"The CSI of Civil Engineering." That’s the best way to describe the little-known career path of Forensic Engineering for civil engineers — and in this episode, we’re diving headfirst into it. 🕵️‍♂️💥

Our guest for this one is Peter Marxhausen, a civil engineer with over 25 years of experience and 10,000+ building investigations under his belt. Peter has now seen it all — cracks, collapses, fire…and the courtroom drama that follows.

If you’ve never heard of this field before, or just assumed it was something only "experts" do at the end of their careers, Peter’s here to break it all down. How to get into it. What the work of a Forensic Engineer entails. The credentials you need. And a lot more!

Whether you’re trying to figure out what career route to take or considering a career shift, this episode’s got all you need to know about a career that most civil engineers don’t even know they can have. 😎

🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

• How What Every Civil Engineer Avoids Got Him Into Forensic Engineering
• The Engineering Type of Work a Forensic Engineer Does the Most
• The Non-Engineering Type of Work Forensic Engineers Have to do Regardless
• A Third Task That Also Makes up a Forensic Engineer's Workload
• 3 Requirements to Pursue a Career in Forensic Engineering
• What You Need to Know Before Getting into Forensic Engineering
• Do You Need Any Credentials in Forensic Engineering?
• Do Old Buildings Have More Problems Than New Ones?
• Design or Construction: Who's to Blame When a Structure Fails?

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dux Forensics, LLC

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover

University Colorado, Denver

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