A Leader in Forensic Engineering
Sintra Engineering provides forensic engineering services for insurance and legal clients throughout Western Canada. Since beginning our operations in the spring of 1997, Sintra Engineering has established itself as Alberta's elite provider of technical investigative services for the insurance industry.
Forensic Engineering is a small and specialized type of engineering not known to most engineers much less the average person. "Forensic" is defined as any type of service that is intended for potential use in the legal system. More specifically, forensic engineering is a type of engineering that involves solving technical puzzles, primarily for insurance or legal clients. The main application of forensic engineering is in civil litigation, whether it is the analysis of an automobile collision to determine the speeds of the vehicles, the investigation into how a fire started, or the examination of a failed machine part to understand the cause of the failure.
Forensic engineering, as it is practiced at Sintra Engineering, can be divided into three different specializations: accident reconstruction engineering, property loss investigations, and biomechanical engineering. Under each classification are a number of sub-specialities. Feel free to explore; we hope you find the information on the website to be useful and interesting.
Have a look at the following news articles written about our company:
- Edmonton Journal - Engineering & Geoscience article
- Edmonton Journal - Business Section article
- University of Alberta Engineering Alumni Magazine profile
- Globe & Mail newspaper profile (PDF)
- Alberta Venture article (PDF)
This web site serves two purposes: to disseminate information on different aspects of forensic engineering, and to allow our clients or prospective clients to understand the scope and breadth of the assignments that Sintra Engineering can perform.
