Providing Surety & Fidelity Consulting, Forensic Engineering
and Expert Witness Services Since 1984

SELECTED ARTICLES FROM
FORCON INTERNATIONAL'S NEWSLETTER
"THE CONSULTANTS PERSPECTIVE"

A SUGAR PUBLICATION


"EVERYTHING YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT ENGINEERING - AND WERE AFRAID TO ASK"
William H. Ver Eecke, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1992
"LIGHTNING CLAIMS"

Stan Lamberski

PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SUMMER 1992

"IDENTIFICATION OF CRACKS IN CONCRETE AND MASONRY WALLS"
James R. Robinson, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

FALL 1992
"ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION. WHAT CAN IT DETERMINE ?"
Stephen B. Chewning PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1993
"ACCIDENT ANIMATION - VALUABLE ONLY IF ADMISABLE"

Charles Vaughn

PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1993
"CONTROLLING LOSSES ON A BUILDERS RISK CLAIM"
Paul Krystal PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SUMMER 1993

"LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - ONE YEAR AFTER HURRICANE ANDREW"

Robert A. Dwyre PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SUMMER 1993
"ACCIDENT AND INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: A TOOL FOR DETERMINING ACCIDENT AND INJURY CAUSATION"
Michael Romansky, Ph.D., JD PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1994
"EARTHQUAKES"
Rick Tasker PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1994
"THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INVESTIGATION BY THE EXPERT"
William H. Ver Eecke, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

FALL 1994
"SETTLEMENT - CAUSE AND EVALUATION"
Stanley A. Schwartz, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1995
"INVESTIGATION OF METALLURGICAL FAILURES"
John R. Ambrose, Ph.D., PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1996
"LOW SPEED REAR-END IMPACTS: AN OVERVIEW"
David A. Peters, PE, Ph.D. PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 1997
"THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM IN PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS"
Gregory A. Robinson, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

FALL 1997
"USING INJURY DATA TO DETERMINE CAUSATION"
Michael Romansky,
Ph.D., JD
PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1998
"PRESERVING EVIDENCE"
Walter S. Laird, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

FALL1998
"UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE UNRESTRAINED AND RESTRAINED OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE COLLISION"
Michael Romansky, Ph.D., JD PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION

SPRING 1999
"AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE ACCIDENTS"

David A. Peters, Ph.D., PE., & Walter S. Laird, PE

PROPERTY/CASUALTY
EDITION
FALL 1999
"ANALYSIS OF AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES"

David A. Peters, Ph.D., P.E., Ph.D.

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 1999
"AMUSEMENT RIDES AND DEVICES: PATRON RESPONSIBILITIES"

Walter S. Laird, P.E.

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 1999
"INVESTIGATING CHEMICAL FIRES & EXPLOSIONS"

Harold I. Zeliger, Ph.D.

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2000
"AN INTRODUCTION TO SAME LEVEL FALLS AND FALLING ACCIDENTS"

Michael L. Romansky, Ph.D., J.D.

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SUMMER 2000
"BIOAEROSOLS: FUNGI AND BACTERIA BUILDING CONTAMINATION"
MIchael L. Cannon, Certified Industrial Hygienist PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2001


"DAMAGE TO COMMUNICATIONS UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE"

Curtis E. Falany, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 2001
"MOISTURE MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS"
Raymond E. Patenaude, PE, CIAQP PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2002
"BLASTING DAMAGE"
Wick Lyne, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 2002
"SUBROGATING A HEAVY MACHINERY FIRE LOSS"

Arthur V. Shaheen, Esq.
Shaheen & Shaheen, P. C.
Richmond, Virginia

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2003
"FRACTOGRAPHY AND FAILURE ANALYSIS"
John R. Ambrose, Ph.D., PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SUMMER 2004
"FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES"
John Leffler, PE, CVFI, ASE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2005
"SPRINKLER SYSTEM FREEZE DAMAGES - CAUSES AND RESPONSIBLITIES -"
John G. O'Neill, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 2005
"INJURY CAUSATION ANALYSIS"
Jeffrey A. Pike PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 2006
"IDENTIFICATION OF CRACKS IN CONCRETE AND MASONRY WALLS"
James R. Robinson, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2007
"TOXIC TORTS, WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? AN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST PERSPECTIVE"
MIchael L. Cannon, CIH ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION & TOXIC TORT EDITION
SPRING 2007
"DETERMINING FAULT IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT INJURIES"
Curtis E. Falany, PE PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SUMMER 2007
"VEHICLE EVENT DATA RECORDERS"


Stephen B. Chewning ACTAR #411

Will Partenheimer ACTAR #1085

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
SPRING 2008
"IDENTIFYING THE RISKS IN GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION"

Thomas J. Kucera, PE LEED®AP

PROPERTY/CASUALTY EDITION
FALL 2008