TEMPORARY STRUCTURES IN CONSTRUCTION 3E

This in-depth, up-to-date reference for the engineering/construction community describes temporary structures used in design and construction—from scaffolding to retaining walls.

Temporary Structures in Construction, Third Edition offers practical coverage of scaffolding, formwork, shoring, ramps, platforms, earth-retaining structures, and other structures which are not part of the permanent installation. Temporary structures during construction are critical to the safety and reliability of the construction project. Improperly designed, constructed, and maintained temporary structures can result in tragic failures during the construction phase. This fully revised guide is an invaluable resource for professionals and students in construction and will aid in ensuring a safe construction site.

Temporary Structures in Construction, Third Edition features:

New developments in materials, methods, costs, professional and business practices, and legal positions in temporary structures work
Updated codes and regulations throughout
New chapter on environmental and construction loads with references to ASCE 37, Design Loads on Structures during Construction
New chapter on failures of temporary structures, with case studies and lessons learned
New chapter on construction cranes
More extensive treatment of construction site safety with interest to architects and engineers as well as contractors and owners
Heavily revised chapter on earth-retaining structures with extensive illustrations
More coverage of OSHA's role and failure statistics
Customary US units throughout, with SI units included in appropriate chapters

Robert Ratay, Ph.D., P.E., is a structural engineer in private practice in New York with more than 40 years of design, construction, and teaching experience, and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. His current practice and teaching are focused on the investigation and litigation support of structural and construction failures. Dr. Ratay has been an expert consultant/witness for engineers, contractors, owners, attorneys, and insurance companies in the investigation and litigation support of nearly 100 cases of temporary structure and other construction failures. Earlier in his career he had worked with such prominent engineering firms as Le Messurier Associates, Severud Associates, and HNTB, and had been Professor and Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department, then Dean of the School of Engineering at Pratt Institute, and a Professor at Polytechnic University (formerly Brooklyn Polytech