Abstract: This paper presents case studies of ceiling collapses and identifies causes of failures. These ceilings were designed to accommodate dead loads only. In most cases, these collapses were preceded by ceiling distress in the ...

Abstract: A study of nearly 150 recent major collapses and distresses of structures around the world discloses that external events and deficiencies in the areas of construction and design were the principal sources of failures. ...

Abstract: A construction worker was seriously injured after falling from a roof to a concrete floor. He was working on a plank while placing insulation material when the accident occurred. The plank broke into three pieces. Visual ...

Abstract: A woman fell on a ramp in front of a pub and broke her ankle. She had had some drinks in the pub. Questions have been asked as who was to blame, the woman herself, her shoes, or the ramp. The writer introduces a fault tree ...

Abstract: The frequent complex construction procedures of constructed facilities have led to the inevitable use of linguistic expressions in the specifications as well as during and following construction operations. The linguistic ...

Abstract: In this study, a fault‐tree expert system for construction fall (FTES‐FALL) was developed to simulate and investigate unintentional construction falls from floor openings. Fault‐tree models constructed in an earlier study ...

Abstract: When a construction‐fall investigation is undertaken, the success of arriving at a conclusion depends on the available information and the expert's judgment to establish the possible and probable causes of the fall. In the ...

Abstract: A total of 225 building failures in the United States from 1989 to 2000 were recorded in this study. The result shows that failures of low-rise buildings constitute about 63% of all cases, followed by multistory buildings ...