Temporary Works Toolkit. Part 7: Temporary works failures – what can we learn?

This article explores temporary works in relations to deep excavations, and the various challenges that come with it.

In the second note in this new series, Norman Train offers guidance on areas where the boundaries of the service to be provided by a structural engineer need to be defined in the fee proposal in order to avoid ambiguity.

Director of Structural-Safety, Alastair Soane, describes common reasons for temporary works failures, illustrating the risks with a number of examples.