International Conference Malta, 2001
The Conference in Malta, 2001, was a joint event of the international associations of civil engineering, CIB, ECCS,
fib, IABSE and RILEM; not a specialist conference, but a meeting place for 450 scientists and designers, from 50 countries, addressing the various aspects of safety, lifetime performance, and environmental aspects within design and operation of buildings and civil engineering structures:
• Structural Risk Assessment
• Risk Engineering
• Lessons from Failures
• Structural Codes
• Risk Acceptance Criteria
• Risk Control
• Assessment of Existing Structures
• Decision Support / Risk Communication
• Project, Construction and Operation Risks
• Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering
• Benchmark Studies.
The 390 abstracts in response to the "Call for papers", resulted in 171 papers, the written proceedings containing 145 papers, printed in full (6 pages each), and about 26 long abstracts (2 pages each). The CD features all papers in full. The scope of the papers is wide. On the one hand, classical structural reliability aspects are covered, including codification of structural analysis, assessment of existing structures and geotechnical analysis. On the other, there are many papers dealing with items like risk analysis, acceptance criteria, decision support systems and risk communication. The relationship between structure-related risks and ethical, legal and insurance considerations is also presented. The proceedings of this conference are a valuable contribution to the process of making better and more rational risk-related decisions in civil engineering and building construction.
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Conference - Report Malta, 2001 (book+ CD)
171 contributions in English
944 Pages
Format: 170 x 240 mm
ISBN: 3-85748-102-4
Published: March 2001
Price (book and CD):
IABSE Members: CHF 125.-
Non-Members: CHF 215.-
Including mailing costs.
