Download or read book Investigation of Constructed Facilities written by Jason D. Gregorie and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the Committee on Forensic Investigations of the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCEInvestigation of Constructed Facilities: Sampling Methodologies provides an in-depth discussion of the relevance and reliability of sampling methods used in the investigation of constructed facilities. For investigations, the sampling of as-built conditions often becomes a basis on which a forensic engineer draws conclusions about the causes, prevalence, and severity of defects in the facility. The diagnostic nature of forensic engineering lends itself to a wide range of sampling strategies and may include random sampling, directed sampling, or both. This book coversSampling techniques for defect investigations;Applicability of both random and directed sampling approaches; Forensic engineering influence on sampling methodology; andApproaches, considerations, and a framework that engineers may use in developing sampling protocols for evaluating constructed facilities.This book will be of value to structural and civil engineers, as well as those involved with evaluating constructed facilities, particularly in the context of construction defect claims.
Download or read book Guidelines for Failure Investigation written by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers). Task Committee on Guidelines for Failure Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guidelines for Failure Investigation by the Task Committee on Guidelines for Failure Investigations of the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers provides an overview to the functions and responsibilities of the successful failure investigation. The Guidelines covers all aspects of the investigative process from the planning stage, the development of a failure hypothesis, and the preparation of a concise report, to the engineer's role as an expert witness. To help explain this process, two investigations in specific engineering disciplines, geotechical and structural, are developed in detail. With this complete coverage, the Guidelines not only provides an introduction to the investigative process for the initiate forensic engineer, but also supplies the veteran investigator with references and guidance.
Download or read book Guidelines for Forensic Engineering Practice written by Joshua B. Kardon and published by Amer Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as an introductory text to the forensic civil engineering discipline and provides guidelines for carrying out the practice in an effective (and ethical) manner.
Download or read book Forensic Engineering written by Kenneth L. Carper and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Forensic Engineering updates the original work with new case studies and investigative techniques. Contributors to the book are the foremost authorities in each area of specialization. These specialty areas include fire investigation, industrial accidents, product liability, traffic accidents, civil engineering and transportation di
Download or read book Major Facilities Construction Manual written by United States. Agricultural Research Service. Facilities Construction Management Division and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research and Innovative Design Diagnostics and Maintenance of Constructed Facilities written by Constantine Christoforos Spyrakos and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines for Architectural engineering Documents for Health Research Facilities Construction Grants written by National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Health Research Facilities and Resources and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design and Construction Failures written by Kaminetzky D and published by Galgotia Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning from Our Buildings written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986, the FFC requested that the NRC appoint a committee to examine the field and propose ways by which the POE process could be improved to better serve public and private sector organizations. The resulting report, Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement, proposed a broader view of POEs-from being simply the end phase of a building project to being an integral part of the entire building process. The authoring committee recommended a series of actions related to policy, procedures, and innovative technologies and techniques to achieve that broader view. In 2000, the FFC funded a second study to look at the state of the practice of POEs and lessons-learned programs among federal agencies and in private, public, and academic organizations both here and abroad. The sponsor agencies specifically wanted to determine whether and how information gathered during POE processes could be used to help inform decisions made in the programming, budgeting, design, construction, and operation phases of facility acquisition in a useful and timely way. To complete this study, the FFC commissioned a set of papers by recognized experts in this field, conducted a survey of selected federal agencies with POE programs, and held a forum at the National Academy of Sciences on March 13, 2001, to address these issues. This report is the result of those efforts.
Download or read book Guidelines for Forensic Engineering Practice written by Gary L. Lewis and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Practice Committee of the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of ASCE. This report provides the fundamentals of developing a practice that includes forensic engineering. Within the broad field of civil engineering, forensic engineering involves the investigation of performance, difficulties, or failures of buildings, structures, pipelines, foundations, airplanes, manufacturing equipment, vehicles, bridges, flood control facilities, and other engineered products. This report covers five general topics important to the practice of forensic engineering. "Qualifications" addresses commonly accepted education and experience requirements for forensic engineers. Various aspects of federal and state law are cited with an expanded section on admissibility. and disqualifications are discussed. "Investigations" shows the typical aspects of physically carrying out a forensic investigation, such as the handling of evidence for subsequent courtroom presentation. "Ethics" fulfills a professional charge to promulgate guidelines for ethical behavior of the forensic engineer. "Legal" gives a brief overview of the court system as it applies to the construction industry, including the role of the forensic engineer as an expert witness. "Business" describes the nontechnical management side of forensic engineering practices; the marketing of forensic engineering services within an acceptable ethical scheme is encouraged.
Download or read book Achieving High Performance Federal Facilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the environment. Research has shown that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health, safety, and productivity of the people who occupy them. Buildings are also resource intensive, accounting for 40 percent of primary energy use in the United States, 12 percent of water consumption, and 60 percent of all non-industrial waste. The processes for producing electricity at power plants and delivering it for use in buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. federal government manages approximately 429,000 buildings of many types with a total square footage of 3.34 billion worldwide, of which about 80 percent is owned space. More than 30 individual departments and agencies are responsible for managing these buildings. The characteristics of each agency's portfolio of facilities are determined by its mission and its programs. In 2010, GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings asked the National Academies to appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a public workshop and prepare a report that identified strategies and approaches for achieving a range of objectives associated with high-performance green federal buildings. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities identifies examples of important initiatives taking place and available resources. The report explores how these examples could be used to help make sustainability the preferred choice at all levels of decision making. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities can serve as a valuable guide federal agencies with differing missions, types of facilities, and operating procedures.
Download or read book Report written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on with total page 2312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intermediate Report of the Committee on Government Operations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Starting Smart written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although most federal facilities projects are successfully completed (i.e., they reasonably meet the agency's requirements and expectations), the perception is that development of the scope of work for design for these projects is challenging and in some cases poorly performed. Based on this perception, a study was commissioned by the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Research Council to identify the elements that should be included in a scope of work for design to help ensure that the resulting facility is one that supports the fulfillment of a federal agency's program or mission. Its objectives also included identifying key practices for developing effective scopes of work for design involving new construction or major renovation projects and identifying key practices for matching the scope of work with the acquisition strategy, given a range of project delivery systems and contract methods.
Download or read book Analysis of Recent Failures of Constructed Facilities in the United States written by Kumalasari Wardhana and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Water Resources Research Activities written by Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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