ABS Consulting

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ABS Consulting
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The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

• Founded in 1862 to serve as the non-profit
  American Classification Society
• Mission
• Serve the public interest as well as the needs of
  our clients by promoting security of life,
  property, and the natural environment primarily
  through the development and verification of
  standards for the design, construction, and
  operational maintenance of marine-related
  facilities
• Primary Applications
• Commercial vessels
• Offshore structures
• Public vessels (e.g., Naval Vessel Rules)

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• Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of ABS (Bureau)
• Global Safety, Risk Integrity Management
• Serving Oil Gas, Chemical Processing, Pipeline,
  Marine, Power Generation, Financial, Corporate
  and Government Sectors
• Corporate Headquarters in Houston, TX USA

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Diverse Range of Services

• Asset Integrity Management
• Project Quality Management
• Risk Analysis and Modeling
• Blast Hazard Analysis
• Inspection Auditing
• Reliability Maintenance
• Management
• Design Assessment
• Process Safety Safety Culture
• Training

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Our Public Sector Value Proposition
Key Service Areas
Architect-Engineer Design-Build/Retrofit
Lifecycle Management Systems Engineering and
Technical Assistance (SETA)
Analysis Advisory (AAS)
Program Management Project Quality Management
Training Exercise Support
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Sample Project Experience
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USCG Evolution to Risk-based Management
Compliance-based
Continual Improvement
Risk-based Decision Making
Enterprise Risk Management
How can I best allocate my prevention resources?
How can I achieve a tolerable level of exposure?
What do I have to do?
How can I keep these things from happening again?
Pre-1994
1994-2005
2005-Present

• Mostly reactionary responses to incidents that
  occurred for major strategic and budgetary shifts
  (e.g., Exxon-Valdez)
• Isolated uses of risk assessments (using any
  number of methods/tools) to support specific
  decisions when deemed necessary
• Most risk assessments conducted by outside
  resources (consultants and academics) using their
  own philosophy, terminology, methods, and tools
• Periods of frustration with reactionary approach
  created a desire for proactive management of risks

• Established objective of building a Core
  Competency in RBDM
• Built framework for consistent RBDM (lexicon,
  guidelines, toolkits, technical assistance,
  integrated training, sharing of applications,
  senior management visibility, etc.)
• Developed in-house practitioners partnered with
  ABS Group risk experts
• Developed organizational expectation of using
  RBDM for various high profile issues at
  Headquarters and in the field)
• Organization-wide propagation of many RBDM
  method/tools for specific purposes (consistent
  with framework)
• Interest in rolling up information develops

• Continues to develop and use myriad of
  issue-specific risk methods/tools for specific
  applications across the mission space (mission
  risk, program risk, project risk, financial risk,
  health/safety/env. risks, etc.)
• Emphasis on integrated risk-readiness-resource
  management from national down to local levels
  under the Enterprise Leadership Architecture
• Emphasis on better managing major investment
  risks (Deepwater, MDA, etc.) using risk-based
  management and requirement prioritization

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ABS Group Support for the USCG
2010
System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA)
Provide subject matter expertise to augment the
RDCs capacity, acquisition experience, and
technological expertise in its role as advisor
and consultant to the Coast Guard Acquisition
Directorate (CG-9) and their sponsors.
2009
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Provide
Naval Engineering RCM Program Support assist
the USCG SFLC to realign the CGs logistics
organization to control costs, and improve
accountability.
2008
Capital Investment Analysis and Operational
Planning Risk-reduction value case for the
current portfolio of USCG capital investments,
leveraging the National Maritime Strategic Risk
Assessment
2007
Security Risk Support Maritime Security Risk
Analysis Method (MSRAM) Port, Waterway, and
Coastal Security (PWCS) Mission Standards Marine
Transportation System (MTS) Security Plan Blast
Consequence Assessments Port-level RPM
Applications Security Barrier Layer of
Protection Analyses G-PCP support
2006
Mission Risk Support Enterprise Leadership
Architecture Implementation Support (with MSI and
Grant-Thornton), including Integrated
Risk-Readiness-Resource Management, Risk-based
Budgeting Analysis, and Performance Measurement
and Reporting
2005
Security and Mission Risk Support Risk-based
Performance Management (RPM) Area Strategic
Assessments, HQ Strategic Assessments, and the
National Maritime Strategic Risk Assessment
(NMSRA) RBDM Applications for Maritime Domain
Awareness (MDA
2004
2003
Security-related RBDM Applications Port Security
Risk Assessment Tool (PS-RAT) National Security
Risk Assessment Tool (N-RAT) National Maritime
Security Risk Profile (NMSP) National Incident
Command Risk Assessment Tool (NIC-RAT) and
Numerous Issue-specific Workshops (red-flag
barges, LNG vessels, underwater security,
WMD/CBRNE risk/readiness, high-interest vessels,
container security, border security, USCG AT/FP,
etc.)
2002
2001
Risk-based Decision Making (RBDM) (through the
RD Center) RBDM Guidelines Portwide Risk
Analysis (all hazards) Issue-specific Workshops
on High Risk/High Profile Issues in Ports Across
the Country Training and Support to
Institutionalize an RBDM Core Competency
2000
1999
System Risk Management (through the RD Center)
Portwide Risk and Resource Management Strategies
Enterprise Risk Management Research Enterprise
LEADER Software for USCG Applications
1998
Loss Exposure and Risk Analysis Methodology
(LERAM) (through the RD Center) Hazards
Analysis Standards Compliance Rating System
Integrated Safety/Risk Analysis Loss Prevention
Management Systems Risk-based Maintenance
Strategies for Assets Performance Measurement
Best Practices
1997
1996
1995
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USCG RDC Systems Engineering Technical Assistance

• Provide subject matter expertise to augment the
  RDCs capacity, acquisition experience, and
  technological expertise in its role as advisor
  and consultant to the Coast Guard Acquisition
  Directorate (CG-9) and their sponsors.

• FUNCTIONAL AREAS
• Requirements, Alternatives, Cost and Operations
• Systems Engineering and Planning
• Human Systems Integration (HSI
• Environmental Impact and Safety Assessments of
  Proposed Acquisitions/Systems
• Logistics
• Test and Evaluation
• Modeling and Simulation
• Workforce and Staffing Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• Acquisition Strategy (Business Case Development)
• Request for Proposal Generation and Proposal
  Evaluation

• TEAMING PARTNERS

• ICF
• LMI
• MSI
• Potomac Wave
• Robbins-Gioia
• Sonalysts
• SPA
• TSG
• WBB
• Wyle Labs

• AIM
• ATSC
• Alion
• B2
• BayFirst
• BearingPoint
• BMT
• CNA
• Dell
• Deloitte
• Harkcon

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Support to US Navy - Commander, Navy
Installations Command (CNIC)

• Development of Risk Informed Investment Strategy
  to drive Protection investment for US Navy
  installations worldwide
• Support to the following programs
• - Antiterrorism
• - Emergency Management
• - Safety
• Support provided in following areas
• - Risk Management
• - Measures of Effectiveness
• - Readiness Reporting
• - Safety Policy
• - Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Experimentation Support to Navy Warfare
Development Command

• Support Provided
• Experiment Design
• Doctrine Development (CONOPS, TTPs, etc.)
• Experiment Execution
• Analysis
• Experimentation Focuses
• Maritime Domain Awareness
• Maritime Security Operations
• Maritime Homeland Security/Homeland Defense
• Antiterrorism/Force Protection
• Partners C2F, C3F, C6F, C4F, ONI, USCG ICC, USCG
  MIFC LANT, EUCOM, FFC, NNWC

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Homeland Security
Public Buildings/Federal Facilities

• GSA threat assessments
• gt window glass hazards gt structural component
  analysis
• Blast Resistant Building Upgrades
• Explosion Modeling and Analysis
• Explosion Investigation
• Blast-related software

Window Safety Film Blast Performance Testing San
Antonio, Texas
Executive Office Building,Washington, D.C.
Blast Hazard Analysis Charles Bennett federal
Building Jacksonville, FL
Robert A. Young Federal Building, St. Louis,
MO
FBI Building, Washington, D.C.
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Loss Control Solutions - Natural Hazard Risk
Earthquake Assessment Upgrade Anheuser-Busch
Brewery
Hurricane Risk Assessment Kennedy Space Center
PlantOverview
Fermentation Tanks (Before retrofit)
Wind-pressure Analysis
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Building Upgrades
Tanks after Retrofit
Program provided NASA with prioritized list
ofbuilding upgrades to prevent hurricane damage
Program avoided 1B in B.I. that wouldhave
resulted in Northridge Earthquake
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USCG RD Center Support for Gulf Oil Spill

• Provide Subject Matter Experts to screen numerous
  oil detection, response, and remediation
  technology submissions
• Alternative response technologies
• Traditional response technologies
• Wellhead control and submerged oil response
• Damage assessment and restoration
• C4ISR improvements to oil response and detection
• Reviewed and recommended disposition for well
  over 700 technology submissions through the
  course of the project

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Chilean Miner Rescue Effort

• ABS Consulting Chile performed a Risk Assessment
  of the design and construction of the rescue cage
  used to bring the miners to the surface