The September Ethical Dilemma: Designed for his own bid?

Engineer Arthur, a principal in a local consulting engineering firm, practicing as a professional corporation, who also is a principal owner in a construction contracting firm, prepared plans and specifications for the design...

By |2023-02-22T08:25:53-06:00September 19th, 2022|Ethical Dilemma|13 Comments

The Flixborough Works of Nypro Explosion and Fire

"I felt the blast from a terrific explosion which had occurred somewhere behind me. The blast was such that it threw me full length across the road. Debris then began to fall all around me, and I was covered with oil which fell out of the sky," a worker ...

By |2023-02-17T11:58:46-06:00July 28th, 2022|Friday Famous Failures|1 Comment