Francesca Brando specializes in forensic investigations and litigation support at Thornton Tomasetti. She investigates structural failures involving buildings, transportation infrastructure, industrial facilities, and marine and ports structures to determine the root cause, contributing factors and extent of damage. Her expertise includes advanced modeling and analysis, damage assessment, collapse reconstruction, 3D site documentation and laser scanning, and engineering evaluations. By integrating field investigations with advanced computational analysis and visualization tools, Francesca helps owners, insurers, attorneys, and project teams understand structural performance and determine why failures occurred.