Our guiding principle at Engineering Sydney is ‘strength through structure’. We are a civil and structural engineering consulting practice that is passionate about innovative, offering practical and functional designs as well as expert opinion witness reports for Sutherland Shire residents. 

When the issues you’re experiencing with a building can’t be resolved pleasantly with the owner, tenant, builders or constructors, Engineering Sydney can provide expert reports to help your legal representatives find a solution in the Sutherland Shire. 

At Engineering Sydney, our extensive experience in preparing expert opinion witness reports for a variety of courts and participation in many expert conclaves has formed the foundation for a sound background of this type of reporting. 

What are Expert Opinion Witness Reports?

The primary focus of any expert opinion report, is typically to present a professional and defensible conclusion of the damage of the commercial or residential building to the owner. 

These must be presented in a manner which is readily understandable to those who need to make use of these conclusions. Nonetheless, through any investigation of evidence or findings, the end results of all legal supporting arguments must be fully understood or agreed to by the homeowner of the property. 

The expert opinion witness report could be the opportunity to handover the findings of the investigation. However, it may contain the whole of any permitted testimony and therefore, if any argument presented is unintelligible or any details are not included the expert opinions report presented may be rejected or not approved. 

This can start serious legal consequences and financial issues. Irrespective of whether or not the expert report is prepared in accordance with a court’s rules, the subsequent legal processes will often result in the report being made available to all parties. 

It is important that any expert report prepared should be able to withstand scrutiny by many professionals & parties. If you’re living in the Sutherland Shire and need an expert opinion witness report, Engineering Sydney have extensive experience. Look to us to come to your property and find the solution to your problem.

What are Forensic Reports for Residents living in the Sutherland Shire?

Engineering Sydney, provides forensic engineering reports and investigations from our top engineers. The report covers services to legal, insurance and building disputes to properties and owners to the matter in hand. 

Our team here at Engineering Sydney are experienced in undertaking the comprehensive role of reporting to assist our clients with the issues they have encountered in the building. Engineering Sydney conducts inspections for all types of structures and buildings in the Sutherland Shire, including industrial, commercial and public buildings. 

As part of our forensic report services, Engineering Sydney engineers can access, provide and determine an expert opinion on exactly what the cause of the damage is and the aspects of the building’s defects. The engineers will also discuss with the homeowner the cost-effective solution for the remaining work. If this is not completed during the course of the resulting legal proceedings, new evidence may come to light that can cause an expert to differ on their opinion. This results in legal and other challenges for a client.

How Engineering Sydney Organises their Expert Opinion Reports

Engineering Sydney has an effective outlook on how to properly structure an expert opinion witness report. The report should initially start with a cover page regarding what it is about. Additionally, it should include a table of contents so that the information is clearly broken up into different sections. 

In the introduction, information comes first and provides a background on the case and why the report is being prepared. This analysis is the brief of what is going into the expert report. 

It then follows up the description of the issue which is the scope of the work explaining the approach of the circumstances. This will include the site visit, the visual aspect of the building or property, pointing out observations during the process and a list of witnesses that the engineers will talk to. 

The results of the investigation are then thoroughly set out. This section should include the analysis and specific test results. Finally, the conclusions should be incorporated toward the end of the report. 

In addition, the expert report may contain additional resources and references, including photographs, source of documents, list of interviewee and other materials for additional information. Some reports may contain the opinion of additional experts in engineering in addition to the expert making the report. These documents and exhibits should be described in the report. The report may also include information about how the report is expected to be used. 

By allowing a properly organised expert opinion witness report for your home or commercial building in the Sutherland Shire, Engineering Sydney can provide full support and expertise to provide the information above. 

What Engineering Sydney Expert Reports Contains for Sutherland Shire Owners

• Engineering Sydney qualifications 
• An engineering expert’s reason for each opinion expressed
• Any literature or other materials utilised in support of the opinions
• In the case of a report that is lengthy or complex, a brief summary of the report (to be located at the beginning of the report).
• The facts, and assumptions of fact, on which the opinions in the report are based (a letter of instructions may be annexed)
• If applicable, that a particular issue falls outside the expert’s field of expertise
• Any examinations, tests or other investigations on which the expert has relied, including details of the qualifications of the person who carried them out.

Contact Engineering Sydney if you require the best quality expert opinion witness reports in the Sutherland Shire

If you’re a homeowner or a building contractor from the Sutherland Shire in the process of taking the other party to tribunal or court, Engineering Sydney is the business for you. Call us today or contact us via our contact form.