Structures 2005: Metropolis and Beyond: Proceedings of the 2005 Structures Congress and the 2005 Forensic Engineering Symposium held in New York, NY, April 20-24, 2005

This proceedings, Structures 2005: Metropolis & Beyond, contains 261 papers, all of which were presented at the 2005 Structures Congress and the 2005 Forensic Engineering Symposium held in New York, NY, April 20-24, 2005. One of the largest ever organized, the technical program of the Congress included 10 tracks covering the following topics: Design and Analysis o Bridges o Buildings o Business and Professional Practice in Structural Engineering o Codes and Standards o Construction and Constructability o Education o Forensic Engineering o International. In addition, this proceedings contains papers from special sessions featuring local NYC bridge and building engineering projects. This Congress was organized by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering.