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The Structural Engineer, Volume 71, Issue 21, 1993
With the advent of European structural Codes, there is a greater emphasis and dependence on partial safety factors as a means of ensuring adequate margins of safety. It is the opinion of the authors, however, that overemphasis on partial safety factors disguises the real risk of failure. Adjustments to partial safety factors affect serviceability and economy, but the existence of gross error in design or construction (or both) presents the greatest risk to public safety. S. Thorburn and E.W. MacArthur
Mr Immediate Past President, ladies and gentlemen. This is the first Ordinary Meeting of the Institution of the 1993-1994 session, and it is my privilege to address you as President for the first time. H.P.J. Taylor
Feedback from practising engineers to the Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) concerning potential failures would assist the maintenance and improvement of structural safety. The basis for this view is described below. J.B. Menzies