Risk Management practices of leading UK cost consultants.

Wood, GD and Ellis, RCT 2003, 'Risk Management practices of leading UK cost consultants.' , Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 10 (4) , pp. 254-262.

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Abstract

Risk management (RM) is now widely accepted as an important tool in the management of projects. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with RM facilitators, current practice is explored. The findings provide a number of soft benchmarks. Interest in RM comes largely from educated clients and is regularly adopted as an integrated front-end service. Ongoing RM studies throughout the project life cycle are limited largely to the public sector and utilities. The use of RM workshops and the production of risk registers are commonplace. The use of Monte Carlo simulation through specialist software is widespread as a means of obtaining a greater degree of confidence in project budgets. There is scepticism regarding the usefulness of complex risk analysis techniques and a predisposition to rely on judgement based on experience. The use of historical data is limited. Evaluation of the service is informal and there is a relative lack of training and skills development underpinning RM provision.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD0028 - 0070 Management. Industrial Management > HD61 Risk Management Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of the Built Environment Schools > School of the Built Environment > Centre for Urban Processes, Resilient Infrastructures & Sustainable Environments
Journal or Publication Title:	Engineering Construction and Architectural Management
Publisher:	Emerald
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0969-9988
Depositing User:	H Kenna
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2007 14:35
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 22:01
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/509

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