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The Structural Engineer, Volume 76, Issue 12, 1998
This paper identifies 10 structural safety topics currently under study in North America. These topics are of increasing concern, as evidenced by ongoing committee activities by the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and by frequent reference in papers published in the ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Professor K.L. Carper
Mr G. T. Harding (F) Perhaps I may preface my comments by referring to the slide Brian Neale showed us which depicted a collapsed wall. It reminds me that we have to be very careful about what decisions are taken as to risk assessment. Reference was made to the possible need for a traffic barrier to guard against the boundary wall becoming damaged, but in view of the juxtaposition of the adjacent buildings and the wind loading referred to, one would probably conclude either that the central pier was built on the wrong side of the wall or that the pier should have featured on both sides of the wall. My contribution to Verulam in February 1993 discusses this subject.
Engineering at Oxford University is the responsibility of a unified Department of Engineering Science. We believe that the unified approach has major benefits for both research and teaching, since the absence of traditional subject boundaries allows an emphasis on the themes common to all disciplines and enables cross-disciplinary projects to thrive; several examples of such projects are given in this article. M.S. Williams