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A critical skill for any engineer is the ability to learn from failures. In particular, case studies exist all around us that should be studied and understood in order to improve the outcome of our future engineering practice. Not all failures are the same, nor do they have the same implications for corrective engineering. Consider the following quality value stream:
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Running Head: QUALITY OF ENGINEERING PROBE: DEE BRIDGE
Quality of Engineering Probe: Dee Bridge
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QUALITY OF ENGINEERING PROBE: DEE BRIDGE
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Quality of Engineering Probe: Dee Bridge
Engineering mishaps can be of detrimental impacts, and the role of quality engineers is to
ensure that there is no breakdown in the value stream to prevent accidents such as those that have
been experienced in the past. The collapse of the Dee Bridge in 1847 is one of the most
remarkable quality engineering catastrophes that contemporary designers can draw valuable
lessons from and ensure that a repeat of what happened in avoided. To understand the case, it is
critical to expound on the happenings that preceded the breakdown of the bridge and the
probable engineering mistakes that played a hand in the collapse. Analyzing the issue based on
the part of the quality stream that the designers failed to uphold is also critical while also
identifying what ought to have to be done differently to prevent a recurrence of the issue in the
future.
Dee Bridge Case
The Dee Bridge was designed to facilitate the movement of goods across the Dee River
by renowned engineer Robert Stephenson who would be later be faulted for the accident that
claimed five fatalities. The bridge was launched in 1846 through a remarkable celebration, but
this would soon be cut short in 1847 as it collapsed after a passenger train passed over it ("Dee
Bridge | Failure Case Studies", 2013). Robert Stephenson had just reinforced the bridge with
track ballast not so long before its collapse, thus giving quality engineers a hard time determining
what would have caused the failure of such a well-strengthened structure...