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2000 Commonwealth Avenue 133

causes of failure, review of 140
collapse 134
Commission investigation, the 136
design and construction 133
design and detailing concerns 141
procedural concerns 142
punching shear,
mechanism, the 139
Agricultural product
warehouse failure 43 90 219 256
design and construction 91
failure hypotheses 96
inspection 90
Air Force warehouse
shear failures 130
lessons learned 132
Robins Air Force Base 131
Wilkins Air Force depot 130
Aircraft impacts 38
Austin concrete dam failure 44 256 299
Autoroute 19 de la
Concorde Overpass 170

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Bombing of the Oklahoma City

Murrah Federal Building 155
attack and recovery 157
Murrah Federal Building, The 156
technical lessons learned 161

Citicorp Tower 126 219 333

alternative point
of view, an 340
alternatives, the 338
intervening two decades, the 343
plan, the 338
publicity 339
repair, executing the 339
repercussions 340
Cleveland lift-slab parking garage 121
Cold-formed steel beam construction
failure 188
collapse 189
description of the structure 189
investigation 190
reconstruction 193
Comet jet aircraft crashes 81
aircraft designs, changes to 85
crashes the 83
investigations 84

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Dee Bridge 215

Engineering design 1

Fluid mechanics and hydraulics 257

Harbour Cay Condominium 149

design versus construction error 153
lessons learned 154
NBS findings, summary of
152
professional aspects 153
structure and construction
description of 152
Hartford Civic Center Stadium
collapse 174
collapse 177
design and construction 174
educational aspects 183
ethical aspects 182
failure, causes of 177
professional and procedural
aspects 181
technical aspects 181

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Hyatt Regency walkway 8 86 218

collapse 9
design and construction 8
educational aspect 23
essential reading 25
ethical concerns 19
events leading up to the collapse 15
failure, causes of 11
legal repercussions 18
lessons learned 24
lessons not learned 24
procedural concerns 19
technical concerns 19
the human factor 21

Johnstown flood 255

Kemper Arena 124

collapse 124
educational aspects 126
investigation results 125
structure and roof, the 124

LAmbiance Plaza collapse 48 87 107 167

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LAmbiance Plaza collapse (Cont.)

collapse 109
design and construction 107
ethical aspects 119
failure, causes of 109
human factor, the 119
legal repercussions 118
professional and procedural aspects 119
technical aspects 118

Malpasset Dam 267

design and construction 269
failure of the dam 269
investigations and repercussions 272
lessons learned 274
Management, ethics, and professional
issues 333
Mechanics of materials 51
Mianus River Bridge collapse 42 184
investigation 185
lessons learned 187
standards and procedures, changes to 187
Minneapolis I-35 W Bridge collapse 211

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina levee

failures 256 287

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Pentagon attack, the 162

attack and building
performance 163
building design and
construction 162
investigation and analysis 163
technical lessons learned 166
Pittsburgh Convention Center
expansion joint failure 87 206
collapse 207
David L. Lawrence Convention
Center, The 206
expansion joint detailing
and forces 209
investigations 207
Point Pleasant Bridge 70
bridge inspection, changes to 80
collapse 74 218
design and construction 71
educational aspects 80
fracture, corrosion, and fatigue
evidence of 77
investigation 74
standards 79
Professional engineer
license, misuse of the 357
Property loss investigations 359

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Quebec Bridge 43 51 217

aftermath 68
capacity of compression members 66
collapse 59
conception, design, and
construction 52
ethical aspects 67
events leading up to the collapse 55
failure, causes of 61
procedural and professional aspects 64
Royal Commission report 59
second bridge, the 68

Reinforced concrete structures 129

Ronan Point 97 167
collapse 100
design and construction 98
ethical aspects 105
failure, causes of 101
professional and procedural
aspects 103
technical aspects 102

Sampoong Superstore 169 352

collapse 353

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Sampoong Superstore (Cont.)

design and construction 353
investigations and conclusions 354
Schoharie Creek Bridge 167 256 277
Skyline Plaza in Baileys Crossroads 144
estimated concrete strength 147
framework 145
legal repercussions 148
lessons learned 149
NBS findings, summary of 147
structure and construction
description of 145
Soil mechanics, geotechnical
engineering, and foundations 221
Space shuttle Challenger 345
investigations 351
leaks in the primary seal 348
meeting before the launch, the 350
shuttle explosion, the 350
space shuttle design and operation 346
whistle blowing 351
Statics and dynamics 7
Steel structures 173
Structural analysis 89

Tacoma Narrows Bridge 26

causes of failure 30
collapse, the 27

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Cont.)

earlier problems with suspension
bridges 32
educational aspects 36
ethical concerns 34
evolution of bridge
aerodynamics 34
later problems with suspension
bridges 33
technical concerns 32
Teton Dam 49 223
educational aspects 233
failure, the 224
investigating panel 226
panel investigation and results 229
professional and procedural
aspects 232
technical aspects 232
The World Trade Center attack 195
design and construction 195
attack, the 201
Federal Emergency Management
Agency study findings, overall 204
recommendations to improve
robustness and safety 205
Transcona and Fargo grain elevators
The 249
Transcona grain elevator, the 249
Fargo grain elevator 251
lessons learned 255
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Vaiont dam reservoir slope stability

failure 48 234 299

Willow Island Cooling Tower

collapse 167

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