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Our Expertise . . .

Forensic Engineering

Agapito Associates, Inc. and its professionals have provided forensic and litigation assistance to law firms, insurers, and other organizations for a number of years.  We have experience in litigation and claims assistance in the following areas:

• Property and casualty losses

• Insurance investigations and claims

• Blasting vibrations and noise

• Product liability

• Subsidence

• Landslides

• Wrongful injury or death

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Mineral land takings

• Mineral supply contracts

• Construction claims

These services have been provided in mining for

• Coal

• Construction aggregates

• Salt

• Trona

• Clay

• Base and precious metals

• Industrial minerals

and in construction for

• Tunneling

• Slope construction

• Dewatering

• Flood damage

Why AAI?

• Industry-experienced personnel

• Professional registration

• Forensic investigation experience

• Objectivity

• Thoroughness

• Expert witness experience (see DRI)

• Trial experience

• Confidentiality

• Mining Engineering

• Ventilation Engineering

• Highwall Mining

• Blasting & Explosives Eng.

• Solution Mining

• Rock Mechanics

• Rock Testing

• Stress Measurements

• Forensic Engineering

• Geology & Drilling Management

Selected List of Clients

• Arch Skyline

• City of Chicago

• Clausen Miller, PC

• Evans & Dixon, LLC

• Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC

• Erwin, Martinkus & Cole, Ltd.

• Foran, Nasharr & O'Toole, Ltd.

• Holland & Hart, LLP

• Hinshaw & Culbertson

• Jackson & Kelly

• Kirby & Holt

• Kravit Gass Hovel & Leitner, S.C.

• Long & Jaudon

• Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C.

• Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris & Ledva

• Plunkett & Cooney, PC

• Parcel, Mauro, Hulting & Spaanstra

• Reinhard Boerner Van Duren Norris
      & Rieselbach, S.C.

• Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

• Saltz Mongoluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, PC

• Starnes & Atchison, LLP

• Utah Power & Light, Wilberg Mine

• VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall
     & McCarthy

Defense Research Institute

Michael P. Hardy, Ph.D.
Jose F. T. Agapito, Ph.D.
Francis S. Kendorski

Special Experience and Abilities

• Mine and tunnel failures

• Mine and tunnel water problems

• Historic structure damage or failures

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Notable Projects Our Professionals Have Tackled

• The Great Chicago Freight Tunnel Flood of 1992

• New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 TBM construction performance

• Los Angeles Metro Subway Tunnel construction failures

• Sextet Underground Coal Mine flood in Kentucky

• Seismic event generation from Alabama longwall coal mining

• Review of conditions resulting from mining supporting the position of an underground mining contractor