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GDG Overview
“Presentation to SMI2G Brokerage Event
2014”
Presentation delivered by:
Paul Doherty
Email: [email protected]
Overview
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Irish Based Engineering Consultancy
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Research Intensive SME (design, analysis, modelling)
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Specialist subjects include: Risk Analysis, Numerical Modelling, Climate
Change Effects, Natural Hazards
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Excellent FP7 experience (several existing projects)
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Strong focus on the infrastructure sector and consideration for climate
change and extreme weather effects. Additional expertise in the
maritime sector, such as jack-up vessel assessments
Overview
Topics of interest in Horizon 2020 ‘Secure Societies’
2014
DRS 7 – 2014: Crisis management topic 7: Crises and
disaster resilience – operationalizing resilience
concepts
DRS 9 -2014-2015: Disaster Resilience & Climate
Change topic 1: Science and innovation for adaptation
to climate change: from assessing costs, risks and
opportunities to demonstration of options and
practices
DRS 7 – 2014: Crisis management
topic 7
Coordinator: GDG
Project Idea: Focus on both temporal and spatial risks of failure within complex networks and
how resilience strategies can be implemented to minimise the cumulative impact of extreme
events (natural or otherwise). There will be a focus on transport infrastructure.
Expertise: This project will build on GDGs existing experience in FP7 projects “RAIN” and
“INFRARISK”
Status: A number of partners are already confirmed, proposal is underway
Seeking Partners that can contribute to the following areas:
(i)
Relevant Case Studies for Implementation and Demonstrations Sites
(ii)
Network Asset Management
(iii)
Crisis Management Tools and Analysis
(iv)
Risk Software Development
DRS 9 – 2014: Disaster Resilience &
Climate Change-1
Coordinator: GDG (Section b-research and innovation action)
Project Idea: Develop a long-term planning strategy and associated decision support tool to
quantify the impact of climate change on the functionality of EU infrastructure. This project will
include the development of a cost-benefit analysis model that will allow the users to determine
the economic impact of various climate change scenarios as well as the economic impact of
implementing a proactive strategy to reduce the cumulative risk.
Expertise: This project will build on GDGs existing experience in FP7 projects “RAIN” and
“INFRARISK”
Status: A number of partners are already confirmed, proposal is underway
Seeking Partners that can contribute to the following areas:
(i)
Socio-Economic Modelling
(ii)
Climate Change Scenarios and Processes
(iii)
Cost-Benefit Analysis
(iv)
Multi-variant risk modelling
(v)
Decision Support Tool Software Development
Overview
Topics of interest in Horizon 2020 ‘Secure Societies’ 2015
DRS 10 – 2014: Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 2: Natural Hazards:
Towards risk reduction science and innovation plans
DRS 11 – 2015: Disaster Resilience & Climate Change topic 3: Mitigating the
impacts of climate change and natural hazards on cultural heritage sites,
structures and artefacts.
DRS 13 – 2015: Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 2: Demonstration
activity on tools for adapting building and infrastructure standards and design
methodologies in vulnerable locations in the case of natural catastrophes
DRS 14 – 2015: Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 3: Critical Infrastructure
resilience indicator - analysis and development of methods for assessing
resilience
DRS 15 - 2015: Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 4: Protecting potentially
hazardous and sensitive sites/areas considering multi-sectorial dependencies
GDG Experience
1. Rainfall changes
saturation level of near
surface soils
wetted soil
2.Wetted Front
develops and
progresses downwards
wetting front
drier soil
soil particle
water
air
Final
Suction
Initial
Suction
3. Final Suction Profile
considerably lower
Contact Details:
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.gdgeo.com