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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 101 Spring 2020

Page #9 Andrew first put the concept of material failure into perspective, and it does not necessarily mean a complete collapse or loss of containment (although this may well be the case), but can also apply to a loss of operability, functionality or reliability such that continued use is not possible, or is unsafe.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 95 Summer 2017

Page #7 Unfortunately, there was a collapse in 2009 when Pier 4 was undermined by scour. … Page #8 An external brick wall collapsed during strong winds in January 2016. … Page #8 The collapses of reinforcement cages before concreting provide examples of this. … Page #15 Investment in flood defences has collapsed, exposing people to much greater risk than before.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 99 Autumn 2018

Page #3 Stewart presented on the collapse itself and its immediate impacts, where the same defects that contributed to the collapse of the wall at Oxgangs were found in another 17 schools built as part of the same contract.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 70 Spring 2011

Page #3 After his retirement he served as an expert investigator of a number of tragic accidents, including the Bilsthorpe Colliery roof fall in 1994, the Ramsgate walkway collapse, the Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster, and most notably, the King’s Cross Underground fire.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 88 Autumn 2015

Page #16 15 Hazards Forum Newsletter No 88 – Autumn 2015WV businesses, such as a small garage, very close to collapse.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 66 Spring 2010

Page #10 This rational behaviour, designed to safeguard the organisation against collapse, will be reinforced in reality by senior managers not wishing to be blamed for such a collapse, by ethical considerations, by public opinion, by media coverage and by the demands of the regulator.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 100 Spring 2019

Page #11 One very poignant example was the developing of a methodology for assessing the structural safety of textile factory buildings in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster of 24 April 2013, which claimed 1,136 lives when an 8 storey building collapsed.

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^[PDF] SUMMARY-SLIDE-IG2-call-2025-06-03-CROSS.pptx

Page #1 …recurring problems such as inadequate computer modelling, lack of maintenance, and competency gaps in the industry, some specific technical issues also, such as balcony collapses and RAAC (reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete), •

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 52 Winter 2005

Page #4 It collapsed, however, because those in the transmission system were less able to cover up errors than those in generation.

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^[PDF] Newsletter Issue No. 84 Autumn 2014

Page #13 In 2009 this resulted in the collapse of Malahide Viaduct as a passenger train was going over it.

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