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Travis Holland
Joshua Bruce-Black

March 2017

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travis holland, PE

Travis Holland, PE

Mr. Holland is a member of BakerRisk’s Structures Group. His career has focused on assisting multinational petrochemical corporations develop and implement structural solutions to mitigate risk. He holds expertise in the implementation of industry guidance including API RP 752. Throughout his 19 years of experience at BakerRisk, Travis has assessed and designed building structures to resist the effects of blast, thermal, fragment, and other extreme loads.

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joshua bruce-black, MS

Joshua Bruce-black, MS

Mr. Bruce-Black is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. His work focuses on performing and managing Facility Siting Studies (FSS), Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA), Business Interruption Studies, Audits, Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), and Hazardous Area Classification Studies (HAC) for leading U.S. petrochemical and chemical companies. He has provided FSS/QRA and risk mitigation training to organizations, conferences, and for clients as part of the BakerRisk Learning Center. He also has extensive experience with the development of FSS/QRA Procedures/Guidelines and consequence/risk tolerance criteria and has identified and evaluated cost-effective risk mitigation measures to allow companies to make informed risk management decisions.

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American Petroleum Institute (API): API Facility Siting Revisions
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA): NFPA 59A (LNG) Technical Committee

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