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Volume 165, Issue 3
August 2012
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering Cover Image for Volume 165, Issue 3
Review Article| August 01 2012

Briefing: Education to prepare for the practice of forensic engineering

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received: April 18 2012
Accepted: May 17 2012
Online ISSN: 2043-9911
Print ISSN: 2043-9903
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2012
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Forensic Engineering (2012) 165 (3): 111–113.
https://doi.org/10.1680/feng.12.00011
Article history
Received:
April 18 2012
Accepted:
May 17 2012

The education and practice of forensic structural engineering should have three goals: first, and foremost, to reduce the number and magnitude of failures; second, to apply effective and reliable methods of forensic analysis; and third, to provide technical support for the fair resolution of disputes.

Keywords: education & training, failures
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2012
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