Feld, Kaminetzky & Cohen, P.C. Consulting Engineers | Technical Articles|Three Orphans

	PARTIAL PUBLICATIONS LIST Convention Center Steel Truss Collapse Structural Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bunkers in High Speed Balancing Facilities Shoring and Reshoring for Multistory Concrete Buildings Construction Loads and Serviceability Requirements: Deflection Control, Span/Thickness Limitations Early-Age Concrete: Construction Loads, Behavior, and Failures When Should Concrete Cylinder Test Results be Questioned? Construction Load Analysis of Slabs and Shores Using Microcomputers Equivalent Frame Analysis of Concrete Buildings During Construction Formwork for Architectural Concrete at North River Water Pollution Control Plant Shoring/Reshoring Operations for Multistory Buildings Three Orphans


			THREE ORPHANS Dov Kaminetzky ACI Concrete International, Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1988 Identifies three troublesome areas in the construction industry where unclear definition of responsibility sometimes results in failure, which is followed by long and difficult disputes and often litigation. These areas, referred to as orphans because nobody wants to take responsibility, are formwork design, precast and prestressed concrete design, and masonry design. Three case histories involving these categories are described, covering technical details of the failures, descriptions of the failure investigations, identification of causes leading to the failures, and issues of responsibility.