FE2 INvestigative engineering

With more than two decades of hands-on engineering experience, FE2 brings a perspective that comes only from seeing how equipment performs, ages, and fails in the world’s most demanding environments. We’ve built that experience into a complete forensic engineering program under one roof. We investigate losses after they happen, help prevent them before they occur, and provide the laboratory testing and technical analysis that supports both. 

FE2 deploys our experts nationwide.

When mechanical equipment fails, our engineers determine why. Through thorough field inspection, evidence documentation, and disciplined root cause analysis, we give insurance carriers, adjusters, and attorneys clear, defensible answers on cause and origin. Our work spans everything from agricultural and processing equipment to industrial plant systems, rotating machinery, hydraulics, engines, and drivetrains.

When a matter moves into litigation, our expert witness services carry the same rigor into the legal process. From report preparation through deposition and trial testimony, we present complex technical findings clearly and credibly, giving our clients the engineering foundation they need to support their case.

Our Pre-Loss Audits turn decades of failure investigation into prevention. Led by Professional Engineers and equipment specialists, each audit goes beyond a standard site survey to evaluate mechanical systems for the conditions that lead to failure. Clients receive prioritized, actionable recommendations that reduce loss expectancy before a claim ever occurs.

Our vehicle services include accident reconstruction, EDR and ECM data download and analysis, vehicle fire origin and cause, and engine and drivetrain failure investigations. From passenger vehicles to heavy trucks and commercial fleets, we reconstruct what happened and why, backed by the same evidence-based methods that define all of our forensic work.

Our in-house laboratory provides fuel contamination testing, oil and lubricant analysis, and hydraulic fluid, coolant, and DEF testing. Because the engineers interpreting the results are the same team that investigates equipment failures, clients get faster turnaround and findings that connect directly to how their equipment performs in the field.

FE2 is a trusted engineering partner to the insurance, legal, and municipal sectors, and to operations across energy, mining, agriculture, forest products, and manufacturing. Whether the question is cause, liability, or prevention, our clients get answers they can stand behind.