Transcription of Two Case Studies of Collapsed Temporary …
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1 1 INTRODUCTION Engineering failure investigation is a detective process of determining why and how things went wrong. Forensic engineering can be defined as the application of the engineering sciences to the investigation of failures or other performance problems, with a focus on uncovering causes so that improved facilities can be engineered. The first stage in determining the failure causes is the investigative synthesis, where all the information gathered is recorded in a logical manner, typically in a report format and in chronological order. The following details are generally required from the Client for undertaking a excavation failure investigation study: i. Subsurface Investigation (SI) factual Report. ii. Geotechnical design report prepared by the consultant (if available) iii.
2 From the listed information, it is then necessary to determine which information supports or refutes each of the possible failure hypotheses.
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