Short Term Risk Reduction
Risk Reduction for projects brief in time or scope, but where some level of avalanche risk exists.
Short Term Risk Reduction is typically done when the project is brief in time or scope, but some level of avalanche risk exists. This might involve using locally available assets to develop an avalanche forecast program with hazard level forecasting and risk reduction based on hazard level (up to and including closures of the work site). An avalanche safety plan is developed for most projects, which is at least partially based on an avalanche atlas.
Examples:
- Forecasting for one to two-week work projects for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company on sections of oil pipeline in avalanche terrain, Alaska
- Avalanche Risk Analysis for a seasonal USFS road in Wyoming that needed to open for winter traffic (due to bridge damage on the primary access route). This risk analysis identified avalanche paths from the highest to lowest frequency and magnitude. Forecasting and mitigation alternatives were presented to the stakeholders and risk owners.
Avalanche Risk Reduction Programs
Avalanche Research
DHA and its predecessors (Alcan Avalanche Services) have been involved in avalanche research since 1982. (Read more)
Longer Term Risk Reduction
Risk Reduction for projects where avalanche risk is primary and an avalanche safety plan is developed. (Read more)
Concept Planning
Planning for large multi-phased projects with the project's viability not determined until a future date. (Read more)
Quantifying Avalanche Risk
With any kind of transportation corridor, it is possible to quantify the avalanche risk objectively using the Avalanche Hazard Index. (Read more)
Ski Area-Based Avalanche Assessments
DHA is at the forefront of producing concept and implementation plans for conversion from military artillery to Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS). (Read more)
Urban Risk Reduction
Recent trends highlight the difficulty of implementing avalanche zoning laws on the interface between wild and urban settings. (Read more)
Project Management
Providing support in many forms for your capital construction efforts related to implementing an avalanche program or modifying an existing program. (Read more)