Learning from construction failures : applied forensic engineering

• Other Authors: Campbell, Peter, 1949-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Latheronwheel, Caithness, Scotland : Whittles, 2001.
• Subjects: Building failures.; Building failures > Investigation.; Forensic engineering.; Structural failures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781628708622; 162870862X; 187032563X; 9781870325639; 9781849951418; 1849951411
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations

In the developed world the design and construction of all aspects of the built environment are regulated by rules and procedures which help prevent failures. When compared to the volume of construction undertaken, the number of failures of buildings and other structures is thankfully small. However,...