About us

Risk and Safety in Civil Engineering
Focus of the work of the group (english)
Schwerpunkte der Forschungsgruppe (deutsch)

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Location

How to find us:
Our Offices are located on the Hönggerberg in Zürich
Building HIL Level E

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Contact

Our adress:

Institute of Structural Engineering IBK
Group Risk and Safety
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15
ETH Hönggerberg,
CH-8093 Zürich

Administration:

Margaretha Neuhaus: Chair of Risk and Safety: Finances and Human Resources and Master of Advanced Studies in Natural Hazards Management

Annette Walzer: ICASP11, JCSS and IFED

Activities

Research

• Management of Earthquake Risks using Condition Indicators
• Spatial Variability of Concrete Properties in Structural Elements
• Natural Hazards in an Alpine Valley
• Generic Approaches to Risk based Inspection planning for Steel Structures
• Failure Consequences and Reliability Acceptance Criteria for Exceptional Building Structures
• Basis for the Design of Timber Structures
• Indicators for the Durability and Service Life of Concrete Structures
• Residual Risks and Acceptance Criteria for Accidental Loading for Infrastructural Facilities
• SAFERELNET: Thematic Network

Teaching

• Risk and Safety in Civil Engineering
• Statistics and Probability Theory