Forensic Engineering: Informing the Future with Lessons from the Past is the published proceedings from the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Fifth International Conference on Forensic Engineering, held in London on 16-17 April 2013.
The conference maintained a 150 year tradition pioneered by Telford, Brunel and Stephenson, where lessons learned from failures lead to the development of improved design, construction and management practice.
Managing assets is particularly important in a difficult economic climate and so understanding where things have gone wrong in the past is vital. The papers in this book focus on the investigation of the fundamental causes of failure during the life of buildings, tunnels, bridges and foundations, which is crucial for optimising the construction and management of the built environment to deliver a better and more sustainable infrastructure.
Case studies include:
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2009 Cumbrian floods
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The Japanese tsunami and lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake
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The rebuilding of Woolwich Arsenal Clock Tower
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The collapse of the 1-35 W Mississippi River Bridge.
With more than 40 contributors, spread across 16 countries and six continents, this is an essential text, providing valuable lessons for owners, managers, developers and all those seeking to learn from the past to best manage their assets.
Preface
Part I : Opening Plenary Papers
Chapter 1 : Rewards of Failure – Changes in Codes, Standards and Practices Resulting From Structural Failures
Chapter 2 : Evolution of Design and Construction, Guided By Failures
Chapter 3 : Learning From Structural Failure : The Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 4 : Forensic Investigation and Performance Analysis for Bridges Under Extreme Natural Hazards
Chapter 5 : Investigation Into Highway Bridge Damage and Failures During The November 2009 Cumbria Flood Event
Chapter 6 : New York City 51st Street Tower Crane Collapse Investigation
Part II : Forensic Investigation Case Studies - Bridges
Chapter 7 : Railway Bridge Failure During Flood in The Uk & Ireland : Learning From The Past
Chapter 8 : Tamar Bridge - Investigation of Surfacing Defects, Design and Specification
Chapter 9 : Assessing The Risk to Railway Structures From Train Impact
Chapter 10 : Calculating Collapse : Analytical Approaches for Investigating The Cause of The I-35 West Bridge Failure
Chapter 11 : Assessment and Repair of a Fire-Damaged Pre-Stressed Concrete Bridge
Chapter 12 : The Role of Monitoring in Diagnosis of Bridge Faults
Part III : Building Failures and Investigation
Chapter 13 : Tsunami Casualty Mitigation Through Vertical Evacuation Buildings : a Case Study From The March 11th 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
Chapter 14 : Bond Street Station Upgrade : The Replacement of Escalator 1 and 2
Part IV : Latent Building Facade Failures
Chapter 15 : Remote Investigation of Blast Effects on Buildings
Chapter 16 : Food Market Northern From Montreal - Investigation After a Failure of The Roof Under The Snow Load
Part V : Case Studies - Ground and Below Ground Works
Chapter 17 : Investigation of Collapse of Slurry Trench in Underground Metro Construction
Chapter 18 : Failure Cost Analysis of 50 Deep Excavations in The Netherlands
Chapter 19 : Impact of Adjacent Construction on Existing Pile Foundations
Part VI : Temporary Structures
Chapter 20 : Bragg Revisited : Keeping Uk’s Temporary Works Safe in The Dawning Eurocode Era
Chapter 21 : Partial Collapse of Bridge Falsework and Salvage Technique
Chapter 22 : Dreamspace : Dreams Turned Into Nightmares, a Case Study
Part VII : Education and Continuing Professional Development in Forensic Engineering
Chapter 23 : Forensic Engineering Education Workshops : U.S. and International Experiences
Chapter 24 : Implementation and Assessment of Failure Case Studies in The Engineering Curriculum
Chapter 25 : Failure Case Databases for Teaching Risk in Civil Engineering
Chapter 26 : Structural Incidents in The Netherlands : a Comparison of Three Databases
Part VIII : Legal, Contract and Learning
Chapter 27 : Systemic Analysis of Risks in Project Management and Safety Issues
Chapter 28 : All The World’s a Stage - Reflections on a Forensic Engineering Moot Court Experience
Chapter 29 : The Role of Engineers in Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Chapter 30 : The ‘‘Standard of Care’’ and Negligence of The Forensic Engineer
Chapter 31 : Expert Witness Training - The Practitioner’s Viewpoint
Chapter 32 : Forensic Engineering Applied to Contract Management in The Construction Industry
Chapter 33 : Prevention Is Better . . . . . . . How Insurers Try to Reduce Failures
Chapter 34 : Appropriateness of Current Regulatory Requirements for Ensuring The Robustness of Precast Building Typologies
Part IX : Materials Failures and Investigation
Chapter 35 : Lessons Learned From Structures Damaged by Delayed Ettringite Formation and The French Prevention Strategy
Chapter 36 : Concrete Preservation Plan for Reinforced Concrete University Campus Buildings
Chapter 37 : Gorey Pierhead Jersey, Investigations and Assessment of Current Structural Integrity
Chapter 38 : Investigation of The Electrostatic Precipitator Hoppers Detachment Incident at a Coal Fired Power Station in Hong Kong
Part X : Closing Plenary Papers
Chapter 39 : Post-Tensioned Structures – Improved Standards Based on Lessons Learnt
Chapter 40 : Learning From Confidential Reporting
Chapter 41 : Rebuilding Woolwich Arsenal Clock Tower
Author Index
