英语论文Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Civil Engineering.pdfVIP

SAFSAF EETY, RISK, RELIABILITYTY, RISK, RELIABILITY -- TRENDS IN ENGINEERING TRENDS IN ENGINEERING MALTA 2001MALTA 2001 Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Civil Engineering Ton VROUWENVELDER Roger LOVEGROVE Milan HOLICKY Professor Mathematician Civil Engineer TNO/TU Delft BRE Klockner Institute Delft, The Netherlands Watford, UK Prague, Czech Rep. Peter TANNER Gerard CANISIUS Civil Engineer Civl Engineer CSIC BRE Madrid, Spain Watford, UK Summary This paper summarises parts of a study carried out by Working Group WG32 of CIB into presently applied methods of risk management related to civil engineering and building structures. The complete study is reported in CIB Publication 259. The report gives an overview of advanced and simplified risk analysis techniques and criteria for risk acceptance. Then attention is given to the aspects of communication with the public and the authorities. Finally a number of practical cases are discussed. The cases are used to evaluate the theoretical issues of the first chapters. This conference paper concentrates primarily on the acceptance and communication aspects. Keywords: Risk management, risk analysis, risk acceptance, risk communication 1. Introduction To an engineer, the “risk” associated with a hazard is a combination of the probability that that hazard will occur and the consequences of that hazard. Consequences to be considered include injury or loss of life, reconstruction costs, loss of economic activity, environmental losses, e