Workpackage 3: Mitigation, Minimisation
and Management of Risk
General Strands which may be elaborated further in
response to sponsor input
- Insurance risk and its management/minimisation - strands proposed: suspended debris and biota in tidal streams, surface
collision risk, other third party risk and liability, HSE data; strands
that may be further developed: material and component selection, site
marking, buoy design for tidal sites, all linked to valorisation in
design suite; and means of capturing perceptions and approaches adopted
by insurers (workshop) to contrast against known data.
- Investment risk and its management - e.g. commissioning
/ decommissioning, certification etc. requirements, maintenance routines
and marine operations planning (access), promulgation of knowledge
on systems and system reliability - linked to insurance, underwriting
the risk, financial sector perceptions against known data analyses;
reputation risk and opportunity management.
Specific Strands proposed at this time
- Risks from marine debris - including acquisition
of data from propellor fouling incidents and size frequency analyses
of the significance of beach debris likely to be in suspension, oil
industry structures trap data, methods for the monitoring of suspended
debris/biota, and of impacts with structures – led by Professor
Jonathan Side and Dr Sandy Kerr.
[Outputs: report of this study and publications]
- Surface collision risk - focussing principally
on surface navigation, both for isolated development and examination
of VTMS approaches for larger array development (e.g. Pentland Firth)
– led by George Mermiris (Strathclyde/Glasgow) and Colin Bullen.
[Outputs: report of this study and publications]
- Other third party risk and liability - (e.g.
moorings/foundation failure, consequences) using Monte Carlo modelling
and Bayesian Networks / Influence diagrams, and spectral analysis
of non-linear responses– led by George
Mermiris (Strathclyde/Glasgow).
- Maintenance accessibility and associated risks - e.g. intervention constraints and safety issues – led by Professor
Nigel Barltrop (Strathclyde/Glasgow).
- HSE database - requirements for industry sector
data, and analyses, end uses and data acquisition by regulatory authorities.
Developing experiences from the offshore petroleum sector, commercial
sensitivities etc. – led by Dr
Gareth Davies (OREF) and Colin
Bullen.
[Output: workshop/seminar for discussion of data, and means of
acquistion]
