Measures for structural safety - Modelling the human error influence on temporary falsework during the design and construction

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

K.H.G. van de Loo Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Contributors

K.C. Terwel Applied Mechanics - CEG (mentor)
X. Ren (mentor)
Faculty
Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Civil Engineering & Geosciences
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Published Date

08-07-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Abstract

Within the Netherlands, the building industry is startled every couple of years by an impactful structure collapse. Even though over the years, a large amount of structural failure investigation reports and studies have provided abundant lessons, regulations, and good practices, structural failures still occur occasionally. The question arises why the existing control measures and regulations have not led to safer building industry, with fewer (or none) structural failures.
A Human Reliability Assessment method is applied on a case study to test the effectiveness of control measures to increase the structural safety of temporary falsework. The control measures are self-checking, third-party check, and construction check.
Overall, this research has provided a framework to determine the effectiveness of control measures when dealing with human errors. It is possible to perform sensitivity analysis on project tasks, to find out when control measures are most effective. Therefore, this research brings the practical application of HRA models in the building industry a step further.

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