In December 2008, the EU-project ”Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology Related Risks (iNTeg-Risk)” started. It focuses on the problem of emerging risks, i.e. the identification of risks that might emerge through the use of future applications. To ensure acceptance of technologies and products within EU there is a need of finding an agreed way to deal with emerging risks. The main objective of iNTeg-Risk is to improve the management of safety related to emerging risks.
Selected case studies will be used to reach the iNTeg-Risk vision of a new concept for integrated management of industrial safety. It will be based on a unified set of methods for risk management and a new common language. The case studies, called Emerging Risks Representative (industrial) Applications (ERRA), will include both technology development and risk methodology development. The work on each selected ERRA should lead to the development of reference solutions, reference documents, methods, and tools. One such ERRA deals with the Safety and Security of underground hubs with interconnected transportation services and shopping centres. In the paper the ERRA on underground hubs is presented together with a description of the included activities and the application of the Emerging Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) framework. Objects to be analysed are for example different fire loads, escape routes or air supply ducts.