Supervising Engineer's Account and Reflections on a Major Reservoir Safety Incident

摘要

This paper details the first response to an emergency incident that took place at Ulley Reservoir in June 2007, and provides a first hand account of the events that took place during the initial twelve hours and looks at the actions taken by the Undertaker, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC), and the Supervising Engineer during that period. The paper also provides a commentary on the actions taken by the AR Panel Engineer, the emergency services and Undertaker's and contractor's staff in carrying out further emergency works to stabilise the dam during the following 48 hours. It provides a detailed account of an emergency plan being put into action and also how the emergency plan can be flexible enough to allow improvisation to deal with particular problems as they are identified. The paper concludes by providing a summary of the main lessons learnt during the emergency response and comments on general housekeeping matters such as the availability of reservoir records, communications and welfare facilities.