We Identify and Prevent
Plant Equipment Failures and Errors
Tailored corrective plans and root cause determination
Forensic Consulting
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Failure Cause Analysis – RCA
Failures such as accidents, loss of mechanical integrity, or premature degradation of service life often result from a combination of factors, including:
Design errors
Fabrication or assembly defects
Improper heat treatments
Operational misuse or abuse
Inadequate maintenance
Unexpected operating conditions
Inappropriate material selection
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) identifies the true origin of a failure by evaluating the behavior and influence of each potential factor through physical characterization and/or numerical modeling.
CADE provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary services for failure investigation, asset integrity evaluation, and forensic engineering related to failures in critical plant equipment, piping, and components.
Once a failure hypothesis is validated via RCA, corrective measures can be proposed, designed, and verified through CADE’s advanced consulting services, which may include FFS evaluations, laboratory testing, and/or in-plant trials.
Thanks to our extensive experience in asset evaluation, design validation, failure root cause determination, and equipment and process optimization, CADE provides external engineering consulting services as an independent expert in forensic investigations and due diligence processes within the industrial sector.
We have a particularly strong presence in the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) sectors, where we have participated in the evaluation of assets and the analysis of catastrophic events at more than 20 plants worldwide.
