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FORENSIC ENGINEERING DAC’s experts are assigned as independent technical experts and forensic engineers for insurers, loss adjusters, brokers, and lawyers, and Corporations when it comes to equipment failure, fires, contamination, and other perils. We assess the root cause of major and complex equipment failures, as well as the extent of damage, reinstatement options and timeline review for plants such as: refineries, power plants, offshore platforms, manufacturing plants, construction projects; and equ ipment such as: turbines, compressors, pumps, piping/pipelines, heat exchangers, vessels, tanks, generators, and many others. We also provide scheduling expertise in order to support Insurers in accelerating repairs in order to mitigate Business Interrupti on (BI) , ascertain the activities in the critical path of all reinstatement plans, and to help all stakeholders in understanding the Project status and perform a detailed delay analysis on relevant DSU claims in construction policies. This we call Forensic Scheduling . Our experts have leading experience in onshore, offshore and midstream petrochemical projects, including design, installation, o peration and maintenance of: offshore platforms, refineries, pipelines, terminals and petrochemical storage plants. We firmly believe in constant monitoring of the projects at any stage, thus assessing and foreseeing possible delays and costs incurred in c ase of any potential derailment. OIL & GAS – PETROCHEMICAL Our experts are industry leaders in onshore, offshore and midstream projects. From deep water exploration to diesel production, DAC’s experts can support our Clients in the assessment of engineering, procurement, construction and operation of various types of energy facilities, such as: offshore platforms, refineries, petrochemical plants, pipelines, terminals, and storage plants. Our collective experience in design, installation, operation, and maintenance on these unique type of facilities gives us the in - depth expertise required to provide solid technical opinions and provide a complete range of solutions for our clients in these sectors. Our experts have assessed contracts, schedules, basic and detailed engineering, procurement, construction and the operation & maintenance of several plants worldwide. We can support our Clients in the independent assessment of problems during each of these stages, and provide soun d and accurate opinion when projects derail, while quantifying delays and costs incurred. POWER GENERATION Our experts have experience in all facets of power generation including the design, installation, operations, and maintenance of different types of plants worldwide. This includes fossil fuels, combined cycle power plants, transmission/distribution systems, and district heating type systems. Our experts have been involved in all stages of the bidding process, design, construction, procurement, install ation, and operation of these plants, and especially critical equipment such as: turbines, generators , gearboxes, transformers, boilers, and many others. CONSTRUCTION Our experts have decade s of experience in the construction of several infrastructure and energy plants around the world, providing our clients with in - depth expertise in capital projects from a commercial, technical, delay and quantum analysis perspective. We help our Clients in assessing the root cause of why projects derail, support them in Delay to Start up (DSU) claims, adjudication, arbitration and litigation support on technical, delay and quantum analysis. Our biggest differentiation with other companies in the market has always been the fact that the root of our core services is technical, so we understand not only schedules and costs, but also the engineering fundamentals in capital and complex projects.