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The Associated Press August 4, 1982, Wednesday, PM cycle, Washington Dateline, 545 words, By JEFFREY
MILLS, Associated Press Writer
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The Associated Press
August 4, 1982, Wednesday, PM cycle
BYLINE: By JEFFREY MILLS, Associated Press
Writer
SECTION: Washington Dateline
LENGTH: 545 words
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
Architects and engineers should set up a system to
learn by the mistakes of their colleagues, a few of
which have caused fatal accidents, an attorney
specializing in liability cases involving buildings said
today.
"Little, if any, information on recent structural
failures has been made public," Barry LePatner,
who has represented many design professionals,
told
a
House
Science
and
Technology
subcommittee.
The panel is looking into causes of such failures as
the collapse of the pedestrian walkway at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Kansas City and the roof of the
Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut.
LePatner called on the nation's schools of
architecture and engineering to introduce courses
to analyze design and construction claims in much
the same way that graduate schools of business
study corporate failures and successes.
"It is through the mistakes of others that fledgling
architects and engineers can gain the insight and
foresight necessary to avoid their own errors in the
years ahead," he testified.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
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