Workshop on Codes of Practice in Delft, Netherlands (30 November – 1 December 2012)

A workshop on “Safety Concepts and Calibration of Partial Factors in European and North American Codes of Practice” was held in Delft, Netherlands in from 30 November to 1 December this year. TC304 members Gordon Fenton and Timo Schweckendiek were co-organizers of the workshop.

The objective of this workshop was to transfer knowledge between European and North American experts on safety concepts and calibration of Codes of Practice. The speakers were asked to describe their national approach as well as the code choices made in terms of design practice, partial factor values and target reliability levels. The overall aim was to identify advantages and limitations as well as similarities and differences between the code approaches and, thereby, to get an overview of the state-of-the-art and to generate ideas for future developments.

A summary of the workshop, the presentations, pictures and other details can be found on the workshop website: http://geo.citg.tudelft.nl/workshop_delft_homepage/workshop_delft.html

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