Failure Analysis Report

Structures an engineering failure investigation into a defensible, court-ready failure analysis report. Covers every element from investigation scope and scene methodology through root cause determination and expert opinion, producing a DRAFT for licensed PE stamp and signature before delivery.

Before You Start

This skill produces DRAFT documentation only. All content requires review, signature, and professional engineer stamp by a licensed PE before delivery to any attorney, insurer, court, or regulatory body.

Critical rule — applicable standards: The skill always uses standards, codes, and editions that were in effect at the time of construction, manufacture, or installation — not current editions. This is a hard requirement. Flag any case where the applicable edition is unknown as [STANDARDS DATE UNKNOWN — PE TO CONFIRM].

Data integrity rule: Never fabricate measurement values, test results, laboratory data, or failure observations. All quantitative findings are entered by the engineer. If a value is unavailable, mark it [DATA NOT AVAILABLE — PE TO PROVIDE].

Flow

Phase 1 — Investigation Identification and Scope