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6.12 ENGINEERING RESPONSE TO FAILURES

TABLE 6.5 Sources of Project Documents
Architects and engineers involved in original design, modification, or repair of facility
Past and present owners
Past and present building managers
General contractor and/or construction manager for original construction, modification,
or repair of facility
Subcontractors involved in original construction, modification, or repair of facility
Developer of facility
Construction mortgagee of facility
Materials or systems suppliers for original construction, modification, or repair of facility
Previous or other current investigators
Building department
Testing agency involved in original construction, modification, or repair of facility

TABLE 6.6 Project-Specific Documents Used in Investigations
Contract drawings (including all revision issues thereof)
Structural (including progress prints)
Architectural (including progress prints)
Mechanical (HVAC)*
Electrical*
Plumbing*
Lighting*
Contract specifications
Technical sections of interest
General conditions
Supplementary general conditions
Special conditions
Contracts
Owner/architect
Architect/structural engineer
Contract revisions
Addenda
Bulletins
Field directives
Change orders
Any correspondence authorizing change to structure from contract requirements
Shop drawings and other submissions
Structural steel (detail drawings and erection drawings)
Bar joists and prefabricated trusses
Metal decking
Reinforcing bar
Product data
As-built drawings
Field and shop reports (including construction photos)
Structural steel inspection laboratory (including weld and bolt inspection)
Concrete inspection laboratory (reinforcing steel, formwork, concrete)
Concrete mix designs
Clerk of the works
Structural engineer
Architect