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The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Resource on Forensic Structural EngineeringThoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for assigning responsibilities, Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook , Second Edition covers every important topic in the field. The design and construction process Design and construction safety codes, standards, and regulations Standard of care and duty to perform First steps and legal concerns after a failure Engineering investigation of failures Origins and causes of failures Loads and hazards Design errors, construction defects, and project miscommunication Defects, deterioration, and durability Mechanisms and analyses of failures in steel, concrete, masonry, timber, and temporary structures; building envelope; and structural foundations Litigation and dispute resolution The expert consultant and witness

Robert Ratay is an acknowledged expert in forensic structural engineering, and has an active consulting practice in that field. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he has been teaching the graduate course of Forensic Structural Engineering which he created and developed some years ago, and for which the Handbook of Forensic Structural Engineering is the standard textbook. Ratay has lectured at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and abroad and published in U.S. and international journals on forensic structural engineering. .

Contributor List	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Suggestions to the Instructor	p. xv
Design and Construction Practices
Design-Construction Process	p. 1
Design Codes and Standards	p. 2
Construction Safety Codes, Standards, and Regulations	p. 3
Standard of Care	p. 4
Engineering Response to Failures
The First Steps after a Failure	p. 5
The Engineering Investigation Process	p. 6
Causes of Failures
Loads and Hazards: The Nature, Magnitude and consequences	p. 7
Design Errors, Construction Defects, and Project Miscommunication	p. 8
Defects, Deterioration, and Durability	p. 9
Temporary Structures in Construction	p. 10
Material-Specific Forensic Analyses
Steel Structures	p. 11
Concrete Structures	p. 12
Masonry Structures	p. 13
Timber Structures	p. 14
Building Facades	p. 15
Foundations	p. 16
Professional Practice and Legal Aspects
Legal Concerns after a Failure	p. 17
Litigation and Dispute Resolution	p. 18
The Expert Consultant and Witness	p. 19
Index	p. I
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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook

Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook

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