Understanding Human Errors in Construction Industry: Where, When, How and Why We Make Mistakes

本書提供了對工程中人為錯誤的起源和影響的分析。透過日常建設和大型事故的案例，說明了與錯誤產生相關的情況，以及預防這些錯誤的策略，最終目標是盡量減少成本超支、延誤和事故的發生。

本書討論了與錯誤易發性相關的情況，回顧了約六十起真實建設中的事故或險些發生的事件，系統性分析了238起工程系統中的大型事故，從心理學的角度探討了人類表現失誤的起源，以及管理與錯誤易發性之間的關係。

Raphael Moura is a Regulatory Specialist and Researcher focused on the key elements of an effective safety management system at high-risk facilities, including human factors. He is Superintendent for R&D and Environment at the Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels -- ANP. Dr. Moura is also editor of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering. His industrial experience includes 8 years as Technician and as Engineer, designing offshore facilities for civilian and military applications.

Franz Knoll has continuously been involved in research about human errors in construction. He has been the voice of the practice, being a practical engineer himself during most of his career of more than 60 years. In his publications and lectures, he has discussed strategies and methods to limit the frequency of human errors (gross errors as recognized by Gauss) and their effect on the quality and proneness to accidents in construction work.

​Michael Beer is Professor and Head of the Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. His research activity focuses on uncertainty quantification in engineering with emphasis on imprecise probabilities. He is Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A Civil Engineering and Part B Mechanical Engineering. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering (Springer 2015). He is Chairman of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) and Co-Chair of Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee (RRMC), Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD), ASCE; he is serving on the Executive Board of the International Safety and Reliability Association (IASSAR) and on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM).

Raphael Moura 是一位專注於高風險設施有效安全管理系統關鍵要素的法規專家和研究員，包括人因因素。他是巴西國家石油、天然氣和生物燃料局（ANP）的研發與環境部門主管。Moura 博士同時也是 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering 的編輯。他的工業經驗包括擔任技術員和工程師 8 年，設計民用和軍用的海上設施。

Franz Knoll 持續參與有關建築中人為錯誤的研究。他在超過 60 年的職業生涯中大部分時間都是一名實務工程師，因而成為實務的代言人。在他的出版物和演講中，他討論了限制人為錯誤（如高斯所認可的重大錯誤）頻率及其對建築工作質量和事故傾向影響的策略和方法。

Michael Beer 是德國漢諾威大學風險與可靠性研究所的教授及所長。他的研究活動專注於工程中的不確定性量化，特別是對不精確概率的強調。他是 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems 的主編，該期刊分為 A 部分土木工程和 B 部分機械工程。他還曾擔任《地震工程百科全書》（Springer 2015）的主編。他是歐洲安全與可靠性協會（ESRA）的主席，以及 ASCE 基礎設施韌性部門（IRD）風險與韌性測量委員會（RRMC）的共同主席；他還在國際安全與可靠性協會（IASSAR）的執行委員會和國際概率安全評估與管理協會（IAPSAM）的董事會任職。