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1 Failing structures – Structural Safety revisited2 Deterministic versus stochastic thinking3 An introduction to Structural Reliability4 Safety – A matter of risk, cost, and consensus 5 Reducing the chance of Human Error

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0Literature:• J. Schneider: "Introduction to Safety and Reliability of

Structures", Chapter 1, Structural Engineering Documents, SED 5, IABSE, Zurich, 1997, Second Edition 2006

Jörg SchneiderProfessor emeritus,

Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyZurich

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About the lecturer:Jörg SCHNEIDER ...

• was born in 1934 in Cologne, Germany,

• Professor for Structural Engineering at ETH since 1967. Research interests in safety and reliability of structures, with special emphasis on human error. In recent years, also interested in risk and safety of transport systems. Retired from ETH in 1999.

• joined the contracting firm Stahlton/BBRV in 1963. Involved in design and development of prestressed and precast concrete structures.

• Member of the Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS) since 1979, its President from 1990 to 1994.

• Member of IABSE since 1968. Active in many committees of IABSE. Vice-President from 1993 to 2001. Honorary Member of IABSE since 2002.

• founded, in 1999, together with a few friends, the consulting office Risk&Safety AG, Aarau, Switzerland.

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• went to Switzerland in 1955, studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, and received civil engineering degree in 1958,

• and worked as an assistant at ETH for four years,

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The Aim of the Lectures ...is not ...• to tell everything• to tell all what you reasonably should know to

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• to raise your interest in the subject• to make you thinking

• to keep things easy and understandable

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The Building Process ...Start:• First thougths of the client believing that a problem might

be solved by erecting and running a structure, plant, whatsoever.

Intermediate steps:• Planning,• Design,• ...• Erection,• Operation.

End:• Taking out of operation,• Demolishing of structure• Cleaning up the site.

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