Failure Analysis and Automated Forensic Tools Solutions

Based on Forensic Engineering Approach to support Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to understand the principal investment areas required to improve the resilience of rural transport infrastructure (roads and bridges) in Bangladesh, to both acute shocks and chronic stresses induced by multiple sources, presently and potentially in the future. The specific objectives of this assignment were: a) To develop a Failure Analysis methodology, including a “Automated Tool Kit” to help Local Government to identify key stages of the investigation, analysis and assign the appropriate failure responsibilities; b) To develop Guidance Material on Failure Analysis of Bridge and Road infrastructure, and; c) To set Build Back Better (BBB) Strategies.