The ideal time for a fire scientist and/or forensic engineer to investigate a fire, explosion or other loss is while it is occurring. Such ideal circumstances rarely occur. McDowell Owens has constructed the next best thing to a scientific witness – an eight-acre Fire Testing and Research Center. At our eight-acre Fire Research and Testing Center in San Jacinto County, Texas, we are able, under controlled conditions, to reconstruct virtually any incident to aid in determining and documenting cause and effect, or to test competing hypotheses. Computer-monitored data is obtained, stored and interpreted along with video recording of the testing to provide and support powerful, objective testimony.
Capabilities include:
Full- and Reduced-Scale Fire and Explosion Modeling and Testing
Combustible Gas and Fluid System Testing and Analysis
Modified ASTM E603 Testing
Flammable and Combustible Gas Accumulation and Ignition Testing
Electrical System and Component Testing
Full-Scale Testing of any Single- or Three-phase System up to 2000 amps
Breaker Testing
Company Details
McDowell Owens Engineering, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary forensic engineering firm based in Houston, Texas. For over 25 years we have been serving clients both nationally and internationally. more
