Learning from construction failures : applied forensic engineering /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Campbell, Peter, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Latheronwheel, Caithness, Scotland : Whittles, 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • The historical setting : Forensic engineering, the perspective from N. America / Kenneth L. Carper
  • Learning from history / Lawrance Hurst
  • Some lessons from the past / Poul Beckmann
  • Applications 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
  • Insurance 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
  • The technical investigation of failure, a marine industry perspective / J.S. Carlton and J.R. Maguire
  • The role of risk assessment in failure investigations / S.B. Tietz
  • Examples and case studies : Failures and vulnerabilities of reservoir control structures / Jack Lewin
  • Diverse engineering failures / Alexander Kennaway
  • Reinforced aircrete slabs / Satish Desai
  • Lessons learned from the Oklahoma City Bombing / W. Gene Corley
  • Failures of masts and towers / Brian W. Smith
  • Precast concrete cladding and structural integrity / J.N.J.A. Vambersky and R. Sagel.