The Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities attempts to improve the quality of the constructed product through interdisciplinary communication. Papers examine the causes and consequences of failures and other performance problems.

The principal purpose of the Journal is to disseminate information on failures and performance deficiencies of constructed facilities. The term “failures” in this context may mean catastrophic events, but also includes any performance deficiency from which a significant lesson can be learned, such as serviceability problems. Both the technical causes and procedural causes of failures are of interest. Procedural causes include human errors in design, construction, and/or operation that allow the failures to occur.

The Journal welcomes manuscripts that deal with failures, methods of investigation of failures, special techniques for failure investigations, reconstruction and repair, and issues of ethics.

Also of interest are manuscripts on design and construction practices that could lead to or have led to failures. Papers that discuss the interface between various professionals in the construction industry are of special interest. Manuscripts discussing risk management and failure prevention techniques are also encouraged. In addition, manuscripts on monitoring the performance of existing facilities and maintenance of the infrastructure are within the intended scope of the Journal.

Prepared by Bridge Demolition Subcommittee of the Temporary Works Committee of the Construction Institute of ASCE

Bridge Demolition Engineering: Best Practices, MOP 157, proposes consistent industry standards by setting minimum expectations for what ...

Sponsored by the Task Committee on Substation Structural Design of the Electrical Transmission Structures Committee of the Special Design Issues Technical Administrative Committee of the Technical Activities Division of the Structural Engineering ...

Designing to the Strongest Ground Motions determines the strongest ground motions from data, rather than predictions, and discusses the design of structures to withstand the strongest ground motions. Future ground motions are highly uncertain, but the ...

Sponsored by the Social Science, Policy, Economics, Education, and Decision (SPEED) Committee of the Infrastructure Resilience Division of ASCE

Resilient and Sustainable Buildings, IRP 7, provides a high-level overview of the methods and outcomes of four ...

Wind Loads: Guide to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-22 provides a comprehensive overview of the wind load provisions in Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-22. It focuses on providing direction ...

Snow Loads: Guide to the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-22 supplies detailed, authoritative explanations of the snow load provisions contained in Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standard ASCE/SEI 7-22. ...

Sponsored by the Efficient Design of Spanning Trusses Task Committee of the Optimal Structural Design Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Efficient Design of Spanning Trusses: Charts and Tools ...

Selected papers from Structures Congress 2023, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3–6, 2023. Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE.

This collection contains 37 peer-reviewed papers on current structural engineering issues.

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Prepared by the Task Committee on Florida International University Bridge Collapse of the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE

Florida International University Pedestrian Bridge Collapse: Analysis of the ...

Prepared by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design, V1.1 presents recommended alternatives to the prescriptive ...

Proceedings of the 18th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, held in Denver, Colorado, April 25–28, 2022. Sponsored by the Aerospace Division of ASCE.

This proceedings contains ...

Prepared by the Peer Review Committee of the Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures of the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE

Procurement of Peer Review Services for Bridge Design Projects: Recommended ...

Selected papers from the Ninth Congress on Forensic Engineering, held in Denver, Colorado, November 4–7, 2022. Sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE.

This collection contains 122 peer-reviewed papers on a wide variety of forensic ...

Selected papers from the Ninth Congress on Forensic Engineering, held in Denver, Colorado, November 4–7, 2022. Sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE.

This collection contains 9 peer-reviewed papers on the founding and development of CROSS ...

Proceedings of the Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures Conference 2022, held in Orlando, Florida, October 2–6, 2022. Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE.

This collection contains 49 peer-reviewed papers on the analysis, ...