Building Sciences
Multimedia Solutions
Morse Zehnter Associates has excelled in creating powerful and persuasive technical presentations for clients for over 30 years. We have established a position in the field of 3D visualization, video and engineering graphics which has become an essential component of any forensic or analytical presentation. MZA's creative imaging services provide our clients with a broad range of powerful visualization possibilities. Supporting our expertise in building forensics, MZA's state-of-the-art multimedia solutions are invaluable in recreating the scene in catastrophic building events or in explaining complex phenomena such as airflow, stack effect, or moisture intrusion.
3D Visualization / Animation
Custom 3D visualizations are critical when recreating events that are either undocumented or partially documented, and to illustrate concepts that are unable to be seen otherwise. It is often used to simplify complex concepts helping laypeople understand complicated issues, and to recreate building events that happened in the past and conceptualize the potential for what could happen in the future. When combined with photographic or video documentation, animation effectively explains the full account of a complex building, forensic, or engineering issue.
Video Production
MZA's full-time dedicated video production team provides video and photographic documentation to support MZA's core services while collecting critical documentation of site inspections and forensic investigations. Using state-of-the-art tools, our typical production services include onsite video documentation, nonlinear editing, tape and DVD duplication, and interactive DVD authoring. Our videos have been used for litigation support purposes, as well as in engineering, architecture, commercial and educational contexts.
Photography
We provide digital and film photography services, including historical photo analysis and photo documentation services for site inspections and forensic investigations. We utilize both microphotography and macrophotography when needed and our professional-quality photographs can be displayed in many sizes and formats.
Computer Aided Design & Custom Illustration
MZA has extensive in-house Computer-Aided Design & Drafting capabilities to generate architectural, engineering and scientific drawings and illustrations to meet a wide range of client needs. We also provide our clients with custom hand-drawn and computer-generated illustrations for many scenarios, including visualizing sophisticated phenomena, characterizing data, illustrating scientific concepts, and quickly communicating sets of information.
Demonstrative Models
In our production shop, MZA designs and fabricates scale models to support our expert testimony. These models may be used as demonstrative exhibits. In other cases, MZA may use the model to conduct a simulation in its lab, then create a video and/or computer animation to provide a visual representation explaining the issue. By combining these capabilities, MZA provides a compelling seeing is believing presentation.
