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Meeting Minutes April 17, 2013 Meeting Site: Farm Credit Bank Building 245 N Waco, Wichita, KS, 67202 President Michael Bailey called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm. Michael announced that the upcoming Trash Pickup event has been postponed for the rain day. Michael then turned in to Vice President Damian Rottinghaus. Damian introduced the speaker Dr. Brian Coon and read his brief resume. Damian then turned to the speaker Dr. Coon. Brian started his presentation with his introduction and the places he has worked. Dr. Coon is Licensed Civil and Mechanical Engineer, PTOE, J.D., ACTAR, and law enforcement officer. Dr. Coon has worked for Kansas State University, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, MWSRF, State of Iowa, City of Maize, Friends University. Dr. Coon is currently working as assistant traffic engineer for City of Wichita. Dr. Coon started his presentation with the remark that he doesn’t like to take risk as a civil engineer as it involves the public safety and public concerns. He then went through his power point slides where he first explained about the necessities of the life and the origination of risks with an example of how an attorney compares to a civil engineer. Dr. Coon talked about the differences between hazard and risk. He clearly differentiate that risk is not a hazard. Risk itself stands for future and it is a probability. With the help of IBM’s rating table, Dr. Coon explained about the risk rating. He explained the table is very useful in managing the risk in every profession. With examples, Dr. Coon explained about three different types of risks namely, perceived through science, risk perceived directly and virtual risk. After the introduction of risk, Dr. Coon talked about the analysis and management of risks associated with projects. He explained the steps necessary to identify, categorize and know the consequences of risks in decision making and impact of such in cost and schedule of projects. He then explained how to manage and how to form a committee to account every possible risk associated with a project. Risk shall be analyzed and included in project management. Dr. Coon also talked about the how to reduce the risk associated with projects. With the help of a diagram in his power point presentation, he explained by identifying, assessing, communicating and taking measures for mitigation will help to reduce the negative impact of risk. Dr. Coon concluded his presentation with the remark that risk cannot be eliminated but the adverse impacts can be minimized. Dr. Coon then answered questions from the audience. Dr. Coon’s power point slides are attached at the end. Following people attend the meeting.

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Page 1: Minute April 2013 - ASCE Branch Website Program | ASCE ...branches.asce.org/wich/sites/branches.asce.org.wich/files/Meeting-041713.pdf · President Michael Bailey called the meeting

 Meeting Minutes  April 17, 2013 

Meeting Site:  Farm Credit Bank Building 245 N Waco, Wichita, KS, 67202 

  

President Michael Bailey called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm.  Michael announced that the upcoming Trash Pickup event has been postponed for the rain day. Michael then turned in to Vice President Damian Rottinghaus.  Damian introduced the speaker Dr. Brian Coon and read his brief resume. Damian then turned to the speaker Dr. Coon.   Brian started his presentation with his introduction and the places he has worked. Dr. Coon is Licensed Civil and Mechanical Engineer, PTOE, J.D., ACTAR, and law enforcement officer.   Dr. Coon has worked for Kansas State University, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, MWSRF, State of Iowa, City of Maize, Friends University.  Dr. Coon is currently working as assistant traffic engineer for City of Wichita.   Dr. Coon started his presentation with the remark that he doesn’t like to take risk as a civil engineer as it involves the public safety and public concerns. He then went through his power point slides where he first explained about the necessities of the life and the origination of risks with an example of how an attorney compares to a civil engineer. Dr. Coon talked about the differences between hazard and risk. He clearly differentiate that risk is not a hazard. Risk itself stands for future and it is a probability. With the help of IBM’s rating table, Dr. Coon explained about the risk rating. He explained the table is very useful in managing the risk in every profession. With examples, Dr. Coon explained about three different types of risks namely, perceived through science, risk perceived directly and virtual risk.   After the introduction of risk, Dr. Coon talked about the analysis and management of risks associated with projects. He explained the steps necessary to identify, categorize and know the consequences of risks in decision making and impact of such in cost and schedule of projects.  He then explained how to manage and how to form a committee to account every possible risk associated with a project. Risk shall be analyzed and included in project management. Dr. Coon also talked about the how to reduce the risk associated with projects. With the help of a diagram in his power point presentation, he explained by identifying, assessing, communicating and taking measures for mitigation will help to reduce the negative impact of risk.   Dr. Coon concluded his presentation with the remark that risk cannot be eliminated but the adverse impacts can be minimized.  Dr. Coon then answered questions from the audience.  Dr. Coon’s power point slides are attached at the end.  Following people attend the meeting.  

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Last name First Name Last name First

Name

Armour Mike Rhein Jessica

Bailey Michael Rottinghaus Damian

Bernhardt Scott Servis Scott

Carmichael Lee Slavik Jessica

Coulter Aubrey Svaty Karl

Davidson Tim Thompson Mike

Hamada Abdul Ubert Jim

Jost Penni Ummel Tyler

Kallman Julianne Miller Kirk

Leaver Chris Edwards Michael

McKinley Bill Farrington Alan

Meinzer Bob Nuessen Ron

Morton Larry Jacobs Mike

Packer Lynn Pokhrel Gyanendra  The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 pm by President Michael Bailey.  Minutes were successfully submitted by Gyanendra Pokhrel on September 9th 2013.    

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•• B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of IowaB.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa

•• M.S.E., Civil Engineering, University of NebraskaM.S.E., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska

•• Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of NebraskaPh.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Nebraska

•• J.D., Criminal Law, University of NebraskaJ.D., Criminal Law, University of Nebraska

•• Fulbright Scholar, Swedish Road and Transport InstituteFulbright Scholar, Swedish Road and Transport Institute

•• Kansas Law Enforcement Training CenterKansas Law Enforcement Training Center

•• Professional Engineer (P.E., Civil and Mechanical)Professional Engineer (P.E., Civil and Mechanical)

•• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)

•• ACTAR Accredited Traffic Accident ReconstructionistACTAR Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist

•• Licensed to practice law in Colorado, Kansas, and NebraskaLicensed to practice law in Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska

• A hazard is defined as something that could lead to harm

• Risk is a word that refers to the future.• It has no objective existence.• The future exists only in the imagination. 

• A risk as the product of the probability of that harm multiplied by its magnitude.

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Probability

Severity

•• Directly Perceptible Risks are dealt with using JudgmentDirectly Perceptible Risks are dealt with using Judgment•• A A combination of instinct intuition and combination of instinct intuition and experience.experience.

•• Not Not undertake a formal, probabilistic, risk assessment before undertake a formal, probabilistic, risk assessment before crossing the crossing the road.road.

•• ExampleExample•• Crossing Crossing the road in the presence of traffic involves prediction the road in the presence of traffic involves prediction based on based on judgment.judgment.

•• One One must judge vehicle speeds, the gaps in trafficmust judge vehicle speeds, the gaps in traffic, and one, and one’’s s walking walking speedspeed

•• Hope Hope one gets it right, as most of us do most of the timeone gets it right, as most of us do most of the time..

•• Most Most of the published literature on risk management falls of the published literature on risk management falls into the category of risk perceived through into the category of risk perceived through science.science.

•• Here Here one finds not only biological scientists in lab coats one finds not only biological scientists in lab coats peering through microscopes, but physicists, chemists, peering through microscopes, but physicists, chemists, engineers, doctors, statisticians, actuaries, epidemiologists engineers, doctors, statisticians, actuaries, epidemiologists and numerous other categories of scientist who have and numerous other categories of scientist who have helped us to see risks that are invisible to the naked helped us to see risks that are invisible to the naked eye.eye.

•• Collectively Collectively they have improved enormously our ability to they have improved enormously our ability to manage risk manage risk –– as evidenced by the huge increase in average as evidenced by the huge increase in average life spans that has coincided with the rise of science and life spans that has coincided with the rise of science and technologytechnology..

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•• But But where the science is inconclusive we are thrown back where the science is inconclusive we are thrown back on on judgment.judgment.

•• These These risks are culturally constructed risks are culturally constructed –– when the science is when the science is inconclusive people are liberated to argue from, and act inconclusive people are liberated to argue from, and act upon, preupon, pre‐‐established beliefs, convictions, prejudices and established beliefs, convictions, prejudices and superstitions.superstitions.

•• Such Such risks may or may not be real but they have real risks may or may not be real but they have real consequences.consequences.

•• In In the presence of virtual risk what we believe depends on the presence of virtual risk what we believe depends on whom we believe, and whom we believe depends on whom whom we believe, and whom we believe depends on whom we trust.we trust.

•• Identify potential issues possible with a Identify potential issues possible with a project.project.

•• Directly Perceptible RiskDirectly Perceptible Risk

•• Perceived RiskPerceived Risk

•• Virtual RiskVirtual Risk

•• Part of the project management for Part of the project management for each project.each project.

•• Identify risk and issues before they pose Identify risk and issues before they pose cost and/or schedule impacts.cost and/or schedule impacts.

•• The The risk workshops should be chaired by a risk workshops should be chaired by a large large group, group, ideally between 6 to 10 ideally between 6 to 10 individuals.individuals.

•• Use the Use the various departmental various departmental functions:functions:

•• PProject managerroject manager

•• Construction managerConstruction manager

•• SSite superintendentite superintendent

•• Cover Cover every risk element from different every risk element from different perspectivesperspectives..

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•• The The outcome of the risk analysis would be the creation or outcome of the risk analysis would be the creation or review of the risk register to identify and quantify risk review of the risk register to identify and quantify risk elements to the project and their potential impact.elements to the project and their potential impact.

•• Given Given that risk management is a continuous and iterative that risk management is a continuous and iterative process, the risk workshop members would regroup on at process, the risk workshop members would regroup on at regular intervals and project milestones to review the risk regular intervals and project milestones to review the risk register mitigation plans, make changes to it as register mitigation plans, make changes to it as appropriate and following those changes reappropriate and following those changes re‐‐run the risk run the risk model.model.

•• By By constantly monitoring risks these can be successfully constantly monitoring risks these can be successfully mitigated resulting in a cost and schedule savings with a mitigated resulting in a cost and schedule savings with a positive impact on the project.positive impact on the project.

• Accepting risk;• Reducing likelihood of event;• Reducing the consequences of event;• Transferring the risk;• Sharing the risk;

ADA Coordinator, City of Wichita, KansasAsst. Traffic Engineer, City of Wichita, [email protected]‐268‐4448