Legal and practical consequences of not complying with ISM code

Almost a decade since port corporatization was introduced in Australia it is becoming clear that initial objectives are not being realized. This paper explores some of the legal and legislative causes, the effect on port operation and investigates what necessary conditions are required to deliver an effective corporatized port business. The paper argues that effective corporatization is a product of effective legislation—one which, while emulating private sector business practices—can deliver a business model that is innovative, entrepreneurial, commercially oriented and free from self-serving political constraints.

The legislation and corporatized artifacts in Australian mainland ports have failed, in general, to deliver this. Arguably, the legislation has, in fact, created a model with inherent flaws and serious contradictions. The legislation enacted is such that while it has set in place a model that articulates commercial objectives, the model created is in fact one in which political objectives may override commercial ones; where strategy may be determined by a bureaucratic elite without the requisite skills and insights, and the resultant strategy appears ad hoc; and a corporate culture that frequently has failed to transcend that of the statutory authority and public utility model. This paper will test these assertions against the developments in the port of Melbourne.     

堆载法在桥梁基础纠偏过程中的应用

桩周围不均匀堆载产生的土体沉降及侧向变形会加大桩基内力,引起桩基侧移。根据相关文献资料的研究成果,提出采用堆载法进行桥墩基础的桩基纠偏,结合软土地区某匝道桥的纠偏过程,监测结果与预期效果基本吻合。软土地区在既有桩基附近堆载须要严格控制堆载高度和堆载速度,做好桩周土体的加固措施。     

浅议高校后勤管理公司资产评估

在高校后勤社会化改革中，属学校所有的国有资产应对其整体进行评估，确定后勤企业的资产总值。学校可按其所占份额提取利润，防止国有资产流失。     

公路工程主体设计应考虑的环保措施

本文通过公路工程主体设计时对生态环境、水环境、声环境、空气环境以及社会环境等相关环保措施的系统阐述,初步对目前公路工程建设中主体设计时所采用的环保措施进行初步的探讨,为相关技术人员进行工程设计时提供相应的参考。     

Improving the efficiency of demand-responsive paratransit services

State agencies responsible for ADA-eligible paratransit services are increasingly under pressure to contain costs and maximize service quality. Many do not operate vehicles themselves; instead, they contract out the provision of services. Contractors are paid for each hour of service. They are responsible for hiring crew, forming routes, dispatching, and operating and maintaining agency-owned vehicles. In the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Metro Mobility, the agency responsible for providing paratransit services, requires contractors to use agency-approved software for booking trips dynamically and sets parameters that guide contractors’ practices. Customer trips booked in this fashion may not utilize capacity in the most efficient manner. Therefore, beginning with the daily trip schedules generated by the software, this paper proposes two approaches for improving the efficiency of paratransit operations and estimates the benefit of using these approaches via experiments that utilize Metro Mobility data. The first approach re-optimizes routes developed at the end of each day. The second approach evaluates the benefit to state agencies of selectively using non-dedicated service providers such as taxis. Both approaches are tested on actual data obtained from Metro Mobility. The study shows that a conservative estimate of savings from re-optimization would be approximately 5% of Metro Mobility’s operating costs. Savings from the use of taxis are smaller and in the range of hundreds of dollars per day.     

罗兰C TOA-ASF测量系统设计与实现

附加二次相位因子（ASF）是影响罗兰C导航/授时系统精度的主要因素。进行ASF修正主要有理论预测法和实测法两种。针对罗兰C到达时间ASF实测修正的需要,本文给出了ASF测量系统的测量原理和测量系统组成,详细介绍了测量系统的设置、软硬件设计。车载试验表明,该测量系统的设计是成功的,能够满足ASF实测的需要。     

狭小空间底模支设施工技术

主要探讨了如何有效地在100 mm的狭小空间进行底模的支设,并保证现浇混凝土轨道梁的质量,同时底模必须方便顺利地取出,确保车站结构的使用安全性。     

浅谈丹东市防洪工程体系

介绍了丹东市防洪工程现状,对防洪工程体系及存在问题进行了分析,有关经验可供相关专业人员参考。     

民生警务背景下电动自行车治理困境与应对策略

大量的电动自行车违法行为给交通管理增加了繁重的压力的同时,也给民生警务改革、构建和谐警民关系带来了难题。在此背景下,文章首先阐述了新修订的《浙江省电动自行车管理条例》主要内容,接着分析了目前电动自行车治理存在民众对新《条例》认知不足、违法者不认同执法、电动自行车驾驶员安全意识不高和违规电动自行车生产销售等问题,最后有针对性地从宣传引导、加强执法协作和强化监管等方面提出了相应的对策建议。