Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: SHARMA & ASSOCIATES INC
Awarding agency: Department of Transportation / Federal Railroad Administration
Funding agency: Department of Transportation / Federal Railroad Administration
Period of performance: 2018-09-27 to 2025-09-26
Current total value of award: $527953
Description: RA R&D SEEKS TO FURTHER REFINE THIS PROTOTYPE SAFETY RISK MODEL. IN THE CURRENT MODEL IDENTIFIED HAZARDS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY AND CONSEQUENCE. FREQUENCY METRICS ARE DERIVED FROM NATIONAL RAILROAD OPERATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (SUCH AS ANNUAL TRAIN MILES, FOR EXAMPLE). HAZARD CONSEQUENCES ARE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF FATALITIES, INJURIES, NUMBERS OF EVACUEES (IN THE CASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EVENTS) AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. RISK, DEFINED AS THE PRODUCT OF FREQUENCY AND CONSEQUENCE FOR A GIVEN HAZARD, IS OBTAINED DIRECTLY. THE SRM WILL PERMIT RANKING OF INDIVIDUAL HAZARDS AND PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF WHERE R&D PROJECT INVESTMENTS MAY HAVE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON IMPROVING SAFETY. THIS MODIFICATION IS TO CHANGE THE COR/INVOICE APPROVER FROM JEFF GORDON TO DAVID BRABB AND SET MELISSA SHURLAND AS THE ALTERNATIVE COR.