with the quality of the welding on the job - a significant factor due to the fact that petroleum piping must perform/endure to a greater degree. Despite the project's completion...