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Nov 1, 2001
Bad Engineering Yields Even Worse Lawsuits
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 15, Issue 4
Abstract
A civil engineer performed a condition evaluation of an eight-story building of approximately 1,500 m2 (16,000 ft2) per floor constructed in 1909 in downtown Milwaukee. Subsequent to the evaluation, a failed real estate transaction along with poor forensic engineering investigation and incomplete testing led to a lawsuit filed against the civil engineer. At a large cost for his defense, the civil engineer was exonerated in Milwaukee County Court.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 15 • Issue 4 • November 2001
Pages: 141 - 144
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Received: Nov 28, 2000
Published online: Nov 1, 2001
Published in print: Nov 2001
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John Frauenhoffer
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Pres., Frauenhoffer and Assoc. PC, 3002 Crossing Ct., Champaign, IL 61822.
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