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Inspection Goes High Tech
Many believe that rehabilitation of the existing infrastructure�not net construction�will dominate the 1990s. Therefore, accurate condition assessment is crucial, since public works agencies...

Computer-Monitored Grouting
With grouting operations going on at many locations around the clock on a typical large dam-foundation project, how do you make sure that the designed mix is always being used and as-built...

Cables Not in Trouble
Cable-stayed bridges in the U.S. are not, contrary to reports widely disseminated in the press several years ago, about to fail from corrosion. The design, in which primary cables support...

State Legislative Concerns Relative to Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulation
States have increasingly asserted their authority to regulate hazardous materials transportation, in the face of inadequate and declining federal efforts. Areas of state interest include...

Dangerous Goods Emergency Response?The Western Australian Experience
A general overview of the State of Western Australia including: the legal framework of the Dangerous Goods and Emergency response management scenarios; particular problems unique to the...

Risk Management in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods?The Influence of Public Perception A Discussion
In 1988, a fire at Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec involving a PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) warehouse sparked continuing controversy which included a two-week evacuation of residents....

Developing High-Risk Scenarios and Countermeasure Ideas for Mitigation of Hazardous Materials Incidents
Kansas State University (KSU) conducted a comprehensive study of the development of a set of prioritized, extreme-risk scenarios, the development of a set of feasible, practical and implementable...

Risk Perception and Policy Preferences of Fire Chiefs: A Survey of Hazardous Materials Issues
This paper presents the results of a survey of Connecticut fire chiefs and discusses how their perceptions of risk affect their attitudes towards risk preparedness and risk management...

Hazardous Materials Data: A Federal Perspective
This paper discusses the evolution and current status of the Hazardous Materials Incident Report System (HMIRS) maintained by the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) of...

Flows of Hazardous Materials Through States by Rail
This paper presents information on the tonnages of hazardous materials passing through each of the contiguous 48 states (and the District of Columbia) by rail. The quantities are estimated...

Issues in Developing Arizona's Hazmat Incident Reporting Program
The Arizona Division of Emergency Services (ADES), in cooperation with Arizona State University (ASU) - Center for Advanced Research in Transportation, and the Arizona Department of Transportation...

Developing a HazMat Incident Evaluation Program
This paper describes the Illinois Hazardous Materials Incident Evaluation Program. The history, development strategies, implementation, forms for reporting, screening and data input, and...

Canadian Database Development as a Support Tool to Transport Risk Assessment
The Risk Management Branch of the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate supports a multi-modal safety program for dangerous goods transportation through the measurement, assessment and...

Managing Risks of Hazardous Materials Transportation in Santa Barbara County
This paper presents some potential building blocks which local jurisdictions can pursue to manage the risks associated with hazardous materials transportation (HMT). The recent experience...

Assessing Community Safety for Hazardous Materials Transport
This paper describes a computer model developed to assess the safety of a community through which hazardous materials will be transported. The model is predictive and can be used even...

Highway Robbery: The Social Costs of Hazardous Materials Incidents on the Capital Beltway
In the summer of 1988, three major truck incidents involving hazardous materials occurred on the Capital Beltway in Washington, D.C. This paper estimates the delays that were incurred...

A Community-Focused Routing and Siting Model for Hazardous Materials and Wastes
A model is presented that shippers, carriers and policy-makers can use to analyze routing problems for hazardous materials or routing-and-siting problems for wastes. Unlike many other...

Truck Accident and Release Rates for Hazmat Routing
Estimates of accident and release rates are essential in the conduct of risk assessments in routing studies for highway transportation of hazardous materials. Recent published literature...

A Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Approach for Selecting Routes: Case Study of Hazardous Waste Transportation in Arizona
The study objective was to provide an approach to selecting routes to a proposed hazardous waste treatment and storage facility, based on a risk and vulnerability assessment. Probability...

Societal-Individual Risks for Hazmat Transport
Risks associated with the transport of hazardous materials by truck and rail are viewed from two perspectives: society in general and the individual residing adjacent to the route. A range...

 

 

 

 

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