Notes on Safety Quality Assurance and Performance

Carl J. Turkstra

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DOI: 10.2190/9R4M-3WXA-MC9L-3BDV

Abstract

EDITOR'S NOTE Consideration of the environment and environmental systems has generally neglected the notion that we are fast approaching the time when not only will most of the threats to our environment be man-made, but the habitated environment itself will be largely man-made. From this perspective, concepts involving reliability, quality assurance, and human error, not in the vocabulary of environmentalists accustomed to dealing with natural systems will become increasingly important. The following commentary identifies some issues concerning human behavior and human error in the design of structures.

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