Failures: Causes, Costs, and Benefits.
Natural Hazards and Unusual Loads: Effect on the
BuiltEnvironment.
Earthworks, Soil, and Foundations 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.
Index.
JACOB FELD (1899-1975) was a prominent structural engineer in
NewYork for many years with design responsibility for a number
ofimportant buildings, including the New York Coliseum,
GuggenheimMuseum, Yonkers Raceway, and Lincoln Center. From 1966
until hisdeath in 1975, he was a partner in the firm of Feld,
Kaminetzky& Cohen. Feld was a graduate of City College, receiving
anhonorary doctor of laws degree from that institution in 1972,
aswell as a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in 1922. He
servedas president of the New York Academy of Sciences and was a
Fellowof the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which
cited himas "Metropolitan Engineer of the Year" in 1969. Feld also
receivedthe Townsend Harris Award of the City College Alumni
Association,the Alumni Award of the University of Cincinnati, and
the FrenchOrder of Merit. He taught as a visiting professor at
PurdueUniversity, Northwestern University, and North Carolina
StateUniversity.
KENNETH L. CARPER, a registered architect with degrees in
botharchitecture and civil engineering, is a professor in the
School ofArchitecture at Washington State University. He has
received manyteaching awards, including the 1994 all-university
President'sFaculty Excellence Award at WSU. A past chair of the
ASCE TechnicalCouncil on Forensic Engineering, Carper is the
current and foundingEditor in Chief of the ASCE Journal of
Performance of ConstructedFacilities. His professional awards
include the national ASCEDaniel W. Mead and Richard Torrens Awards.
In 1994, he was named"Engineer of the Year" by the Inland Empire
Section of ASCE(Washington and Idaho). Carper has lectured
extensively aboutstructural failure to students, faculty, and
professional groups ofarchitects, engineers, and building officials
in the United States,Canada, Europe, India, and Japan. Prior
publications include thebooks Forensic Engineering and Forensic
Engineering: Learning fromFailures.
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