Effectiveness and maintenance of technical avalanche protection measures in Switzerland

Margreth S
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Margreth, S. (2019). Effectiveness and maintenance of technical avalanche protection measures in Switzerland. In International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows (pp. 1-8). Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland.
https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:21556

In Switzerland, supporting structures are the most important structural avalanche protection measure with replacement costs of around CHF 1.5 billion. The analysis of the snow-rich winter 2018 gave new insights into the effectiveness and vulnerability of protective measures. The effectiveness and maintenance are important aspects in the service life of a protective measure. For efficient maintenance, a register of protective structures and periodic inspections are required. In future, maintenance will be more important than the construction of new protective measures.

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Publication Type

Proceedings Paper

Title

Effectiveness and maintenance of technical avalanche protection measures in Switzerland

Author(s)

Margreth, Stefan (Snow Avalanches and Prevention)

Conference Proceedings

International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows

Editor(s)

(editor)

Publisher

Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland

Publication Place

Reykjavik

Start Page

1

End Page

8

Publication Year

2019

Conference

International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows

Conference Place

Siglufjörður

Conference Date

April 3-5, 2019