Building safety management systems dedicated to safe road tunnel operation

Significant investments have been made for safety improvements in French tunnels since the 2000s, involving considerable infrastructure replacement and equipment upgrading and development. Today, we are met with a new challenge regarding “tunnel operation professionalisation” and a continuous safety improvement approach relying on operational feedback. As a response, a new structured approach has been developed by French State tunnel operators with the assistance of the Centre for Tunnel Studies (CETU), in order to build Safety Management Systems (SMS) for the safe operation of tunnels located on the national road network. This article first explains the approach taken by CETU to initiate a methodology for building “SMS dedicated to safe tunnel operation”, and the key rules resulting from this piece of work. The context in which the Tunnel SMS are being developed is then presented, involving a collaborative work between CETU and the French State tunnel operators, over a five-year timeframe. Finally, an insight into mid-way first results of the Tunnel SMS development is provided, and next steps are presented.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: pp 89-97
  • Monograph Title: Proceedings from the Ninth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security, Munich, Germany, March 11-13, 2020

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01845932
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISBN: 9789189049895
  • Files: ITRD, VTI
  • Created Date: May 20 2022 2:05PM