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CHAPTER 8
DESIGN ERRORS,
CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS,
AND PROJECT
MISCOMMUNICATION
Najib N. Abboud, Ph.D., P.E.; Anurag Jain, Ph.D., P.E., SECB
and Matthys Levy, P.E.
INTRODUCTION 8.1
DESIGN ERRORS AND OMISSIONS 8.2
Range of Design Errors 8.2
Structural Systems or Concepts, and Load Paths 8.2
Incorrect Loads or Incorrect Assessment of Load Effects 8.2
Structural Analyses and Calculations 8.2
Design Detailing 8.2
Clarity and Completeness of Designs 8.3
Did a Bolt Collapse an Arena 8.3
The Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse 8.5
Problem Winds 8.8
Stiffness Compatibility: Concrete Frame and CMU Shearwall
Building in an Earthquake 8.12
CONSTRUCTION-PHASE COMMUNICATIONS 8.14
Shop Drawings and Submittals Review 8.15
Contractor Requests for Information 8.16
Engineer Design Changes and Contractor Substitutions 8.17
CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS IN DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS 8.18
Wood Structures 8.18
Masonry Structures 8.20
Concrete Structures 8.21
Consequences of Thermal Loading in a Parking Garage 8.24
Steel Structures 8.24
CLOSURE 8.27
REFERENCES 8.27
INTRODUCTION
Why and how things go wrong with a structure? This chapter attempts to discuss and illus-
trate some of these failures at different stages of the design and construction of projects. As
such, it is organized in three sections covering design errors and omissions, construction
8.1
