Hazel McDonald

Chief Bridge Engineer, Transport Scotland

Educated at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, Hazel has been immersed in maintenance, renewal and asset management of Highway structures for over 30 years, 19 years of this with Transport Scotland.  Previous experience with Cumbria County Council and Capita Symonds in inspection, design and maintenance followed a PhD in ‘Temperature Effects in Concrete Box Girder Bridges’ and bridge design, inspection and assessment for Mott MacDonald.  In Transport Scotland, Hazel leads a team of 17 staff managing the inspection, maintenance and improvement of Scottish Trunk Road structures. Hazel is also the current Chair of the UK Bridges Board.

My Speaker Sessions

Thursday 28 November 2024

10:00

Reporting Bridge Precursor Events and Element Failures - a Joint Approach

10:00 - 10:25 New Construction Bridge Failures
  • Pre-cursor events are vital in preventing structural failures.
  • Unlike practice elsewhere in the world, the construction, management and operation of transport structures (excluding rail) is not regulated or subject to independent forensic investigation should a structure partially or catastrophically fail without loss of life. 
  • The CROSS confidential reporting system has expanded to include confidential reports of pre-cursor and failure events in bridges and other transport structural assets, in all transportation fields. 
  • The presentation sets out the context why reporting is needed, what CROSS does then outlines the initiative and how engineers and managers can report issues confidentially.

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