Family Owned Forensic Engineering Firm Announces New Gulf Coast Expansion Plans

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Donan Engineering Co., Inc., today announced plans to expand their forensic engineering and fire investigation operations in Alabama. Donan plans to expand their forensic investigative services in Alabama with the opening of a new Mobile, Alabama office on April 1, 2008. This new office will allow Donan to provide forensic engineering and fire investigation services throughout southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Donan's staff includes civil/structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers, as well as full-time fire origin & cause investigators. For additional Donan Engineering office locations please visit our website, http://www.donan.com/locations.

"With the successful launch of our Birmingham, AL office in 2007, it is now time to turn our attention to servicing the southern portion of Alabama and the surrounding Gulf Coast region," says Lyle Donan, President. "Ever since opening our office in Birmingham, AL, our customers have been asking when we would be providing a local presence in the southern portion of the state. Even with our historic travel costs, we feel we've been a competitively priced alternative for work throughout all of Alabama, but now with a Mobile office, we'll be in a position to more effectively provide the consistent service and lower cost investigations we're known for."

Donan Engineering offers consumers a single source for investigating forensic engineering and fire origin and cause matters. The firm offers a wide array of services falling under the main categories of engineering investigations, fire and explosion origin & cause, roofing investigations, vehicle accident reconstruction, and component testing laboratory services.

Donan Engineering is a third generation family owned engineering firm that was founded in 1947 in Madisonville, Kentucky. From 1947 until 1999, the firm focused primarily on providing mostly conventional engineering services (civil, structural, environmental, architecture, etc.). In 1999, with approximately 20 employees in four offices, the decision was made to focus exclusively on the forensic engineering and fire investigation industry. For additional information about the history of Donan Engineering please visit www.donan.com/about-us.

The firm is now headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Including Mobile, it has recently exceeded 100 employees operating from 17 offices in eight states. From these locations, the firm completed 9,500 forensic investigations in 2007 for a client base consisting primarily of insurance companies, attorneys, commercial property owners and businesses, manufacturers, utilities and homeowners.

For additional information on Donan Engineering please visit www.donan.com or contact Kevin B. Abell by telephone at (502) 267-6936 or by email at kabell@donan.com.