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.
- Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
- Contents
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- SOURCE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY
- FOCUS AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
- 2 RISK AND ITS ANALYSIS IN AND AROUND BUILDINGS
- DEFINING RISK
- SOURCES OF RISK
- MECHANISMS USED TO LIMIT RISK
- ACHIEVING GREATER SAFETY
- WEIGHING RISK AND COSTS
- 3 USING RISK ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE BUILDING SAFETY AND PROTECT PROPERTYVALUES
- LOGIC AND PROCESS OF BUILDING RISK ANALYSIS
- NEED FOR INFORMATION AND DATA
- BENEFITS AND COSTS OF RISK REDUCTION
- INSTITUTIONAL SETTING FOR SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
- 4 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCING SAFETY AND PROTECTING VALUES
- AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY
- OVERCOMING LACK OF DATA FOR RISK ANALYSIS
- MOBILIZING FOR RISK ANALYSIS
- COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC
- 5 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
- BUILDING SAFETY AND RISK
- AN ANALYSIS PROCESS
- BROADER USE OF RISK ANALYSIS
- REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON DATA AND METHODS FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES
- APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
- APPENDIX B CURRENT RECOGNITION OF RISK AND RISK-BASED DESIGN AT SELECTED FEDERAL AGENCIES
- TYPES AND SOURCES OF RISKS
- CHARACTERIZING AND ASSESSING RISK
- MANAGEMENT AND LIMITATION OF RISK
- APPENDIX C ILLUSTRATIVE RISK ANALYSIS METHODS
- PRELIMINARY HAZARD ANALYSIS
- FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS
- CRITICALITY ANALYSIS
- EVENT TREES
- FAULT TREES
- APPENDIX D PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT42
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