Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector
Late completions, frequent work stoppages and cost overruns are common issues in developing countries. Effective risk management (RM) can be utilised to address these common construction issues; however, the uptake of risk management within the Iranian construction industry, as in many developin...
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| author | Chileshe, Nicholas Hossein, M. Reza Jepson, Jacqueline |
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| description | Late completions, frequent work stoppages and cost overruns are common issues
in developing countries. Effective risk management (RM) can be utilised to address these
common construction issues; however, the uptake of risk management within the Iranian
construction industry, as in many developing nations, is limited. This study explored why RM is
not used through a questionnaire survey of 90 professionals in the Iranian construction
industry. The findings show that professionals in the industry perceive the three greatest
barriers to be (1) a lack of experience among practitioners, (2) the lack of available risk
management consultants and (3) a lack of knowledge and necessary skills. In contrast, the
professionals believed that the least common barriers were tight scheduling of projects and
costs associated with risk management implementation. No significant differences were
found between the perceptions of the three sub-groups—contractors, consultants and
clients (private and public)—regarding the barriers to risk management. The study
contributes to the field by providing insights into what causes the low level of implementation
of risk assessment and management practices (RAMP) in Iran. It is anticipated that this type
of study will result in raising the level of awareness about practices designed to improve risk
management in developing countries. The study advocates a number of solutions for
addressing the identified barriers. These solutions can be implemented or used as guidelines
by construction companies and policy makers in other developing countries confronting
similar problems. |
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| spelling | usm-414532018-08-21T01:43:24Z http://eprints.usm.my/41453/ Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector Chileshe, Nicholas Hossein, M. Reza Jepson, Jacqueline TH1-9745 Building construction Late completions, frequent work stoppages and cost overruns are common issues in developing countries. Effective risk management (RM) can be utilised to address these common construction issues; however, the uptake of risk management within the Iranian construction industry, as in many developing nations, is limited. This study explored why RM is not used through a questionnaire survey of 90 professionals in the Iranian construction industry. The findings show that professionals in the industry perceive the three greatest barriers to be (1) a lack of experience among practitioners, (2) the lack of available risk management consultants and (3) a lack of knowledge and necessary skills. In contrast, the professionals believed that the least common barriers were tight scheduling of projects and costs associated with risk management implementation. No significant differences were found between the perceptions of the three sub-groups—contractors, consultants and clients (private and public)—regarding the barriers to risk management. The study contributes to the field by providing insights into what causes the low level of implementation of risk assessment and management practices (RAMP) in Iran. It is anticipated that this type of study will result in raising the level of awareness about practices designed to improve risk management in developing countries. The study advocates a number of solutions for addressing the identified barriers. These solutions can be implemented or used as guidelines by construction companies and policy makers in other developing countries confronting similar problems. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41453/1/JCDC_21%282%29_Art_5%2881-112%29.pdf Chileshe, Nicholas and Hossein, M. Reza and Jepson, Jacqueline (2016) Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries , 21 (2). pp. 81-112. ISSN 1823-6499 http://web.usm.my/jcdc/vol21_2_2016/JCDC%2021(2)_Art%205(81-112).pdf |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Chileshe, Nicholas Hossein, M. Reza Jepson, Jacqueline Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title | Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management
Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title_full | Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management
Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title_fullStr | Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management
Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management
Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title_short | Critical Barriers to Implementing Risk Assessment and Management
Practices (RAMP) in the Iranian Construction Sector |
| title_sort | critical barriers to implementing risk assessment and management
practices (ramp) in the iranian construction sector |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/41453/ http://eprints.usm.my/41453/ http://eprints.usm.my/41453/1/JCDC_21%282%29_Art_5%2881-112%29.pdf |