Human Error and Reliability of Multistory Reinforced-Concrete Building Construction

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-20

  Epaarachchi, Deepthi C ^a   Stewart, Mark G ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

building; civil engineering; concrete; construction; errors; human factors

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CONCRETE COVER; ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS; HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN RELIABILITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE; SYSTEM RISK;

ERRORS;

EID: 82455191190     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2004)18:1(12)     Document Type: Article

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