Issue 9 2021

Acquisition International - Issue 9 2021 29 28 Acquisition International - Issue 9 2021 The Robust Advice Behind Structural Failure Consultancy James Cohen Consulting is a sole trader consultancy working hard to provide the best advice, support, and litigations services for entities handling incidences of structural collapse or failure. With his efforts having won him the award for the ‘Best Forensic Engineering Consultancy’ in 2021 for the East Coast of the USA, James Cohen has become one of the foremost experts in his field. ith 40 years of experience in forensic engineering, failure investigation, mitigation, response, repair, and rehabilitation, James Cohen Consulting is a company led by sole consultant, the eponymous James Cohen. His efforts in providing some of the best consultancy work available on the east coast of the USA have meant for a reputation of expert testimony, outstanding results, and comprehensive services that a client can always rely on from beginning to end. Fundamentally, in showing each of his clients by nature of his past successes how they can put their trust in him, James Cohen ensure that every client feels reassured that no matter how big or small the problem, they have one of the best experts on their side. Having provided testimony in a myriad of different situations in forensic engineering, such as numerous collapse and litigation projects – some of which involved fire, hurricane, earthquake, wind, and flood damage – has earned notoriety across several areas. He has also worked within local, state, and federal courts. With such a broad and deep level of knowledge in his portfolio, his testimony has been called upon multiple times to be the expert voice in situations of construction failure, such as for MNSBC. W Jul21016 In essence, his work is in service of clients such as insurers, adjusters, attorneys, owners, contractors, designers, property managers, manufacturers, and municipal or governmental bodies for a wide variety of structural forms and types. No matter the material or stage the construction reached in its completion, James Cohen will be able to lend his expertise to the task for domestic and foreign clients both, allowing him to work across borders where permitted by licensing. As well as his expansive portfolio in terms of cases he has been involved with, there are a myriad for which he took point in terms of personal technical responsibility; these have included structural failure proceedings, forensic engineering regarding major building collapse, historical structure degradation, landmark structure investigation, construction means and methods investigations, and more. He has also seen cases that involve industrial facilities, precast concrete, telecommunications towers, scaffolding, and tower cranes, as well as materials like stone, masonry, timber, glass steel, concrete, cables, and slings. All of these can fall under his expansive roster of repair and renovation past projects. Lastly, as a sole trader, James Cohen has to rely solely on his own acumen in order to push himself and his clients towards success. It is the diligence and tenacity with which he handles this that has made him a consistent favourite amongst his clientele, ensuring many of them become return clients, and most of which recommend him to peers and colleagues. Such exemplary work has earned him the Partner In Mitigation fellowship accreditation, sponsored by ASCE and IBHS to FEMA, and he is also a former Advanced Structures Specialist on the New Jersey USAR team. He was even a first responder for the attack on the World Trade Centre in 9/11. In this, one can see how seriously he takes his business, and how his clients can always rely on him to be in their corner, something they can continue to trust in as he moves forward towards the rest of the year. Company: James Cohen Consulting Contact: James Cohen Website: jcconsultingengineers.com May21545 Company: Fastfix Ltd Contact: Stuart McDonnell Website: fastfix.ie Best Industrial Fasteners Supplier - the Republic of Ireland astfix Ltd, or Fastfix Direct, was founded in 1985. A privately owned Irish company, its concerns lie in the provision of exemplary screws, bolts, nuts, rivets, stand- offs, spacers, turned parts, and more, all with the goal of satisfying the growing market demand for industrial fasteners and products like it. Being a company that specialises in such things has allowed it to become the one-stop-shop for them in the Republic of Ireland, able to source specials and non-standard sized products that are uniquely suited to a client’s needs – equally, if a client isn’t sure exactly what they may need, Fastfix is always happy to help them find it. Each of its staff members know the construction industry like the backs of their hands, and work with diligence and efficiency to resolve any questions, comments, or concerns. Fundamentally, it serves a wide variety of industries – from professionals working within the computing and electronics sectors to those in plastics, buildings, engineering, petrol-chemical, and furniture – and it has cemented its reputation as a truly industry agnostic and client first company as a result. In essence, no matter the job at hand, there is nothing too big or too small. Fastfix will always strive to find exactly what they will need out of its huge stock range, and its three different warehouses contain such a diversity or well-supplied products that a customer can reliably depend on its next day delivery for most items. If the items in question are not in stock, it will find and deliver it within 3 days of the items’ order. Additionally, its trade counter gives customers the option to click and collect. In making sure there is a place they can secure their items for in-store pickup, it makes itself convenient and quick for all customers, both on the go and those who can be around for a delivery to arrive, ensuring that each segment of its client base has a viable option. Located in central Ireland between Belfast and Dublin, it is a mere kilometre away from the town centre of Dundalk and easily accessible by road. Its largest deliveries can also be handled with ease; it can do this by way of its large fleet of vans, each of which is top of the range and has enough space to be able to transport all manner of industrial fastens at whatever quantities a client needs, perfectly on schedule. Fastfix’s drivers, like all its staff, put the client first above all else, and so will always guarantee safe delivery to the site or premises of operation that a client requests, even offering companies a Kan Ban service, allowing them additional peace of mind and coming as part of a large range. F Dealing in both conventional and unconventional industrial fasteners for a myriad of different industries, Fastfix Ltd has made a name for itself with prompt, exemplary, and reliable service. Offering both collection and delivery – and across a customer base that is expanding both within and outside of its home country – the business has secured its place as a mainstay of its client’s supply chain. Moreover, Fastfix has enjoyed a growing and developing standard of success that is on a continual rise as it moves towards the future. With a turnover of between 5 and 6 million Euros per year, every year, with a projected growth to the 7 million mark a little further into the millennium, it is excited to announce that that its international market is also on an upward track to expansion. 80% of its products are still sold domestically, but it has growing market segments in the UK, USA, and Europe, exporting orders to every from Greece to Singapore and dealing with companies such as Cooper-Oil Tool, Dion Games, FLS Aero Space, and more, looking forward to adding many more company’s names to this list in the future.