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Learning from construction failures : applied forensic engineering / edited by Peter Campbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Building failures.
- Building failures--Investigation.
- Forensic engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Dunbeath, [Scotland] : Whittles Publishing, 2001.
- Summary:
- Written by a number of distinguished international experts, this book considers many facets of what has become termed forensic engineering. Numerous case studies and examples from across the world cover not only modern buildings, structures and elements, but some buildings that can truly be described as historic.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: historical setting
- Forensic engineering - the perspective from N.America
- Kenneth L. Carper
- Learning from history
- Lawrance Hurst
- Some lessons from the past
- Poul Beckmann
- Application of principles
- Propping up Pisa
- John Burland
- Applying lessons from failures to management and design
- Jonathan G.M. Wood
- Learning from failures
- J C Chapman
- Ilsurance and legal perspectives
- Risk management from the lawyer's point of view
- Diana Holtham
- Risk management from the lawyer's point of view -
- comments on US practice
- Robert A. Rubin and Dana Wordes
- 9 The technical investigation of failure -
- a marine industry perspective
- J.S. Carlton and J.R Maguire
- 10 The role of risk assessment in failure investigations
- S. B. Tietz
- Examples and case studies
- 11 Failures and vulnerabilities of reservoir control structures
- Jack Lewin
- 12 Diverse engineering failures
- Alexander Kennaway
- 13 Reinforced aircrete slabs
- Satish Desai
- 14 Lessons learned from the Oklahoma City bombing
- W.Gene Corley
- 15 Failures of masts and towers
- Brian W Smith
- 16 Precast concrete cladding and structural integrity
- Vambersky and R.Sagel
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781849951418
- 1849951411
- 9781628708622
- 162870862X
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