The EU Directive 2004/54/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road network has introduced the Safety Officer as a new player in charge of coordinating all preventive and safeguard measures to ensure the safety of users and operational staff. During the last 2-3 years, Safety Officers have been appointed throughout Europe and have started to perform their tasks to improve road tunnel safety. While a number of questions are not completely answered regarding this new position and the related activities, few exchanges of experience have been possible yet, due to the dispersal of the Safety Officers and the lack of appropriate means, apart from a few national groups.
- road safety
- Wednesday 4 November 2009, 10:00 - Thursday 5 November 2009, 14:30 (CET)
- Lyon, France
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 4 November 2009, 10:00 - Thursday 5 November 2009, 14:30 (CET)
- Where
- Hôtel Métropole85 quai Joseph Gillet, 69004 Lyon, France
- Languages
- English
Description
This is the reason why the Committee on Operational Safety of Underground Facilities (COSUF) of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA), in cooperation with the Technical Committee on Road Tunnel Operation (C4) of the World Road Association (PIARC) have organised a European Forum of Road Tunnel Safety Officers for sharing questions and exchanging experience.
Presentations
| Speaker | Member State | Theme |
| Didier Lacroix | COSUF vice-chairman | Welcome by ITA-COSUF |
| Pierre Schmitz | PIARC C4 chairman | The PIARC technical committee C4 |
| Evert Worm | Safety officer for the Dutch state-owned tunnels | The Safety Officers |
| Damien Tillet | France | French Tunnel Safety Officers |
| Cesar Perez Delgado | Spain | Generalitat de Catalunya -tunnel Safety Officer |
| Evert Worm | Netherlands | Forum Safety Officers |
| Bernt Freiholtz | Sweden | The Safety Officer role in Sweden according to the dir 2004-54 |
| Bruno Klimmer | Austria | ASFINAG Austrian Tunnel Safety Organization |
| Per Ivar Ostensen | Norway | Safety officers Norway |
| Ales Lebl | Czek republic | Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic |
| Peter Arch | United Kingdom | Tunnel Safety Officer UK Perspective |
| André Stein | Safety officer for Luxembourg | Understanding of cooperation with emergency services |
| Gilles Arnaudet | Safety Officer for the ESCOTA tunnels | Training of operational staff and emergency services |
| Les Fielding | MIFIreE, MIFSM Fire Safety and Planning Advisor, Safety officer | Significant Incident |
| Arnold Dix | Scientist & Lawyer, Professor of Engineering & Medicine, Australia | Legal Aspects Independence and Responsibilities |
| Andrea Mordasini | Lombardi SA, Switzerland, Safety officer for the Mont Blanc and Frejus tunnels | Keeping the safety documentation updated |
| Alain Picard | Anything but a conclusion |
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