A system designed for disaster
An explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery illustrated how an organisation’s structure can undermine the effective management of process safety ...
Tag: forensic engineering
Taking the guesswork out of flood and escape of liquid damage assessment
A government enquiry into flooding insurance delivered some stern warnings to the industry. Now, one engineering firm and industry body ...
Why engineering workplace safety needs to move beyond hard hats and hi-vis
Engineers play a key role in keeping workers safe. Safety specialists weighed in on how to meet this challenge in ...
Industry-driven protocol will help quantify fire risks from cladding
Combustible cladding, which caused Melbourne’s Lacrosse building and London’s Grenfell Tower fires, could be present in thousands of buildings across ...
Morandi Bridge collapse raises questions about the safety of ageing infrastructure
The collapse of the Ponte Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, last week was one felt around the world, and has ...
Can forensic engineering teach you to think like a detective?
Want to help solve engineering mysteries? Lessons in forensic engineering are helping students think like detectives to learn more about ...
