| Forensic Engineering, Diagnosing Failures and Solving Problems: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Forensic Engineering. London, Novem Contributor(s): Neale, B. S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415395232 ISBN-13: 9780415395236 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $294.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: Covering how to diagnose failures of the built environment, this book examines case studies from around the world featuring structures and buildings built for different purposes, and in a variety of working environments, and a range of climates. Topics include collapses; performance risk management; durability and assessment; failures of building envelopes; ground and marine; legal and professional care considerations; and educating for the future, where some of the positive learning outcomes are developed. These developments have direct application for facilities, development of technical codes and standards, and also for developing applied diagnostic and other techniques following research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Forensic Science |
| Series: Balkema: Proceedings and Monographs in Engineering, Water and Earth Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 7.04" W x 9.96" (1.70 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Forensic Engineering contains papers prepared for the Institution of Civil Engineers' Third International Conference on Forensic Engineering, which focussed on diagnosing failures of the built environment with a view to solving problems for the future. Constructed facilities are important assets that need to be managed in ways that minimise the risk of failure. Such failures may range from serviceability failures, which may not immediately affect useage, through to catastrophic failures, rendering facilities unuseable and causing serious safety issues. The papers, written by leading practitioners, include case studies from around the world featuring structures and buildings built for different purposes, in a variety of working environments and a range of climates.Topics are grouped according to the type of incident investigation and include collapses; performance risk management; durability and assessment; failures of building envelopes; ground and marine; legal and professional care considerations and educating for the future, where the positive learning outcomes are developed with direct application for facilities, development of technical codes and standards, and also for developing applied diagnostic and other techniques following research. |