Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/1907

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Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations

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This volume considers engineering risk analysis applications to the field of building safety. Building codes and design criteria used by architects and engineers—standards of good practice defined by industry consensus—have made great strides in bringing the dangers of facilities under control, but the range of hazards (e.g., fire, indoor air pollutants, electrical malfunctions) is broad. Risk analysis offers improved overall safety of new and existing facilities without imposing unacceptable costs.

Broad application of risk analysis will help facility professionals, policymakers, and facility users and owners to understand the risks, to determine what levels of risk are socially and economically tolerable, and to manage risk more effectively.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems; Committee on Risk Appraisal in the Development of Facilities Design Criteria; Bruce D. McDowell and Andrew C. Lemer, Editors

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Engineering and Technology —Construction: Design, Research, Planning

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National Research Council. 1991. Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1907.

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84 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04680-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/1907

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xvi
1. Introduction	1-6
2. Risk and its Analysis in and around Buildings	7-16
3. Using Risk Analysis to Enhance Building Safety and Protect Property Values	17-26
4. Opportunities for Enhancing Safety and Protecting Values	27-34
5. Findings and Conclusions	35-40
References and Selected Bibliography on Data and Methods for Risk Analysis of Constructed Facilities	41-48
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	49-52
Appendix B: Current Recognition of Risk and Risk-Based Design at Selected Federal Agencies	53-56
Appendix C: Illustrative Risk Analysis Procedures	57-62
Appendix D: Probablistic Risk Assessment	63-64

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