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ABS Consulting Study Used to Justify NASA Funding
December 17, 2004 - Press Release
In 2000, ABS Consulting (incorporating EQE International) performed a wind and flood risk assessment of 11 structures at the Kennedy Space Center deemed by NASA as critical to the overall operation of the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs. Advanced hazard models and special computational fluid dynamics software were used to address storm surge and wind effects for Category 3 through Category 5 hurricanes. Mitigation measures were also identified and designed to a level that enabled development of cost estimates and schedules to upgrade the buildings.
ABS Consulting Writes Dust Explosion Prevention and the Importance of Housekeeping
November 23, 2004 - Press Release
The September 2004 issue of Process Safety Progress includes a paper entitled Dust Explosion Prevention and the Importance of Housekeeping, written by Walter L. Frank, PE of ABS Consulting's Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division. The paper describes recent major dust explosions with a particular focus related to an often underestimated aspect of facility operations - housekeeping.
ABS Consulting Writes On the Trail to a Solution: Problem Solving Should be Like Treasure Hunting
October 25, 2004 - Press Release
The Fall 2004 issue of Journal for Quality and Participation includes a paper entitled On the Trail to a Solution: Problem Solving Should Be Like Treasure Hunting, written by Jim Rooney of ABS Consulting's Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division and Deborah L. Hopen of Pioneer Learning.
ABS Consulting Writes
Certification Exam Tips, Trips, and Traps
October 6, 2004 - Press Release
The October 2005 issue of Quality Progress includes a paper entitled Certification Exam Tips, Trips, and Traps, written by Jim Rooney of ABS Consulting's Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division.
ABS Consulting
Latin America Division Fulfills Security Consultant Services
for the Panamá Canal
September 22, 2004 - Press Release
The Latin America Division of ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting) successfully
completed comprehensive security assessments of 25 facilities
necessary for the Panamá Canal Authority (Autoridad
del Canal de Panamá "ACP") to fulfill implementation
of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code
(ISPS Code).
ABS
Consulting Ranked #1 Property Loss Control Specialist
September 10, 2004 - www.businessinsurance.com
Managing Terrorism
Risk
July 2004 - www.irmi.com
With the increased threat of terrorism, public, private
and governmental agencies face an increased need to understand
and manage the risk to their employees and organizational
assets.
ABS Consulting
Writes "An Introduction to Root Cause Analysis" for
Quality Progress
July 1, 2004 - Press Release
The July 2004 issue of Quality Progress includes an technical
paper entitled: "An Introduction to Root Cause Analysis," written
by Jim Rooney and Lee Vanden Heuvel of ABS Consulting's
Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division.
ABS Consulting
Writes Chemical Safety Alert for the EPA
June 2, 2004 - Press Release
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued
a Chemical Safety Alert written by ABS Consulting personnel
entitled Failure of Excess Flow
Valves in Hazardous Materials Service.
AIChE and ABS
Consulting Announce Provision of Security Vulnerability
Analysis
May 4, 2004 - Press Release
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
and ABSG Consulting (ABS Consulting) are pleased to announce
an agreement for ABS Consulting to deliver the Institute's
short course and certificate program in Security Vulnerability
Analysis (SVA).
ABS Consulting
Sells Government Institutes' Publishing Division to Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers Inc.
April 5, 2004 - Press Release
ABS Consulting announced today that it has sold its
publishing division of Government Institutes to Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers Inc., a publisher of specialty books, located
in Lanham, Maryland.
ABS
Consulting Teams with Samsung Everland Inc. for Risk
Management Services in Korea
March 25, 2004 - Press Release
ABS Consulting and Samsung Everland Inc. formed a joint
business alliance to provide enterprise risk management
and consulting services for various market sectors in
Korea. Frank J. Iarossi, Chairman and CEO of ABS Group,
signed the agreement with Robin Park, President and CEO
of Samsung Everland starting March 25 in Seoul.
Managing
Extreme Wind (Hurricane) Losses
March 22, 2004 - www.irmi.com
Historically, extreme wind events - hurricanes, tornadoes
and high wind events - expose tens of millions of people
to devastating property losses year after year, particularly
those along the eastern seaboard and Gulf Coast states
living in the path of hurricanes.
Applying Risk-Based
Decision-Making Methods and Tools to US Navy Antiterrorism
Capabilities
March 1, 2004 - www.homelanddefense.org
Prior to the attack on the USS Cole and the events of 11
September 2001, the US Navy was developing antiterrorism
programs to address potential terrorist attacks in a resource-constrained
environment.
ABS Consulting Wins
ISPS Consulting Services Contract for Panama Canal Authority
(ACP)
February 13, 2004 - Press Release
Under the auspices of IMO, a new comprehensive maritime security
regime which includes a new International Ship and Port Facility
Security Code (ISPS Code) is scheduled for implementation
in July 2004.
Will
Adoption of the International Building Code Reduce Seismic
Risk?
January 2004 - www.irmi.com
One of the major differences between the International Building
Code (IBC) and the model building codes (UBC, BOCA, SBC) that
it is replacing are the significant changes in both the structural
and nonstructural seismic requirements.
Shipboard Oil
Pollution Emergency Plan Changes
January 6, 2004 - Press Release
ABS Consulting Inc. would like to inform you of recent changes
in the development of shipboard oil pollution emergency plans
(SOPEPs).
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