The historical setting : Forensic engineering, the perspective from N. America / Kenneth L. Carper -- Learning from history / Lawrance Hurst -- Some lessons from the past / Poul Beckmann -- Applications of principles : Propping up Pisa / John Burland -- Applying lessons from failures to management and design / Jonathan G.M. Wood -- Learning from failures / J.C. Chapman -- Insurance and legal perspectives : Risk management from the lawyer's point of view / Diana Holtham -- Risk management from the lawyer's point of view, comments on US practice / Robert A. Rubin and Dana Wordes -- The technical investigation of failure, a marine industry perspective / J.S. Carlton and J.R. Maguire -- The role of risk assessment in failure investigations / S.B. Tietz -- Examples and case studies : Failures and vulnerabilities of reservoir control structures / Jack Lewin -- Diverse engineering failures / Alexander Kennaway -- Reinforced aircrete slabs / Satish Desai -- Lessons learned from the Oklahoma City Bombing / W. Gene Corley -- Failures of masts and towers / Brian W. Smith -- Precast concrete cladding and structural integrity / J.N.J.A. Vambersky and R. Sagel.