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

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Pages s78-s98 | Published online: 18 May 2012
 

Abstract

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.

Une RBS (Risk Breakdown Structure) est une représentation hiérarchisée des risques d’un projet. Elle est composée de catégories de risque qui explicitent les différents domaines d’origine des risques potentiels. Ce type de représentation présente de nombreux avantages qui la rendent adaptée à la gestion des risques dans les projets de construction : elle offre une vision synthétique des risques, elle est compatible avec la nature dynamique et évolutive des risques et permet à chaque acteur du projet d’avoir sa propre vision des risques. Cependant les RBS présentent aussi des inconvénients : il n’y a pas de consensus sur la façon de les construire, la définition des catégories de risque est souvent floue et non partagée, enfin il n’y a pas de règles permettant de propager les évaluations (qualitatives ou quantitatives) dans les branches de la structure. Cet article s’intéressera particulièrement à ce dernier point en proposant une méthode d’évaluation et de propagation des risques dans les RBS.

Acknowledgement

This work was developed in the frame of the French ANR-GERMA research program, whose partners are thanked here for their contribution to the discussion and their thought-provoking ideas.

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