Methodology and tools for risk evaluation in construction projects using Risk Breakdown Structure

作者：Rasool Mehdizadeh^*; Franck Taillandier; Denys Breysse; Halidou Niandou

来源：European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2012, 16: S78-S98.

DOI：10.1080/19648189.2012.681959

• risk management
• risk breakdown structure
• construction
• risk analysis
• project risk

Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a hierarchically organised depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks. This type of representation has many advantages and is a suitable tool especially for risk management of construction projects, since it offers a synthetic view on risks, each stakeholder can have his or her own view on the project and it is compatible with evolutionary and dynamic nature of project risks. However, RBS suffers several drawbacks such as lack of consensus on how to develop an RBS for a new project, lack of clarity and inconsistencies in definition of risk categories and lack of rules enabling transfer of qualitative/quantitative information of risks across the tree. This article will focus on the last case, proposing an advanced method for measurement and propagation of risks in RBS.

• 出版日期2012-6