Risk Management in Projects

Martin Loosemore, John Raftery, Charles Reilly, David Higgon

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781134509218
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk. This second edition of the original practical and straightforward text retains the easy-to-read format, but has been expanded to encompass the entire risk management process and to give a fuller presentation of how risk is generally perceived.

Two new chapters cover risk identification and risk response, and the chapters on risk analysis have been completely reorganized. There is also greater emphasis on the theory behind the principles, and an expanded bibliography is given to guide an exploration of the subject in greater detail. The book demystifies risk management by presenting the subject in simple and practical terms, free of technical jargon, and case studies are used extensively to enliven the text and to illustrate the concepts discussed.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Also available from Taylor & Francis
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of tables
• List of figures
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Risk and uncertainty in projects
• 2 Risk and opportunity identification
• 3 Risk and opportunity analysis
• 4 Perceptions of risk
• 5 Risk response, crisis management and recovery
• 6 Developing and implementing a successful risk and opportunity management system
• Appendix A Risk management maturity level checklist
• Appendix B A checklist of common risks and opportunities in construction projects
• References
• Index