Forensic Insurance Services

Hydro-Com Technologies Limited has a team of professional engineers and technical staff with over 67 years of combined experience in infrastructure assessments and management, and master’s degree expertise in surface water engineering. In light of the severe impacts of climate and surface water on infrastructure (flooding, extreme weather events, hydraulically overloaded sanitary and storm sewer systems, and ice impacts), and the expected increase in the magnitude of these impacts due to climate change, our specialized services have been of interest to the insurance industry.

The specialized hydrotechnical engineering expertise and services that have been provided for insurance claim related projects include: flood studies and the design of flood control measures, the design of erosion & sediment control measures, river and ice engineering, the sizing of culverts and bridges, probability analyses of extreme events (floods and droughts), forensic engineering investigations, and the provision of expert witness services. Hydro-Com Technologies Limited has a firm knowledge and understanding of municipal, provincial and federal water and waste water regulations and guidelines.

A few of the infrastructure assessment services that Hydro-Com Technologies Limited has provided for insurance claim related projects include: smoke testing to confirm the configuration of piping or sewer systems, flow monitoring to accurately measure flows, the hydraulic analysis of sewer systems and surface water bodies using sophisticated state-of-the-art modelling software, and mediation/arbitration on technical issues during dispute resolution.

Hydro-Com Technologies Limited has the capabilities to provide services for the following insurance claim related issues:

• Causes of flooding, drainage problems and (sanitary/storm) sewer back-ups.
• Frequency analyses of extreme climatic events and risk assessments of flood occurrence/recurrence.
• Bank scour and erosion.
• Ice damages.
• Non-petroleum contamination and water quality issues.
• Design of remedial/preventative measures.
• Supervision of the above measures/project management.
• Expert witness services.