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Learning from Construction Failures: Applied Forensic Engineering
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More About This Title Learning from Construction Failures: Applied Forensic Engineering

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Much of the knowledge used to design, build, and operate engineered facilities and products is gained by learning from failures. As catastrophic building failures become ever more costly, this book helps readers understand key issues, from determining the causes of failure and isolating failed parts to lessening personal liability through proper contracting, planning, and management.
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Foreword (F. Walley).

Preface (P. Campbell).

Contributors.

THE HISTORICAL SETTING.

1. Forensic Engineering - The Perspective from N. America (K. Carper).

2. Learning from History (L. Hurst).

3. Some Lessons from the Past (P. Beckmann).

APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES.

4. Propping up Pisa (J. Burland).

5. Applying Lessons from Failures to Management and Design (J. Wood).

6. Learning from Failures (J. Chapman).

INSURANCE AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES.

7. Risk Management from the Lawyer's Point of View (D. Holtham).

8. Risk Management from the Lawyer's Point of View - Comments on US Practice (R. Rubin and D. Wordes).

9. The Technical Investigation of Failure - a Marine Industry Perspective (J. Carlton and J. Maguire).

10. The Role of Risk Assessment in Failure Investigations (S. Tietz).

EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES.

11. Failures and Vulnerabilities of Reservoir Control Structures (J. Lewin).

12. Diverse Engineering Failures (A. Kennaway).

13. Reinforced Aircrete Slabs (S. Desai).

14. Lessons Learned from the Oklahoma City Bombing (W. Corley).

15. Failures of Masts and Towers (B. Smith).

16. Precast Concrete Cladding and Structural Integrity (J. Vambersky and R. Sagel).

Index.

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