WCD specializes in providing technical, risk management and funding support, as well as providing experts and managers in a wide array of claims or litigation matters, involving all aspects of environmental engineering, remediation, catastrophe restoration, hazardous materials management, and health and safety issues.

Risk Management/ Insurance
& Legal Services

INSURANCE & CLAIMS CONSULTING

Managing today's environmental claims has become a decidedly specialized process, with an increased need for highly specialized expertise. WCD possesses the capability and commitment to respond to environmental issues, furnishing cause and origin investigation, mitigation planning, loss reserves and cost allocation, and project management to our Clients. Attorneys, insurance carriers, risk managers, owners, and adjustors look to WCD as:

Experts in the Environmental Claims Marketplace

Experts in the Environmental Claims Marketplace

WCD understands the environmental and construction claims marketplace and the interrelationships and interdependencies among all those involved within construction, real estate development, and environmental remediation projects. We recognize that the same professionals engaged in the prevention or avoidance of a claim may also be the same professionals utilized in the actual claims process. WCD serves as the strategy consultant, the technical consultant, or the expert witness.

 

Comprehensive Support Services

The process of building design and construction establishes potential liability to architects, engineers, contractors, and their insurers for indoor or site contamination, regardless of the condition or event from which the contamination originated. Extensive (and often excessive) environmental sampling data is often unchallenged under the guise of "health and safety." What were formerly construction, flood, or fire claims, may become environmental claims. In support of this trending, WCD provides comprehensive services for:

  • Claims analysis and strategy
  • Post environmental event and fire sampling to characterize the nature and extent of contamination (i.e.,asbestos, fiberglass, PCB's, dioxin mold, soot, and fire debris)
  • Identification of root cause analysis
  • Building system failure analysis
  • Analysis of environmental sampling and remediation protocols
  • Cost impacts and assignment of damages

Claims Process Managers

Environmental claims on construction and remediation projects are based on the analysis of the project participants' scope, schedule, costs, contractual requirements, risk transfer mechanisms, and ability to perform. While the circumstances surrounding each claim are unique, WCD follows a consistent process for managing a claim, including the following critical steps:

  • Building and Site Surveys
  • Analysis of Defects and Causes
  • Critical Design/Construction Document Analysis
  • Data and Situation Analysis
  • Analysis of Roles and Responsibilities
  • Expert Reporting
  • Strategic Advise and Consultation
  • Depositions, Support, and Trial Preparation

State-of-the-Art Technical Specialists

WCD provides a unique perspective and multi-discipline Technical Capabilities:

  • Appreciation for both sides of an insurance claim
  • Credibility with Environmental Regulators
  • Emphasis on Costs
  • Mitigation
  • Allocation
  • First-hand, real world engineering and remediation experience
  • Innovative approach and technologies
  • Nationwide Emergency Response capability
  • Certified Industrial Hygienists
  • Ph.D. Engineers
  • Certified Hazardous Material Managers
  • Professional PM and CPM Managers
  • Forensic Accountants
  • Full suite of A/E Professional Engineers and Cost Estimators

Claims Consultants and Dispute Managers

WCD specializes in Claims Consulting and Dispute Management, involving:

  • Claims resolution
  • Multiple direct & indirect relationships management
  • Internal and external influences
  • Focus on financial issues
  • Emergency Response impacts claim
  • Expert opinions and testimony