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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b10238810.
- catalog contributor b10238811.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 512 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Construction failure.".
- catalog identifier "0471574775 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Construction failure.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : John Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Construction failure.".
- catalog subject "624.1/71 20".
- catalog subject "Building failures.".
- catalog subject "Structural engineering.".
- catalog subject "TH441 .F43 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Construction failure / Jacob Feld and Kenneth L. Carper.".
- catalog type "text".