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Application of Risk Analysis in the Decision-making Process of Construction Activities

Karel Kubecka
Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series
2008, Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 27-44
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Every human activity is burdened with a certain degree of risk. In the activity collectively referred to as "construction", we face a number of risks. By construction risk we mostly understand a possible risk of a technical nature. We perceive this risk as a measure of the risk of injury, damage or failure in various ways, usually depending on the field of human activity. In the construction industry, the degree of risk, ie the probability of damage or failure of building structures, is eliminated by the relevant normative regulations, which means that this degree of risk is largely covered by standard provisions, compliance with which ensures the elimination of probable risks to a socially and economically acceptable level, or covers them completely in compliance with the provisions of the standards. If we express a risk in any relevant way, then this risk is a kind of identifier - a mark of a building and we are able to continue working with it. If we have the task of compiling the order of objects in a given locality and we are faced with the decision to determine the order of objects for remediation and, on the other hand, for demolition, then the use of risk analysis is a relevant decision tool.
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