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30 Forensic Engineering Strengthens Calgary Office with the Senior Appointment of Dr. Troy Eggum CIP, P.Eng. Ph.D.

January 13, 2021 by -30- Forensic Engineering

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CALGARY, AB, JAN. 13, 2021/insPRESS/ – 30 Forensic Engineering, Canada’s leading multidisciplinary forensic firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Troy Eggum CIP, P.Eng. Ph.D. as Senior Associate with the Materials Failure/Energy Group. Troy joins 30 Forensic Engineering as a resident Calgarian and possesses a wealth of knowledge both in engineering and insurance.

Dr. Eggum holds a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, where he specialized in corrosion, hydrogen damage mechanisms, and material properties of pipeline steels. Troy also holds a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation and has 30 years of industry experience including six as an Energy Adjuster, specializing in large and complex losses for Canadian, US, and Lloyd’s insurance markets and international reinsurance markets. At 30 Forensic Engineering, Troy investigates product, equipment, and system failures in industrial and consumer settings, with deep experience in the oil and gas, energy, and mining industries.

SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

Mechanical Failure Analysis
Oil and Gas Pipeline Failures and Pollution Events
Corrosion, Erosion, Microbially Influenced Corrosion, and Hydrogen Failures
Products and Completed Operations Hazard
Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Pipelines
Upstream Oil and Gas Production and Compression Facilities Failures
Upgrader and Refinery Failures in Vessels, Process Piping, Tankage
Large Pipeline Energy Transportation Systems
Mobile Equipment Service and Transportation-Related Failures
Mining Equipment including Haulers and Shovels
Agriculture Industry Mobile Machinery & Grain Handling & Processing Facilities
Gas compression and separation equipment failures
Fiber-Reinforced Glass and Composite Pipe Failures
Downhole Corrosion and Material Failures
Offshore and Onshore Wind Turbine Generator Failures
Offshore Marine Structures, Vessels, and Submerged Equipment Failures
Fractography and Fracture Surface Analysis
Metallurgical Analysis of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Materials

Robert Sparling P.Eng., Senior Vice President & Practice Lead, Materials & Product Failure / Piping & HVAC states: “Troy is a welcomed addition to the 30 Forensic Engineering Calgary office. He is a skilled engineer with experience in the energy sector, corrosion engineering/failures, piping engineering, and biomedical engineering. His involvement as a former insurance adjuster brings a great deal of experience adjusting large energy and industrial losses. Troy possesses degrees in four distinct technical fields; Materials/Corrosion Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry and his vast experience and education in many fields makes him uniquely able to investigate large, complex losses. His thorough understanding of the insurance industry makes Troy unique in forensic engineering; he understands what insurers and insurance adjusters require as the output of a forensic engineering investigation. Welcome to the 30 Forensic Engineering team Troy.”

About 30 Forensic Engineering

30 Forensic Engineering is one of Canada’s largest and most respected multi-disciplinary forensic firms. Our core team of 60 professional engineers, experts, investigators, engineering technicians and support staff is enhanced through relationships with some of the top scientists, standard-makers and specialized consultants in North America serving a wide variety of industries including: Insurance, Manufacturing, Legal, Construction, Health Care, Commercial and Residential Property, Financial, Government, Hospitality, Mining, Renewable Energy and Transportation.