{"product_id":"the-mep-forensic-files-charles-nehme-9798246892701","title":"The MEP Forensic Files: Investigating and Solving Billion-Dollar Building Failures","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuildings do not fail suddenly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey fail quietly, slowly, and invisibly-until the day the failure becomes too big to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hospital loses pressurization and an operating theater is shut down.\u003cbr\u003eA data center overheats and millions of dollars of equipment go offline.\u003cbr\u003eA luxury tower suffers water damage floor after floor due to a drainage detail nobody reviewed.\u003cbr\u003eA brand-new facility, fully \"code compliant,\" becomes the center of lawsuits, insurance claims, and technical blame games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in almost every one of these cases, the real root cause is not dramatic.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not an explosion, nor an earthquake, nor a rare event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an MEP mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wrong assumption in load calculation.\u003cbr\u003eA sensor placed in the wrong location.\u003cbr\u003eA pipe slope drawn correctly but installed incorrectly.\u003cbr\u003eA control sequence that looked perfect on paper but fights the system in reality.\u003cbr\u003eA commissioning report that says \"OK\" while the system is already failing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not about design theory.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not about standards and codes.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not about ideal systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about \u003cb\u003ewhat happens when buildings fail in the real world\u003c\/b\u003e-and how a forensic MEP engineer reads those failures like a detective reads a crime scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see how small technical decisions lead to billion-dollar consequences.\u003cbr\u003eYou will understand why many failures are wrongly diagnosed.\u003cbr\u003eYou will learn how to identify the true root causes behind HVAC, plumbing, electrical, firefighting, and BMS disasters.\u003cbr\u003eMost importantly, you will learn how to prevent them before they happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the forensic files of buildings that went wrong-and the lessons they teach every engineer, contractor, consultant, and facility owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Nehme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246892701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Charles Nehme","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443149091071,"sku":"9798246892701","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_369813f4-78a4-4226-8bdb-0e8eddcf94e5.jpg?v=1777202164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mep-forensic-files-charles-nehme-9798246892701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}