Learning from safety in other industries

KC Terwel; W Zwaard

Learning from safety in other industries

Steel & Composite Structures

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Abstract

The Dutch building industry has been shocked by some major structural accidents during the last 10 years with buildings during construction as well as with delivered buildings. Several initiatives were started to improve the safety. In other industries the safety awareness seemed to be more developed. In this article the Dutch building sector is compared with the aviation industry and
(chemical) process industry, to see which safety influencing factors can be improved for the building industry. It appears that the risks in relation to a building after completion are fairly low, comparable to the other industries. On the other hand the approach towards safety in the building industry is relatively undeveloped, which gives starting points for improvement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global thinking in structural engineering: Recent achievements
Place of Publication	Zurich
Publisher	International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Pages	33-40
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Global thinking in structural engineering: Recent achievements, IABSE conference 2012, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Zurich Duration: 7 May 2012 → 9 May 2012

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Publisher	International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

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Conference	Global thinking in structural engineering: Recent achievements, IABSE conference 2012, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Period	7/05/12 → 9/05/12

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Keywords

structural safety
building process
safety in industries

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Learning from safety in other industries IABSE Cairo 2013 author versionAccepted author manuscript, 147 KB

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Learning from safety in other industries

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