The safety of big workmanship

This book brings together the contributions of a colloquium given in memory of Pierre Londe (1922-1999) and dealing with the safety of big workmanship. The main topics concern: the 3-D under pressure water flow inside fractured environments; Rion-Antarion bridge: reliability and para-seismic design of foundations; Rion-Antarion bridge: design and realization; geology and safety of dams; risk assessment; salt storage cavities: evaluation of tightness; safety of tunnels supporting in deformed rock massifs: application to the El Achir tunnel; instability risk of rock formations on the natural slopes of the Alps; safety approach applied to the civil engineering of nuclear facilities; lessons learnt from the accidents of offshore platforms; the engineer in front of the natural hazards; science and regulation. (J.S.)