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Informationen zum Autor OVIDIU CRETU, PHD, PE, is Cost Estimating and Modeling Unit Manager at the Washington State Department of Transportation. With more than forty years of experience, Cretu earned the Extra Mile Award with Washington State for his development and support of cost risk assessment with strategic thinking and innovation. ROBERT B. STEWART, CVS-LIFE, FSAVE, PMP, is President at Value Management Strategies, Inc., where he has been practicing the management of value and risk for more than twenty years. During this time, he has led more than 300 value and risk studies for clients in both the private and public sectors on a wide range of products, services, and facilities?from simple product studies to multibillion-dollar transportation projects. He has authored several books on the management of value and risk. TERRY L. BERENDS, PE, is an Assistant State Design Engineer at the Washington State Department of Transportation, where he is responsible for the statewide cost estimating, risk analysis, and value engineering programs. Berends is the cofounder of the self-modeling spreadsheet and the implementation of the risk reserve budgeting process. Klappentext The essential risk assessment guide for civil engineering, design, and construction Risk management allows construction professionals to identify the risks inherent in all projects, and to provide the tools for evaluating the probabilities and impacts to minimize the risk potential. This book introduces risk as a central pillar of project management and shows how a project manager can be prepared for dealing with uncertainty. Written by experts in the field, Risk Management for Design and Construction uses clear, straightforward terminology to demystify the concepts of project uncertainty and risk. Highlights include: Integrated cost and schedule risk analysis An introduction to a ready-to-use system of analyzing a project's risks and tools to proactively manage risks A methodology that was developed and used by the Washington State Department of Transportation Case studies and examples on the proper application of principles Information about combining value analysis with risk analysis > ?JOHN MILTON, PHD, PE Director of Enterprise Risk Management, Washington State Department of Transportation Zusammenfassung This text provides a balance of theory, technique and facilitation. The emphasis is on providing a practical and proven framework for risk management on real projects with a clear, concise description of the complex topic of risk for professionals. Written by experts in the field, it offers a practical, proven means of quantifying and minimizing risk, to inform business decisions in the design and construction field. Case studies and examples on the proper application of software and principles help make this book an important reference to the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix CHAPTER 1: WHY AND WHAT IS RISK MANAGEMENT? 1 Introduction 1 What Is an Estimate? 3 What Is Uncertainty? 4 What Is Risk? 4 What Is Risk Management? 4 Why Risk Management? 5 The Limitations of Risk Management 6 Objective of This Book 8 CHAPTER 2: PROJECT COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES 11 Introduction 11 Cost Estimating Methodology 14 Cost Estimating Process 14 Cost Estimating Data 18 Cost Estimating and Project Development Level 18 Estimate Documentation 24 Basis of Estimate 24 Conclusion 25 CHAPTER 3: THE RISK-BASED ESTIMATE 27 RBE-The Process 27 Risk-Based Estimate-How It Works 42 Base Cost and Schedule 43 Risks as Events 63 The Micro-Project 87 Eastside Corridor Program 90 RBE and Estimate Accuracy 100 Conclusions 105 CHAPTER 4: ...
