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Origin and Cause is Canada’s largest consulting forensic engineer and fire investigation firm. Our national presence – with 16 offices across the country – allows us to serve clients from coast to coast and field highly qualified, trusted experts in every major engineering disciple: Fire and explosion investigation, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials and metallurgical engineering, structural engineering, chemical engineering and drone services. We are also leaders in forensic litigation, with involvement in over 1,500 legal cases across Canada, throughout the United States and around the world.
Our engineers, investigators and technical experts possess a wealth of practical experience and a depth of knowledge within their respective fields. Our multidisciplinary approach works to the benefit of our clients to ensure complete investigations, from fieldwork to analysis, reporting and litigation support. Our team has cumulatively completed over 30,000 forensic investigations, and our experts have an average of 25 years of experience.
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Mazen Habash
President and Consulting Forensic Engineer
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Art Beleda
Vice President Eastern Canada and Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Ryan Dobson
Vice President Western Canada and Forensic Investigator
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Steve Klimpel
Fire & Explosion Investigator and Operations Manager Northern and Eastern Ontario/Atlantic Canada
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Matthew Obach
Forensic Engineer and Branch Manager
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Peter Hamilton
Fire & Explosion Investigator and Atlantic Canada Manager
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Vladimir Chlistovsky
Forensic Engineer and GTA Operations Manager
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Said Ismail
Operations Manager – Ancaster, Electrical Forensic Engineer and Fire Investigator
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Michelle Holden Bradley
Forensic Engineer
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Richard Kooren
Consultant
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Chris K. Panasiewicz
Consulting Forensic Engineer
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Dinu Matei
Senior Consulting Forensic Engineer, Materials Engineering
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Adam Lohonyai
Structural Forensics Practice Lead
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Eduardo Mari
Fire Protection Practice Lead & Materials Forensic Engineer
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Martin Coles
Forensic Engineer
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William “Bill” Hiscott
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Michael Owens
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Mark Mason
Fire Investigator and HVAC/Fuels Specialist
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Allen Bauer
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Matt Roberts
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Chris Needham
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Stephen L. Martin
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Darren Keuhl
Drone Operator/Collision Reconstructionist
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Melanie Cairns
Forensic Engineer
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Tristan Delorme
Forensic Engineer
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Nabi Goudarzi
Forensic Structural Engineer
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Gary Jarrett
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Keith B. Ellwood
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Jimmy Fata
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Sid Murray
Canine Expert Trainer
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Jeff Inch
Drone Operator/Collision Reconstructionist
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Michael Rice
Drone Operator/Collision Reconstructionist
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Ryan Norton
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Alexa Grittani
Fire Investigator EIT
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Neil Ralston
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Hasan Robah
Structural Designer and Forensics Investigator
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Mike Goldberg
Fire Investigator and HVAC/Fuels Specialist
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Andrea Gaynor
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Cody Zebedee
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Simon Nguyen
Forensic Structural Engineer
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Kevin Abbott
Fire Investigator and Fuels Specialist
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Hussein Robah
Structural Designer
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Paul Emadi
Forensic Engineer
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Jennifer Wiens
Vehicle System Forensic Investigator
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Kylee Martin
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Katherine Humphrys
Fire & Explosion Investigator
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Chase Wang
Forensic Engineer and Fire Investigator
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Benjamin McFadgen
Architectural Technologist
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John McCutcheon
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