A disaster is the last link in a chain of events. This presentation is a case study of how a partial collapse of a building was saved from becoming a disaster.
The presentation contains a forensic analysis of the events leading up to the partial collapse and shows how the first link in a chain of events for a building or aviation disaster can occur many years before the disaster actually happens.
This presentation will also include an assessment of what to look for, and how a developing chain of events can be identified before it becomes a disaster.
This talk won The Institution of Structural Engineers Surrey Regional Group Peter Minett Award for the best talk of the 2018-2019 Season. In 2020 it won The Institution of Structural Engineers Sir Arnold Waters Medal.
The presentation is 60 minutes plus questions.
Speaker
Chris Shaw FIStructE
Consultant Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer, Consultancy.
Chris is a Fellow of The Institution of Structural Engineers, a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute. He is also a member of The Institution of Civil Engineers Structures Expert Panel, and one of their Continuing Professional Development auditors.
He devised the system for the correct placing of reinforcement in concrete, which was published as British Standard 7973 in 2001. He is responsible for the Standard and has presented Papers on the subject at four international conferences to date.
Chris also devised the system of differential incremental jacking for restoring walls, floors, and roofs back to their original positions, and has used this technique over many years.
For his work on the restoration of a Grade II* Listed Structure at The Royal Castle and Palace at Guildford, (which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument), using this technique, he won The Institution of Structural Engineers Surrey Branch Award and Prize, and was nominated for The Institution of Structural Engineers Sir Arnold Waters Medal.