Project Overview

The duty of the structural engineer is to design and build safe, reliable, functional, and cost efficient structures such as buildings, bridges, towers, etc. Regrettably, not all structures have been safe or functional and there have been some structural failures in the past that have led to many losses of innocent lives in addition to economic losses. The study of past structural failures is important because it helps us to avoid repeating the mistakes that led to those failures and allows us to learn broader lessons. 

The project will focus on learning from past structural failures by creating a formal report. Research must be conducted to first determine which events will be included in the report as well as furthering our knowledge of the event. Overall we must determine the importance of the event, the cause of the structural failure and the impact that it had on structural designing.