Haag Engineering

What Haag Engineering does

Haag Engineering, founded in 1924 and based in the United States, is a multi-disciplinary forensic engineering and consulting firm providing expert witness testimony, failure analysis, damage assessment, and litigation support across civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, metallurgical, architectural, and meteorological disciplines. The firm serves three primary customer verticals — insurance carriers (claims investigation and catastrophe response), law firms (expert witness and litigation consulting), and construction companies/property owners (construction defect, failure, and product liability analysis) — with a secondary fire origin and cause investigation practice. Services are delivered through 35+ office locations spanning 23+ states plus Puerto Rico, supported by in-house materials and product testing capabilities (wind simulation, ice ball/steel ball impact testing, vacuum uplift, water column leak testing, R-value insulation testing, and roofing desaturation analysis) and an emerging Data Visualization/GIS line (DAVS, Haag Geoportal, Laser Scanning & 3D Documentation, Unmanned Aircraft Systems). The firm generates revenue via professional services billings under quote-based, multi-year engagement contracts, supplemented by smaller-scale proprietary hardware sales (Shingle Gauges, Haag Panel & Membrane Gauge) and education/certification program fees for the Haag Certified Inspector and Certified Reviewer programs. Haag Engineering Co., Haag Engineering of New York P.C., and Haag Research/Testing Co. operate as separate US-incorporated legal entities; in June 2024 Haag was acquired by Salas O'Brien, joining the engineering platform as a subsidiary while retaining its existing leadership, brand, and service suite (now operating as 'Haag, a Salas O'Brien Company'). The firm competes on the basis of its century-long accumulated case expertise, in-house testing infrastructure, expert-witness credibility, and national field footprint — a combination that creates high switching costs for institutional insurance and legal clients but limits scalability beyond a professional services staffing model.

Name

Haag Engineering

Legal name

Haag Engineering Co.

Website

https://haagengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Haag Engineering is a US-based, 100-year-old forensic engineering consultancy providing expert witness testimony, failure analysis, materials testing, and damage assessment to insurance carriers, law firms, construction firms, and property owners across 35+ office locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensic Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Forensic Engineering & Failure Analysis Consulting (BPAHAIAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Reliability, Safety & Risk Engineering (RAMS/PSM) Consulting (BPAHAIAK)

Keywords

• Forensic engineering consulting
• Building damage assessment
• Materials testing services
• Expert witness testimony
• Failure analysis consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Forks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices36 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Forensic Engineering Consulting: Professional services billed for expert witness testimony, failure analysis, damage assessment, and litigation consulting on civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, metallurgical, construction defect, and transportation cases.
2. Forensic Materials Testing Services: Testing services for roofing, insulation, and building materials including wind simulation, impact testing, and saturation analysis.
3. Education and Certification Programs: Certified Inspector and Certified Reviewer programs, online and classroom seminars, and training courses for industry professionals.
4. Products and Tools: Sale of proprietary inspection tools including Shingle Gauges and Haag Panel & Membrane Gauge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Haag Engineering provides fee-based forensic engineering, architecture, meteorology, fire origin & cause, building consulting, and materials testing services, delivered through in-house laboratories and field investigators. Engagements typically culminate in expert reports and testimony for insurance claims, construction defect litigation, and product liability matters, with supplementary revenue from inspector certification programs and the sale of proprietary gauges.

Product overview

Haag Engineering is a forensic consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of services for property damage assessment and investigation. The company operates as a unified service provider rather than a software platform, delivering its offerings through interconnected service lines. Core services include Forensic Engineering (failure analysis across civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, and metallurgical domains), Forensic Architecture, Building Consulting, Fire Origin & Cause Investigations, Forensic Meteorology, and Forensic & Materials Testing. Supporting these are specialized offerings including Data Visualization/GIS Services (DAVS, Haag Geoportal, Laser Scanning, Unmanned Aircraft Systems), and Education/Certifications including the Haag Certified Inspector and Haag Certified Reviewer programs. Physical products include Shingle Gauges and Haag Panel & Membrane Gauge. The company has operated since 1924 and joined Salas O'Brien in June 2024.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forensic Engineering Failure analysis, extent-of-damage assessment, and repair options for civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, metallurgical, construction defect, product liability/failure, and transportation cases, including expert witness and litigation consulting.
• Forensic Architecture Evaluation of construction defects, standard of care, premise liability, building envelope and moisture intrusion, and ADA/code compliance, supported by expert witness and litigation consulting.
• Building Consulting Multidisciplinary post-disaster damage assessment and recovery planning, including equipment damage consulting for complex and large loss claims.
• Fire Origin & Cause Investigations Origin and cause investigations, HAZMAT investigations, evidence collection and storage, and burn testing services for fire-related claims and litigation.
• Forensic Meteorology Detailed meteorological analyses of severe weather events, assessment of weather effects on building performance, and expert witness testimony.
• Forensic & Materials Testing Comprehensive testing services including roofing desaturation, single-ply roofing analysis, ice ball testing, R-value insulation testing, solar panel testing, wind simulator testing, water column leak testing, vacuum uplift testing, and steel ball / large & small missile impact testing.
• Data Visualization / GIS Services GIS design, spatial data analysis, visualization services, and advanced imaging technologies (DAVS, Haag Geoportal, laser scanning, unmanned aircraft systems) supporting forensic, insurance, oil & gas, and architecture/engineering/construction sectors.
• Shingle Gauges Proprietary measurement tool for assessing shingle conditions and specifications, used by Haag Certified Inspectors and roof inspectors.
• Haag Panel & Membrane Gauge Proprietary measurement tool for assessing panel and membrane conditions in commercial roofing applications.
• Haag Certified Inspector Program Comprehensive training and certification program covering wind damage, commercial roofing, and residential roofing inspection, delivered via online and classroom seminars.
• Haag Certified Reviewer Program Certification program for reviewing and validating inspection findings, delivered through Haag Education's online and classroom channels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rapid response capability for catastrophe events with nationwide coverage
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Salas O'BrienflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Haag joined Salas O'Brien as a subsidiary effective June 2024. The Haag team remains under the same leadership, and clients continue to experience the same decision-making, team, quality of work, and suite of services. Both organizations have a long history of broad employee-ownership, and the partnership aims to offer growth and opportunity for all team members while providing enhanced expertise to valued clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rimkus Consulting Group: Forensic engineering and consulting firm offering expert witness, property loss, and failure analysis services to insurance, legal, and construction clients with a comparable multi-disciplinary engineering model.
• Donan: Forensic investigation firm focused on fire origin and cause, structural and mechanical failure, and property loss consulting, directly comparable to Haag's fire investigation and forensic engineering service lines.
• Exponent: Public scientific and engineering consulting firm providing failure analysis, expert witness testimony, and materials testing across similar disciplines to Haag, including construction defect, product liability, and structural failure.
• Robson Forensic: Multi-disciplinary forensic expert firm providing investigation, testing, and expert testimony across engineering, architecture, and product failure disciplines, serving legal and insurance markets.
• Jensen Hughes: Engineering and consulting firm specializing in fire investigation, building codes, forensic engineering, and security, overlapping with Haag's fire origin & cause, building envelope, and code compliance practices.
• Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi): Forensic engineering and scientific consulting firm specializing in failure analysis, accident reconstruction, and materials testing for insurance, legal, and industrial clients.
• EFI Global: Provider of forensic engineering, fire investigation, and building consulting services to insurance carriers and legal clients, operating a multi-office national model similar to Haag's catastrophe response business.
• YA Engineering Services: Forensic engineering and consulting firm providing failure analysis, expert witness, and property loss services to insurance and legal clients in a similar B2B professional services model.

Broad incumbents

• Salas O'Brien: Parent company of Haag since June 2024; broad engineering and consulting platform across building systems, infrastructure, and industrial sectors that subsumes Haag's forensic specialty within a wider portfolio.

Emerging players

• American Structurepoint: Engineering and architectural consulting firm with growing forensic and building envelope practices, competing with Haag on construction defect and building consulting engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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