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Engineering, Building, & Architectural Malpractice
Claims
(Building and Bridge Collapse)
Engineering,
building, and architectural malpractice can lead to
devastating accidents including a building collapse, bridge
collapse, plant explosion, or dam burst. These
accidents can cause catastrophic damages, severe
injuries and even mass deaths. In living next to large
dams or industrial plants, driving on bridges, and using
large building, we need to have them design and built
correctly. Cheap building products, defective building
practices, negligent designs, or short cuts taken in the
design or building process are all examples of engineering,
building, and architectural malpractice that can lead to a
serious accident and extremely dangerous situations.
If one or
more of your family
members have been killed or injured in a building collapse,
plant explosion, dam burst, or bridge collapse, you may have
an engineering, building, or architectural
malpractice. If so,
feel free to contact Texas engineering, building, or
architectural malpractice Lawyer Jason
Coomer
via e-mail or submission
form for a free online review of your potential
engineering, building, or architectural malpractice
claim.
Building, Dam, Bridge,
Stadium, and Other Structural Collapse Claims
Several
factors can cause a building, dam, bridge, stadium, or other
major structural collapse. Some of the major factors
include:
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Bad Design
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Faulty Construction
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Foundation Failure
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Extraordinary Loads
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Unexpected Failure Modes
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Combination of Causes
When a major structural collapse occurs, it
is important to investigate the cause of the collapse to
make sure that it does not happen again.
Engineering,
Architectural, and Design Malpractice Claims
In our
modern society we can design huge sky scrapers, large
buildings, stadiums, huge dams, bridges, industrial plants,
and other large structures that dominate our surroundings.
These structures if designed incorrectly can cause
devastating accidents that can cause immense damage as well
as mass death and injuries. Mistakes in load bearing
parts of the structure can cause the building, parking
garage, stadium, dam, or bridge to completely collapse.
These
mistakes whether caused by the an negligent engineer or
incompetent architect can create mass destruction that
destroys or severely damages the lives of innocent people
that are in the wrong place at the wrong time. In
investigating the cause of a building or bridge collapse, it
is important to look at the work of the engineer firm and
architectural firm that designed the structure as well as
the construction company that actually built the structure.
Negligent Builders and
Construction Company Claims
Negligent
Builders and Construction Companies doe not always follow
building designs or use quality construction materials or
construction practices. Failure to follow an
engineer's or architect's plans can result in structure
failure causing all or parts of a building, bridge, dam,
parking garage, stadium, or other structure to fail and
collapse. These structure failures are the result of a
negligent builder or careless construction company and can
result in a
construction accident or can lay dormant and hidden
until the structure is stress by environmental factors such
as weather, nearby construction, or heavy traffic.
These
negligent construction companies sometimes use defective
construction products including faulty fill in the
foundation, bad cement, or unsound or weak metal that are
less expensive but can cause serious foundation and
structural failures.
Building, Bridge, and
Structural Maintenance
Structural
failures can also be caused by poor building maintenance.
Failure to upkeep a building can cause serious problems.
Over time large buildings, bridges, stadiums, and other
structures start to break down. It is important that
regular inspections are done to prevent small problems from
becoming major problems where parts or whole structures may
collapse. Building owners, building managers, and
building maintainers should all be aware of building
maintenance especially in older buildings.
From serious
structural problems to fire code violations and disruption
of utilities, commercial buildings that are not correctly
maintained can cause significant problems for both
commercial and residential tenants. For more
information on residential or commercial real estate claims
please feel free to go to our
residential real estate page
and commercial real estate
page.
Working with Other
Structural Collapse Lawyers
In handling
engineering, design, building, and maintenance problems that
lead to building collapse claims, bridge collapse claims, industrial
accident claims, chemical
plant explosion claims, chemical release claims, large warehouse
fire claims, and pipeline explosion claims and other mass tort claims
that cause mass destruction, death, personal injuries, and significant damage,
it is important to have a good team of lawyers.
Texas structural collapse Lawyer works with lawyers
throughout texas, the United States and around the World to
handle large catastrophic damages. Because of our global economy, these
structural accidents and industrial accidents
can take place any place in the United States or in the
World, but be caused by greedy corporations and negligent
people in Texas or other parts of the United States.
In many instances following a large
structural collapse or
industrial accident the families of the victims have a
difficult time locating a Texas building collapse Lawyer
or United States bridge collapse Lawyer
to handle accidental death claims, personal injury claims,
or property damage claims against Texas corporations or
United States corporations that
made negligent safety decisions including negligent design,
building, or maintenance policies. Working with other
Texas engineering and design malpractice lawyers, Texas
negligent construction company lawyers, international
building collapse lawyers, and other United States
construction accident lawyers, Jason Coomer is able to assist
people that have suffered the loss of family members,
serious personal injuries, and significant property damage
from large industrial accidents.
Under Texas law those
that make money and design or build defective buildings,
dams, bridges, pipelines, or other structures have a
responsibility for negligent or careless action that causes
a building, dam, bridge, or other structure that collapses. They also have a duty to
actively work to minimize dangers that they are aware of
that could kill, poison, burn, or injure people or cause
significant damage to property. Further, careless people or
businesses that have made decisions to save money and these
decisions have resulted in a catastrophic industrial
accident or building collapse should be held responsible for there actions.
Families, businesses, and communities that have suffered
significant damages from large explosions, chemical spills,
fires, train derailments, flooding, building collapse,
bridge collapse, stadium foundation failure, or other large industrial
accident need to be compensated. In some circumstances
injured people, the family of a lost loved one, or a
businesses can recover damages under Texas law.
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