AK2023 Risk- and Safety Analysis in Building 7.5 credits

The course consists of lectures and exercises. The lectures cover:

• Introduction. The development of
• Decision-theoretic aspects on risk
• Risk and uncertainty, different definitions
• Facts and values in technical risk assessment
• Risk and ethics. Risk communication
• The conditions, possibilities and limitations of risk analysis
• Technical risk analysis
• Building regulations
• Methods for safety analysis of buildings 1-3
• Environmental and health risk of building materials
• Work environment risks in building and construction work
• Fire in buildings
• Maintenance from a safety perspective
• Safety in bridges and steel constructions
• Geotechnical risks – above and below ground
• Tools for analysing geotechnical risks

The course provides basic knowledge about risk and safety in building and in construction work. After completing the course, students should have acquired good knowledge about the most important risk and safety issues in this field of technology. Students should also have acquired understanding of basic concepts in the analysis of societal risks and of basic principles for technical safety management. Students should also be able to apply these concepts and principles in analysis of actual buildings and other structures.

TBA

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

• PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Written exam, 4,5 hp, Exercises, 3,0 hp.

John Cantwell

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.