Contents

Introduction

Overview

The Bayesian view of extreme events
Allan McRobie (Cambridge University)

Hazards in the leisure industry
A P Mann (Jacobs Babtie)

External hazards for nuclear facilities
John Mills (Jacobs Babtie)

Ship impact - Flexural strain enregy or good insurance
Dr. John Tubman (Scott Wilson)

Designing a Suspension Bridge for the Consequences of Hazards…
Andrew Martin (Arup)

Risk analysis and the acceptable probability of failure
Will Duckett (Gifford)

Is risk assessment the right answer
Stuart Alexander (WSP Group)

Structural vulnerability and robustness
J. Agarwal (University of Bristol)

Proposal for an alternative to ultimate limit state design that will…
Mike Byfield (University of Southampton)

Failures from hazards. A short review
Jonathan G M Wood (Structural Studies & Design Ltd)

Insights and observations into the recent collapse at Charles de…
Henry Bardsley (RFR)

Whether to Strengthen? Risk Analysis for Strengthening Decision-…
Robin Spence & Andrew Brown (Cambridge Architectural Research) &…

Hazard loading in the nuclear industry
Chris Bolton (British Nuclear Group)

Hazards and computational structural mechanics finding the right…
Roger S Crouch (University of Sheffield)

Vehicle collision loading criteria for bridge piers
Ron Ko (Highways Agency)

Designig for impact loads specified in different ways
Angus Low (Arup)