Monday, 17 May 2010 16:28 Written by Maxwell Shifman

Delta-V Experts is pleased to announce its  appointment as the exclusive distributor of PC-Crash in Australia and New Zealand. PC-Crash is a 3D collision and trajectory simulation tool that enables quick and accurate analysis of a wide variety of motor vehicle collisions and other incidents. PC-Crash, developed by Dr. Steffan Datentechnik GmbH, has been the subject of nearly two decades of technical validation studies and is accepted in court jurisdictions throughout the world.

Delta-V Experts is pleased to be selling this sophisticated software and using it in as part of our accident reconstruction activities. For further information, please contact Dr Shane Richardson on +61 (0)3 9481 2200.

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 10:29 Written by Maxwell Shifman

Delta-V Experts principal forensic engineer, Dr George Rechnitzer, will be teaching professional design engineers in a new course, Guide to Best Practice for Safer Construction - Design Stage, for Engineering Education Australia. This one day course shows what designers need to do at the design stage to meet their legal obligations.

The course is targeted at designers, engineers, project managers, construction managers, OHS managers, OHS personnel, safety managers, involved in the planning and design and construction of civil engineering infrastructure and building works. This course is particularly valuable for design managers but will also be important to less experienced design professionals in introducing the concepts of designing for safety as set out in the Engineers Australia Guide to Best Practice for Safer Construction.

Courses will be run in Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney throughout 2010. Registrations can be made at the Engineering Education Australia website.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 12:16 Written by Maxwell Shifman

Dr Shane Richardson has sent some footage of crash testing being carried out at DSD, Austria:

This crash testing was carried out as part of a PC-Crash training course in Linz, which Dr Richardson is attending.

Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00 Written by Maxwell Shifman

Safety Assist is a project funded by WorkSafe, supported by the Victorian Transport Association and Transport Workers Union, which aims to reduce injuries in the transport industry, specifically in short distance road freight. Delta-V Experts has been selected as a founding Alliance Partner to provide engineering consulting, incident investigation and safety consulting services to Safety Assist.

The Safety Assist project will:

• Develop, design and engineer solutions for manual handling, slips and fall risk problems
• Share solutions across the industry
• Develop policies and procedures with employers and clients, including government agencies, to address chain of responsibility obligations
• Ensure access to materials to support the improvements in OHS
• Improve competence in managing OHS across the industry

Further information can be found on the Safety Assist website.

Please contact DVE on 03 9481 2200 if you operate in short distance road freight and woulid like assistance under Safety Assist or any other OH&S improvement program.

Monday, 28 December 2009 17:41 Written by Maxwell Shifman

25 November saw the VTA and Delta-V Experts host the first Incident Response Workshop. Run by Dr Shane Richardson, Roger Sanders, Maxwell Shifman and Nikola Josevski from Delta-V Experts, 39 people from a variety of VTA member organisations attended the session which covered topics such as:

• What to do in the event of a crash or incident?
• What happens in different types of crashes?
• How to document a scene (including things to look for)?
• Legal rights and pathways following an incident.

Numerous examples and case studies were also provided to illustrate specific methods for collection of relevant evidence. Discussions were robust and suggestions for a standard industry response procedure were made.

The session concluded with a critical examination of the Victorian Coroner’s Chain of Responsibility Checklist, the results of which will be taken back to the Coroner by the Transport Industry Safety Group.