Construction failure
"In addition to detailed coverage of current design tools, techniques, materials, and construction methods, Construction Failure, Second Edition features an entire chapter on the burgeoning area of construction litigation, including a thorough examination of alternative dispute resolution techniques. Like the original, this edition discusses technical and procedural failures of many different types of structures, but is now supplemented with new case studies to illustrate the dynamics of failure in action today."--Jacket
xv, 512 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780471574774, 0471574775
35212777
Failures: causes, costs, and benefits
Natural hazards and unusual loads: effect on the built environment
Earthworks, soil, and foundation problems
Dams and bridges
Timber structures
Steel structures
Reinforced concrete structures (cast-in-place)
Precast and prestressed concrete structures
Masonry structures
Nonstructural failures
Construction safety and failures during construction
Responsibility for failures: litigation and ADR techniques
Learning from failures
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."