Scott Wood, PE explains key points of critical considerations regarding structural engineering design implementations to prevent progressive collapse of structures
On April 10, 2012, Macarena Schachter-Adaros, PE and Scott Wood, PE from Weidlinger Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers' Washington, DC office gave a 2 ½ hour technical presentation on the topic of "Design to Prevent Progressive Collapse" to the Forensic Engineering Group at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
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Alan Jeary, Ph.D., PE discusses all the important engineering considerations regarding Structural Performance Monitoring, as attendees took notes during this 2 ½ hour highly technical engineering presentation.
On March 20, 2012 Structural engineering experts Alan P. Jeary Ph.D., P.E. & Thomas A. Winant, P.E. from STRAAM Corp. provided a very informative 2 1/2 hour technical presentation on all the important considerations regarding the specialty engineering field of "Structural Performance Monitoring" to the Forensic Engineering Group.
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 ASCE's Technical Council on Forensic Engineering will be holding its Sixth Congress on Forensic Engineering from October 31-November 3, 2012 in San Francisco, California. This conference is being chaired by Anthony Dolhon, PE, from Exponent -Engineering and Scientific Consulting, who is a member of the ASCE Metropolitan Section's Forensic Engineering Group.
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June 15, 2010 - Ed Nachtmann, SE, PE (center) who presented "The Role of Hazard Mitigation in Preventing Damage on Large Disasters", is flanked by James Cohen, PE of ARUP (left) (FE steering committee member), and Paul Roppa, PE of New York City Department of Design+Construction -NYCDDC Infrastructure Division (right) - (Chairman of the Forensic Engineering Technical Group).
In spite of the best efforts of engineers, contractors, and owners, failures of engineered structures continue to occur. In some cases the failures are dramatic and may even result in loss of life, and in other cases the failure may not be particularly newsworthy. Regardless of the type of failure, they almost all result in expensive litigation, and they all provide information that can be used to improve our professional practice.
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