Designed for classroom use, each case study contains a brief summary, lessons learned, and references to key sources.
This new edition offers expanded descriptions, additional photographs and diagrams and updated references. It also includes new case studies, such as the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal, and the North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Water Treatment Plant. Topics include: foundation failures; embankment, dam, and slope failures; geoenvironmental failures; bridge failures; and building failures.