Infrastructure

General Infrastructure such as Buildings, Bridges, Tunnels

Key Project Drivers

Costs and Project Financing
Environment Friendliness
Safety during construction
Safety of end Product
Perceived usage
Long lifetimes

What Goes Wrong

Major cost overruns and delays
On-site accidents
Failure to undertake adequate maintenance
'Extreme' environment causal failures
Structural failures (eg. due to fatigue, corrosion)

Key Systems Engineering or Project Management Techniques

Civil and Structural Engineering
Safety Engineering
(Construction) Project Management
Risk Engineering and Management
Logistics Planning

Case Studies

Channel Tunnel
Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Teton Dam
Hartford Civil Center Roof collapsed (under heavy snow)
L'Ambiance Plaza

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