Risk-Based Inspection and Hazard Assessments: Analogs for Civil Infrastructure

Day-to-day environmental and operational conditions that lead to deterioration of in-service structures are most often addressed through prescriptive inspection routines or handled on an ad-hoc basis. These approaches lack effectiveness if inspections are untimely or efforts are misdirected. Gains may be realized by following risk-based inspection paradigms in civil infrastructure. Related industries, such as the oil and gas, chemical process, energy and commercial aerospace sectors have long been applying risk-based methods to perform hazard assessments and to then prioritize the inspection and maintenance of structures and systems. These risk-based methods are used to identify, evaluate and control hazards, many of which involve more typical day-to-day deterioration hazards in addition to rare, high-consequence hazards. This paper will serve to highlight hazard assessment techniques and risk-based inspection methods from related industries and suggest how analogous methods may be used for civil infrastructure.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479117.141
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  • © 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • McCann, Dennis M
  • Viz, Mark J
• Conference:
  • Structures Congress 2015
  • Location: Portland Oregon, United States
  • Date: 2015-4-23 to 2015-4-25
• Publication Date: 2015-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 1639-1648
• Monograph Title: Structures Congress 2015

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deterioration; Hazards; Infrastructure; Inspection; Maintenance; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562491
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784479117
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Apr 29 2015 9:07AM