Managing Risk in Construction Projects

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Nigel J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Authors' Biographies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Projects and Risk
  • 1.1 Construction projects
  • 1.2 Decision making
  • 1.3 Risk management strategy
  • 1.4 Project planning
  • 1.5 Summary
  • Chapter 2 The Project Environment
  • 2.1 Projects
  • 2.2 The project constitution
  • 2.3 Project organisation
  • Single discipline projects
  • Multidiscipline projects
  • 2.4 Project phases
  • 2.5 Effect of project phase on risk
  • 2.6 Project appraisal
  • 2.7 Summary
  • Chapter 3 Understanding the Human Aspects
  • 3.1 Risk management-context
  • 3.2 Risk management-organisations
  • 3.3 The risk management process
  • 3.4 Some guidelines to the risk management process
  • 3.5 The risk workshop
  • Preparation
  • Warm up exercise 1
  • Warm up exercise 2
  • Risk identification
  • Quantification
  • 3.6 Communication
  • 3.7 Summary
  • Reference
  • Chapter 4 Qualitative Methods and Soft Systems Methodology
  • 4.1 Qualitative risk assessment
  • 4.2 Review of project programmes and budgets
  • 4.3 The risk log
  • 4.4 Using a risk log to formulate risk management strategy
  • 4.5 Qualitative methods
  • 4.6 Soft systems methodology
  • 4.7 Case study: SSM in use in the procurement of construction projects
  • Technical and environmental
  • Commercial and operational
  • Root definitions
  • Root definition 1: procurement of microtunnelling projects
  • Root definition 2: payment of contractors
  • Root definition 3: management of construction risk
  • Root definition 4: operation of construction plant
  • Proposed risk allocation strategy
  • 4.8 Summary
  • Chapter 5 Risk and Value Management
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Approaches to the management of risk
  • Informal approach to the management of risk
  • Formal approach to the management of risk
  • Qualitative risk assessment
  • Quantitative risk assessment
  • 5.3 The standard risk management model
  • 5.4 Applying risk and value management
  • 5.5 Value management processes
  • Value identification
  • Value planning
  • 5.6 Understanding the project risk
  • Risk identification
  • Risk analysis
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Scenario analysis
  • Probability analysis
  • Probability sensitivity analysis
  • Probability impact
  • Priority
  • Risk evaluation
  • Economic parameters
  • Iso-risk curves
  • 5.7 Applying value and risk management
  • Identification of options
  • Analysis of options
  • Evaluation of the options: the VFM assessment
  • 5.8 Iteration of the process
  • 5.9 Summary
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Quantitative Methods for Risk Analysis
  • 6.1 Sanction
  • 6.2 Project appraisal and selection
  • Programme
  • Risk and uncertainty
  • 6.3 Project evaluation
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • 6.4 Engineering risks
  • 6.5 Risk management
  • Risk reduction
  • Contingencies
  • The role of people
  • 6.6 Probabilistic analysis
  • Monte Carlo technique
  • 6.7 Response to risks
  • 6.8 Successful risk management

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