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International Seminar "Risk Management for Highway Infrastructure"

09-11 October, Merida (Mexico)

The International Seminar was jointly organized by the Technical Committee 1.5 "Risk Management" of the World Road Association and the Mexican Association of Road Engineering (AMVITAC), in cooperation with the Board of Road Directors of Iberia and Latin America (DIRCAIBEA), the Mexican Transport Institute (IMT), the Government of Yucatan, and supported by SESPEC Insurance Brokers.

Preparatory Documents for the International Seminar

The two-day seminar consisted of four technical sessions and two keynote presentations (from Spain and the Dominican Republic) with a large audience including experts from governments, academia and the private sector both from Mexico and abroad.

During the opening session, welcome addresses were delivered by Mr Luis Rojas Nieto, President of AMVITAC and Mr Mayobanex Escoto Vazquez, President of DIRCAIBEA, and followed by the opening remarks by Dr Keiichi Tamura, Chair of TC 1.5. Participants were then warmly greeted by Mr Oscar De Buen Richkarday, President of the World Road Association.

As a keynote presenter, Mr. Manuel Garrete Prieto, Risk Manager of OHL Group, Spain, discussed the importance of the disaster prevention technologies for highway infrastructure based on recent bitter experiences such as in Chile or Brazil.
Mr. Escoto Vazquez showed the disaster prevention measures taken in Caribbean and Central American countries against hurricanes, and emphasized the importance of adaptation strategy to climate change effects.

All four technical sessions started with a brief introduction of on-going research activities of TC 1.5. Among a wide variety of presentations Mr Luis Rojasnieto focused on the collapse and reconstruction of a highway bridge, with emphasis on quality assurance by preparing legal guidelines and standards. Dr Roberto Aguerrebere Salido, World Road Association First Delegate of Mexico, and his colleague explained their research on the prioritization of road reconstruction after a natural disaster and its application to restoration works from the recent hurricane disasters.

In the closing session, Dr Roberto Aguerrebere Salido and Dr Keiichi Tamura addressed closing remarks, and expressed cordial appreciation to all the contributors to this memorable technical event.


International Seminar Program - 09-11 October 2013
"Risk Management for Highway Infrastructure"

Day 0 (08 October)

Hour

Content

19:00
20:00

Registration

First day of the seminar (09 October)

Hour

Content

08:00
09:00

Registration

09:00
10:00

Opening Session

Opening Declaration
- Ing. Luis ROJAS, President AMIVTAC

Opening Remarks
Ing. Mayobanex ESCOTO VAZQUEZ, President of DIRCAIBEA (Dominican Republic)

Opening Remarks
- Prof. Keiichi TAMURA, Chair TC 1.5, PIARC

Welcome Address
PIARC Presentation (Spanish)
- Ing. Oscar DE BUEN RICHKARDAY, President PIARC

10:00
11:15

Session I - Role of risk management in policy development and decision-making

WG 1 Presentation
M. Richard FRENETTE, WG1 Leader TC1.5, PIARC

Risk Management in Public Danish Road Planning and Construction
Ms. Trine HOLST VEICHERTS, Engineer Danish Road Directorate, Denmark

Benefits and challenges of strategic risk management policy and processes in the context of a major transportation project
Dr. Richard FRENETTE, VicepresidentCOSIME Inc., Canada

11:15
11:30

Coffe break

11:30
12:20

Keynote Presentation

Risk management versus natural disasters (Spanish)
M. Manuel GARROTE, Risk Manager OHL Group, Spain

12:20
12:55

Session I - Role of risk management in policy development and decision-making (Continue)

Hydrometeorology risk that face highways
Prof. Victor MAGANA RUEDA, Investigator, Atmosphere Science Center, UNAM, Mexico

12:55
13:35

Session II - Methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations

WG 2 Presentation
Prof. Keiichi TAMURA, Chair and WG2Co-Leader TC1.5 PIARC

Development of Web Based Tool Box
Dr. Shinjuro KOMATA, Chief Engineer Nihon Koei Consultant, Japan

13:35
15:30

Lunch

15:30
16:40

Session II - Methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations (Continue)

Methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operation
M. Brett GLIDDON, Highway Manager Transport New Zealand, New Zealand

Tropical Storms by Climate Change
Dr. Gustavo MORENO, Founder and CEOSESPEC Insurance Brokers, Mexico

19:00

Welcome Cocktail at Mayan Museum

Second day of the seminar (10 October)

Hour

Content

10:00
10:50

Keynote Presentation

Vulnerability of Road Infrastructure? Facing the Extreme Hydro-meteorological Phenomena (Spanish)
Ing. Mayobanex ESCOTO VAZQUEZ, Vice-minister, Ministry of Public. Works and Communications, Dominican Republic

10:50
12:40

Session III - Management of Emergency Situations

WG 3 Presentation
Dr. Yukio ADACHI, EN secretary, WG3Co-Leader TC1.5 PIARC

Coordination and cooperation in emergency situation in Japan
Dr. Yukio ADACHI, Cheif Maintenance Engineer Hanshin Expressway, Japan

Risk management tools in the transport sector
M. Jan GRUBER, Ministerial Counsellor Ministry of Transport, Czech Rep.

Risk and Emergency Management as a Basis for Road Intelligent Transportation Systems (I.T.S.) Planning and Operation (Spanish)
M. Pedro TOMAS MARTINEZ, Mainteinance Section Chief DGT, Ministry of Interior, Spain

12:40
12:55

Coffe break

12:55
14:05

Case Study - Collapsed Tonalá Bridge
Ing. Luis ROJAS, General ManagerFreyssinet de Mexico, Mexico

Prioritizing Road Reconstruction after a Natural Disaster
Dr. Roberto AGUERREBERE, Director General Mexican Transport Institute, Mexico

14:05
15:45

Lunch

15:45
17:00

Session IV - Risk and emergency management for combined and large hazards

WG 4 Presentation
Dr. Yukio ADACHI, EN secretary, WG3Co-Leader TC1.5 PIARC

Case Study - Emergency Situation Management of High Floods and Calamity Financing Aspects on Dornesti Bridge, Suceava, Romania
M. Constantin ZBARNEA, Head, Technical Office Iasi, DRDP, Romania

Lessons of emergency response in combined difficulties learned from 2011 East Japan Earthquake
M. Nobuhiro ARIMA, Deputy Manager, Traffic control Div. Hanshin Expressway, Japan

17:00
17:30

Closing Session

Closing Remarks
Dr. Roberto AGUERREBERE, First delegate of Mexico PIARC

Closing Remarks
Prof. Keiichi TAMURA, ChairTC 1.5, PIAR

Tour Arrangements
Dr. Mario GAITAN, Seminar Secretariat

20:00

Closure Dinner at a colonial garden in Merida

Third day of the seminar (11 October)

Hour

Content

09:00
17:30

Technical Visit

Technical Visit to Chichen-Itzá
Dr. Mario GAITAN, Seminar Secretariat


Slideshow of the International Seminar in Buenos Aires

  • Seminar participants

  • Seminar tribune

  • Welcome address by Mr. Oscar DE BUEN RICHKARDAY, President of PIARC

  • Presentation by Mr. Oscar DE BUEN RICHKARDAY, President of PIARC

  • Seminar audience