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Forensic Engineering Workshop

This one-day workshop provides structural engineers insight into avoiding design errors that can lead to structural failures. The workshop is divided into four sessions that explore how structures fail in reality, how errors occur in the design process, human factors that can contribute to failures, and techniques for preventing failures. It aims to help engineers better understand failure mechanisms, limitations of design codes and software, and apply risk management strategies in their design work. The interactive sessions are led by a forensic structural engineer and offer opportunities for professional development credit. Space is limited so early registration is encouraged.

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Forensic Engineering Workshop

This one-day workshop provides structural engineers insight into avoiding design errors that can lead to structural failures. The workshop is divided into four sessions that explore how structures fail in reality, how errors occur in the design process, human factors that can contribute to failures, and techniques for preventing failures. It aims to help engineers better understand failure mechanisms, limitations of design codes and software, and apply risk management strategies in their design work. The interactive sessions are led by a forensic structural engineer and offer opportunities for professional development credit. Space is limited so early registration is encouraged.

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AVOIDING This workshop is

DESIGN ERRORS
interactive and
numbers will be
limited.
Lessons from forensics and their application to engineering design

The objective of this one


day workshop is to provide
structural engineers with
insight into how to avoid the
design errors that ultimately
lead to unsatisfactory
performance or failure in
engineering structures.
The workshop explores how
structural failures occur
in reality, how the errors
that lead to them can be
prevented, and culminates in
practical approaches on how
to manage these risks in a
design office.

SESSION 1: SESSION 2: SESSION 3: SESSION 4:


9:00 – 10:30 11:00 – 12:30 1:30 – 3:00 3:30 – 5:00
HOW STRUCTURES FAIL THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN THE NON-TECHNICAL FAILURE PREVENTION
PROCESS FACTORS This session explores the
The seven categories
of structural failure are The session explores design History shows that non- Swiss Cheese Model of failure
introduced, and the common as a process of synthesis, its technical or human factors play prevention, and how Latent
failures that can occur limit state approach, the role a key role in allowing failures Errors can contribute to failure.
throughout a structure’s of simplified analysis methods, to occur, despite our technical The importance of the use of
lifetime, from construction its use of design assumptions, knowledge. Near Miss theory as a warning
to daily operation, will be and examines how, despite system is highlighted, and the
This session will examine
discussed. sophisticated design codes and benefit of utilising a Forensic
some of the common
software tools, errors can still Process to identify errors and
Failure modes specific to human factors, including the
occur and failure ensue. potential causes of failure is
various types of structures, dangers of Expertise Bias
This session provides discussed.
such as bridges and buildings, and Implicit Assumption,
will be explored, along with the participants with an how Design Fixation can This session provides
typical failure mechanisms of understanding of the prevent the identification participants with practical
individual structural elements, robustness and versatility of of optimal solutions, and techniques that can be applied
such as beams and slabs. the structural design process, how Confirmation Bias and in the design office to assist
as well as its limitations in Normalisation of Deviance can in error detection and failure
This session provides
representing the behaviour of obscure the early warning signs prevention.
participants with an
structures in reality. of impending failure.
understanding of how
structures fail in reality.

forensic engineering
SPEAKER: DR SEAN BRADY BA, BAI, PhD, CPEng, FIEAust

Dr Sean Brady is a forensic structural engineer specialising in identifying the cause of engineering
failures and unsatisfactory performance in steel and concrete structures.
He is the managing director of Brady Heywood Pty Ltd and has investigated the cause of
engineering failures on a wide range of structures both in Australia and internationally.
He has over 15 years of experience as a structural engineer, and he has published and presented
internationally on the subject of engineering forensics. He is an Editorial Board Member of the
ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities and the ICE Forensic Engineering Journal.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This workshop will be of interest to engineers wishing to accrue CPD points,
both technical and risk management.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Sean Brady
Brady Heywood Pty Ltd
on (07) 3010 9494 or email
workshops@[Link]

DATES & VENUES


LONDON WORKSHOP
24 May 2016
IStructE HQ, 47-58 Bastwick Street, London, EC1V 3PS

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR LONDON

AVOIDING
DESIGN
ERRORS
WORKSHOP

forensic engineering

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