Author : Stanley D. Kaplan
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ISBN 13 : 9781537062570
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (625 download)
Book Synopsis An Engineer's Journey - Revised by : Stanley D. Kaplan
Download or read book An Engineer's Journey - Revised written by Stanley D. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Engineer's Journey: From Structural Design to Analysis of Construction Failures" is a set of professional articles -- some previously published, some included in this book in draft form.Consolidated into a mostly chronological order, these documents constitute a part technical memoir, part personal and professional biography.It has been a journey as Stanley Kaplan's professional life spanned the three countries he has called home: South Africa, Israel and the United States.It has also been a journey philosophically as his work evolved from structural engineering to the application of a general systems theory for the construction industry, and then to extensive work in analyzing the causes of construction failures in insurance claims.The more he researched case studies of construction failures and claims, the more evident it became that a significant part of the problems that are prevalent in the construction industry stem from the shortcomings of human behavior throughout the construction process, from inception to completion.