Engineering Disasters ? Lessons to be Learned showsthat there is always something to be learned from disasters. Inthis practical and highly relevant text Don Lawson has provided Thoroughly researched accounts of well-known disasters andfailures worldwide Valuable interpretative sections, drawing out the lessons to belearned in each case Examples from a wide range of industries Background information and views of other experts in thefield An excellent source of references for further study Common threads and conclusions from accidentinvestigations Humans design, build, operate, use, maintain and can wreckengineering products. Humans are fallible. Engineers have to takeinto account all the potential failures of people, including otherengineers, as well as failures of equipment and materials. Design engineering is a structured process using both art andscience to create new or improved products ? building onexperience, bad as well as good. Failure occurs when something orsomeone fails to perform to expectations.