Forensic structural engineering handbook [electronic resource]

Responsibility Robert T. Ratay, editor-in-chief. Edition 2nd ed. Imprint New York : McGraw-Hill, [2010] Physical description 1 electronic text (1 v. (various pagings)) : ill. Series McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.

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• Contributor List--Preface--Suggestions to the Instructor--Part 1: Design and Construction Practices
• Chapter 1. Design-Construction Process--Chapter 2. Design Codes and Standards--Chapter 3. Construction Safety Codes, Standards and Regulations--Chapter 4. Standard of Care--Part 2: Engineering Response to Failures--Chapter 5. The First Steps after a Failure--Chapter 6. The Engineering Investigation Process--Part 3: Causes of Failures--Chapter 7. Loads and Hazards: Their Nature, Magnitude, and Consequences--Chapter 8. Design Errors, Construction Defects, and Project Miscommunication--Chapter 9. Defects, Deterioration, and Durability--Chapter 10. Temporary Structures in Construction--Part 4: Material-Specific Forensic Analyses--Chapter 11. Steel Structures--Chapter 12. Concrete Structures--Chapter 13. Masonry Structures--Chapter 14. Timber Structures--Chapter 15. Building Facades--Chapter 16. Foundations--Part 5: Professional Practice and Legal Aspects--Chapter 17. Legal Concerns after a Failure--Chapter 18. Litigation and Dispute Resolution--Chapter 19. The Expert Consultant and Witness--Index.
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Publication date 2010 Series McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering Note Print version c2010. Note Also issued in print and PDF version. ISBN 0071749594 9780071498845 9780071633413 (electronic bk.) 0071633413 (electronic bk.) 9780071749596 (electronic bk.) 0071498842 9781615835713 (electronic bk.) 1615835717 (electronic bk.)

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Start at call number: TA219 .F685 2010