Australian Legal Guidelines for Forensic Engineering Experts

Murphy, PJ; Duthie, Laurie; Bielert, B; Charrett, Donald

doi:10.1080/13287982.2010.11465052

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“…On the one hand, the investigation is focused on safety, improvements in structural systems, and prevention of future failures while, on the other hand, investigation results can be used for establishing responsibilities for specific failure [6]. Although guidelines for the conduct of forensic structural investigations are not available in many countries [6], there are some countries in which such strategies are properly defined, as given in [7][8][9]. Although the forensic investigation process of structural failure is reversible when compared to the design process for new structures, the forensic structural engineer is required to know both current and past design standards, construction technology and methodology, behaviour of structures, and must be able to anticipate the situations and events that could potentially cause structural failure.…”

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Bridge failures, forensic structural engineering and recommendations for design of robust structures

2021

JCE

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A review of forensic structural engineering, which is a strategy that follows after bridge failure, is presented in the paper. A detailed statistical analysis, and worldwide systematisation of available bridge failure data for the 1966-2020 period, are given. More than six hundred cases of partial or full collapse of bridges are analysed in detail, and causes that have led to their failure are examined. Failure of each of these bridges was in most cases not caused by a single factor, i.e. the main cause was most often just a trigger in the cause-and-effect sequence of events that contributed to such failure. Consequently, in addition to main causes, the influence of human factor, as a precondition leading to failure, is considered in each of the analysed cases. Types of progressive collapse, being a critical structural failure mechanism, are described in the second part of the paper, with an emphasis on bridges. An overview of the theory of structural robustness is also given. Design guidelines and approaches, aimed at preventing catastrophic failure and creating more robust structures, are presented. Methods for achieving robustness in the design of new bridges and in the strengthening of the existing ones are also described, and practical real-life examples are provided.

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Bridge failures, forensic structural engineering and recommendations for design of robust structures

2021

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Judicial construction and technical expertise as a means of protecting the interests of participants of building process

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2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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The paper defines the significance of judicial construction and technical expertise as a means of protecting the rights and interests of participants of building process when considering and resolving economic and industrial disputes, significant number of which is based on the imperfect legal regulation of public relations of this activity. Noting the insufficient knowledge of the judicial community about the informational potential of this kind of judicial expertise, the authors presented a wide range of types of studies conducted by the building expert in practice. The presented list includes the following types of studies of the object of judicial construction and technical expertise: establishment of its existence; location; technical condition; its properties; qualitative and quantitative characteristics; cost; an object's belonging to a particular class, sort, kind, type, group; establishment of the conformity of its characteristics to a certain standard, rule or regulation. Consideration is also made of studies that have been conducted in judicial and investigation expert practice aimed at establishing the presence and types of causal connection between events that have been the subject of criminal investigation and (or) judicial proceeding, as well as establishing the object’s existence by its representation, belonging of a part of the object to the whole, definition of a unified source of origin (manufacturer) of several objects of judicial construction and technical expertise.

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Estudo de caso: Engenharia Forense e a responsabilidade civil no desabamento de três edifícios no Rio de Janeiro

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2021

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A queda do edifício Liberdade, um prédio comercial de 20 andares, fez desabar também os dois prédios ao lado, os edifícios Colombo e Treze de Maio, localizados no Centro da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Inicialmente o prédio não apresentava causas aparentes que fizessem culminar em sua ruína e o foco se voltou para uma obra, irregular, realizada no 9º andar. No decorrer do processo de responsabilização civil e penal, foram encontrados diversas causas que podem ter culminado no acidente. Mesmo com a realização de perícia judicial e os pareceres de diversos especialistas de engenharia, todos através de análise indireta, até a presente data não foi definida a causa do acidente. Entretanto, a responsabilização civil do síndico que permitiu diversas modificações no prédio no decorrer de décadas. A responsabilização em casos de acidentes pode recair sobre o engenheiro ou arquiteto da obra e, na ausência deste, sobre o proprietário ou síndico. O estudo conclui a importância da perícia direta em locais de acidentes, do papel da prefeitura e órgãos fiscalizadores e as mudanças nas normas infralegais relacionadas a obras e reformas após o acidente.

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Australian Legal Guidelines for Forensic Engineering Experts

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Bridge failures, forensic structural engineering and recommendations for design of robust structures

Bridge failures, forensic structural engineering and recommendations for design of robust structures

Judicial construction and technical expertise as a means of protecting the interests of participants of building process

Estudo de caso: Engenharia Forense e a responsabilidade civil no desabamento de três edifícios no Rio de Janeiro

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