Industrial Plant Investigations

Plant explosion investigations require the expert application of science, experience, and professionalism in the pursuit of accuracy. Bison provides expert plant fire investigation services to the gas, electrical, petrochemical, legal, and insurance industries. From its Houston headquarters, Bison Engineering, Inc. sends the most qualified experts in the field of plant explosion investigations to your assistance – licensed professional engineers, hand-picked consultants, and experts whose knowledge and experience has earned them the respect of clients and competitors alike.

From the initial plant explosion site investigation, through final documentation of findings, Bison strives for indisputable accuracy. Step-by-step, the extensive training and experience of their plant explosion investigators are applied on your behalf. Every aspect of the incident is observed in the plant, no item is too small to be recorded: odors and sounds; weather conditions and site history; maintenance records, age and condition of equipment; soil samples; metal, glass, wood, and concrete fragments and trajectory patterns; plus witness interviews and emergency response activities are just a few of the details taken into consideration.

When explosions occur, expert forensic investigation is vital to satisfactory settlement of claims or success in the courtroom. With the plant fire investigation services of Bison Engineering, Inc. and its team of experts in plant explosion analysis, you can be assured that nothing will be overlooked in their quest to provide answers to your questions.

Because each investigation is as unique as the explosion itself, their plant explosion experts approach it with complete objectivity. They become immersed in your project as they carry it through to final analysis and documentation, utilizing, as needed, computer graphics or animation for additional clarity.

Bison’s fire and explosion investigators have worked throughout North America and abroad to help resolve the cause of plant fire and plant explosion incidents. Plant incidents have ranged from the deflagration/detonation of an entire processing system to the simple release of gaseous vapors and the subsequent burn pattern.