Studio 3 Design

Our complete line of environmental consulting services is designed to help property owners, managers and developers maintain compliance with current environmental regulations, minimize risks and optimize business objectives through appropriate evaluation, timeliness and resourceful project approaches. To assist organizations in achieving long-term solutions for workplace safety and OSHA compliance, we continually update and expand our health. EFI Global of North Carolina, P.C. - As our partner firm, provides engineering services in North Carolina.

In an effort to support insurance, subrogation, loss prevention and litigation relating to these types of losses, our team of qualified, licensed professionals perform thorough, scientific failure analysis on a wide variety of products and equipment. We routinely examine appliances, plumbing components, tools, mechanical equipment, electrical parts and other system elements to determine if they failed, the cause of the failure and whether their failure could have led to significant property damage.

Our team of mechanical and electrical engineers is extensively trained to handle any size loss and is experienced in providing expert investigations, analysis and reporting in a timely, professional manner for a range of clients including insurance companies, commercial building owners/managers, manufacturers, industrial facilities, law firms and gas and utility companies. We have the experience to analyze electrical failures associated with fires, explosions, building mechanical system malfunctions, electrocutions, lighting strikes and other perils, and are highly skilled in performing energy audits, power/mechanical equipment inspections, electrical installation reviews, safety appraisals and cost containments.

A building's roof system is one of its most susceptible components with respect to quality of installation, maintenance, and weather, with failure due to any of these variables resulting in costly repairs - that's why we provide a full-range of roofing services to assist building owners, property managers, consultants and insurance companies design, construct, evaluate and maintain theirs. We specialize in roof consulting, roof uplift resistant testing, asset management, construction QA/QC, water and air infiltration testing and a number of qualitative evaluation services such as infrared thermography and moisture mapping for a variety of roofing systems including commercial, residential, warehouses, schools, hospitals and government facilities.

Our Forensic Fire Protection Engineers evaluate fire protection systems and features, and fire hazards. For example, forensic fire protection engineers analyze sprinkler systems, commercial cooking fire suppression systems, fire detection and alarm systems, and fire barriers. Our forensic fire protection engineers are building code and fire protection experts. Failure Analysis - Our engineers can examine a fire protection system or feature and determine if, why, and how it failed. Even in cases where the cause of a fire has been determined, there are often failures of fire protection systems and features which could have mitigated fire spread and damage.

EFI Global, Inc., is a full-service engineering, fire investigation, environmental, health and safety, and specialty consulting services firm serving a variety of industries in both the public and private sectors. Over the last four decades, we have grown from a boutique firm specializing in handling insurance fraud and arson cases and providing expert witness testimony, to becoming a recognized leader in engineering failure analysis, origin and cause investigations, environmental consulting, laboratory testing and specialty consulting.

The professionals at EFI Global understand that the residential claims process can be a very emotional experience for a policy holder and take care to represent our clients as partners in the process. Our systematic approach to every claim evaluation is performed with professionalism and diligence. Whether damaged roofing, curtain walls, foundation issues, water intrusion or Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) issues, our experts have the experience and personnel to provide information needed for managing the cost of a claim and provide repair recommendations.

EFI Global offers a team of qualified microbiologists and chemists to evaluate indoor air quality (IAQ) issues caused by microbiological materials such as molds, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, radon gas, particulates and volatile organic compounds. Our staff includes PhD-level human health risk assessors, certified environmental infection control (CEICS) consultants, toxicologists, professional engineers in HVAC and mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) systems, certified microbial investigators and consultants (CMI, CMC), certified industrial hygienists (CIH) and IAQ scientists.

With in-house expertise in all three disciplines of engineering, environmental and fire investigation, we are uniquely qualified to assist in all types of commercial real estate and property management evaluations. Our diverse team of experts performs investigations to solve reported failures as well as investigate damage resulting from natural disasters. Our mechanical engineers provide forensic evaluation of building systems including HVAC, fire & life safety, MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) systems and the indoor air environment.