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    Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees
    Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees
    Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees
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    Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees

    By James W. Dow

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    A Direct Method for Assigning Quantitative Relative Risk Values to Each Individually Identified/Located Vegetation Clearance Violation Point Associated with Hazard Trees Along/Within an Electric Power Transmission Corridor

    Electric utility transmission owners (and others) have invested many years and many dollars figuring out how to correctly identify a hazard tree within and along their rights-of-way. Now, those same folks are busy figuring out how to implement the NERC guidelines - find and locate vegetation clearance violations. What may be the next task might just be to answer the question: “How can we assess and manage the risk (Consequence and Sense of Urgency) associated with the found hazard trees – that is, minimize the remediation cost?” The very first steps would be to adequately a) define the risk and b) figure out how to use that information.

    This eBook defines the risk associated the "found" hazard trees and presents a variety of ways to effectively use that information - in the office and in the field.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames W. Dow
    Release dateDec 17, 2016
    ISBN9781370404292
    Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees
    Author

    James W. Dow

    James W. Dow Chief Executive Officer, Aerotec, LLC Years of Experience: With this firm– 16 years; With other > 25 years Education: Mississippi State University: BS/Aerospace Engineering – 1970 MS/Aerospace Engineering – 1972 Relevant Qualifications: Mr. Dow was an original founder of Aerotec, LLC (airborne remote sensing) in 1996, having retired from the Alabama Power Company. Mr. Dow is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential engineers in the United States regarding CAD/CAM/CAE technology and LIDAR “filtering” software development. Mr. Dow has over twenty-five years of experience in application software development and support for a variety of industries that include military defense, aerospace, forest products, construction, communications, and electric utility. Mr. Dow’s experience spans all aspects of information management methodology/technology from strategic planning for network-infrastructure through design, engineering, construction, implementation, and support of mission critical computer application systems across multi-company/multi-state political and geographic areas. He is an internationally recognized authority in a wide variety of industries. In 1979, Mr. Dow co-authored an internationally acclaimed book entitled “The Guide for the Evaluation and Implementation of CAD/CAM Systems”. He played a key role in bringing several successful European CAD/CAM software products to the U.S. marketplace. From 1990-1995, Mr. Dow was employed by the Alabama Power Company Information Resources Department as -Manager of Application Services - Staff of 57 (1992-1994) and -Manager of Information Resources Plans & Projects – Staff of 30 (1990-1992). From 1974-1990, Mr. Dow was employed by Southern Company Services, Information Resources Organization in the following capacities: -Manager, Nuclear Plant Information Systems Staff of 35 (1987-1990), -Manager, Information Resources Strategic Planning Staff of 4 (1983-1987) and -Manager, Supervisor, Programmer Staff of 20 (1972-1983). From 1972-1974, Mr. Dow was employed by Lockheed Georgia Company, Wing Design, as a Stress Engineer in the Structural Design Department. There he performed structural analysis, fatigue analysis and basic material research related to the engineering and design of aircraft structures to include the C-5, C-141, C130, JetStar, L1011, and Hummingbird (VTOL aircraft.) During 1972, Mr. Dow worked as a Scientist/Instrumentation Engineer for the US Naval Weapons Laboratory in Dahlgren, Virginia. He conducted basic research in gas dynamics to simulate nuclear blast wave environments at the Conical Shock Tube Facility. The research was related to the survivability of anti-ballistic missile systems, primarily the SPRINT missile. Mr. Dow’s military experience encompasses the following: -Commissioned Officer (2nd Lieutenant), US Army/Armor, 1972; continuing through -Georgia Army National Guard: Commander, Company B, 1-108 Armor, Cedartown, Georgia (9 years of service). Mr. Dow’s educational background is as follows: -BS, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University (1965-1970) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Engineering undergraduate research assistant; research publications include “Skin Friction Drag on Infinite Yawed Wings” (helicopter blade aerodynamics) Cooperative education program (Lockheed Georgia Company) -MS, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University (1970-1972), Graduate research assistant (NASA Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville, Alabama) for the MSU Mechanical Engineering Department Master’s Thesis: “Mass, Energy and Vorticity Transport in Turbulent Boundary Layers” -Virginia Polytechnical Institute (1972); Advanced Graduate Studies - Advanced Particle Dynamics Mr. Dow is a U.S. Citizen. Mr. Dow was inducted into the Mississippi State University’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 1998. Mr. Dow was the primary inventor associated with the following patents: •Method and System for Direct Classification from Three Dimensional Digital Imaging (LIDAR). US Patent No. US 7,046,841 B1, May 16, 2006. •Method and Apparatus for Direct Detection, Location, Analysis, Identification, and Reporting of Vegetation Clearance Violations. US Patent Numbers: US 8,374,431 B2, February 12, 2013 US 8,724,900 B2, May 13, 2014 US 9,536,313 B2, January 3, 2017 US 9,947,109 B2, April 17, 2018 •Method and System for Developing Non-traditional (non-linear and non-parallel) Gently Curving Camera Trajectories for Collecting Digital Aerial/Terrestrial Photography for Construction of 3D Topographic Models Using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Techniques, Patent Pending March 2018.

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      Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees - James W. Dow

      Assigning Risk Indicators to Hazard Trees

      (A Direct Method for Assigning Quantitative Relative Risk Values to Each Individually Identified/Located Vegetation Clearance Violation Point Associated with Hazard Trees Along/Within an Electric Power Transmission Corridor)

      By: James W. Dow

      Copyright 2016 James W. Dow

      All Rights Reserved

      Smashwords Edition

      Credits:

      Editor: W. Scott Dow/Aerotec, LLC - Director of Operations

      Illustrator: James W. Dow/Aerotec, LLC – CEO

      Photographer: James W. Dow/Aerotec, LLC - CEO

      Contributors:

      Ryan Paulk/Forester - El Paso Electric (first photo/cover photo)

      Andy Openshaw – Aerotec (cover photo)

      Epigraph

      You will have courage because you still have hope.

      You will be protected and will rest in safety.

      You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.

      Job 11:18-19, Bible

      About the Author

      James W. Dow

      Chief Executive Officer, Aerotec, LLC

      Years of Experience: With this firm– 22 years; with others > 25 years

      Education: Mississippi State University:

      BS/Aerospace Engineering – 1970

      MS/Aerospace Engineering – 1972

      Relevant Qualifications:

      Mr. Dow was an original founder of Aerotec, LLC (airborne remote sensing) in 1996, having retired from the Alabama Power Company. Mr. Dow is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential engineers in the United States regarding CAD/CAM/CAE technology and LIDAR filtering software development. Mr. Dow has over twenty-five years of experience in application software development and support for a variety of industries that include military defense, aerospace, forest products, construction, communications, and electric utility.

      Mr. Dow’s experience spans all aspects of information management methodology/technology from strategic planning for network-infrastructure through design, engineering, construction, implementation, and support of mission critical computer application systems across multi-company/multi-state political and geographic areas. He is an internationally recognized authority in a wide variety of industries.

      In 1979, Mr. Dow co-authored an internationally acclaimed book entitled The Guide for the Evaluation and Implementation of CAD/CAM Systems. He played a key role in bringing several

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