Building defects still continue to plague the construction industry. The lessons learned over the last forty years have not been fully applied. Many new or refu

In recent years building failures and the resulting lawsuits and awards for damages have frequently been in the news. The biggest headlines may have been reserv

First published in 1968, Jacob Feld's Construction Failure has longbeen considered the classic text on the subject. Retaining all ofthe key components of Feld's

About the reasons for structural collapse, including earthquakes, metal fatigue, and terrorism.

Much of the knowledge used to design, build, and operate engineered facilities and products is gained by learning from failures. As catastrophic building failur