Facility Risk Management of Common Conduits

Common conduits are indispensable for the populous metropolitans and the advanced industrial parks, such as the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park. The various pipelines in the common conduits serve not only as the nerve system but also the circulating system of the industrial parks. The maltiple functions of the common conduits may affect not only the yearly hundred-billion-dollar productions of the high-tech industrial park but also the welfare of millions of people's life. It is therefore very important to ensure the maintainability and successful operations of the common conduits. However, the common conduit is still not popular in many developing countries including Taiwan. Important historical data related to risk analysis of the common conduit are not available. Moreover, the serious damages of infrastructure caused by Chi-Chi (921) Earthquake in 1999 has exposed the insufficiency of risk management in the public infrastructure in Taiwan.Thus, this paper aims at developing a facility risk management method for common conduits. A case strudy of a local high-tech industrial park is performed for illustration purpose. The goal of the paper is to provide a practical reference for developing facility risk management programs of future common conduit projects.