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Risk Management Practices in Construction

A Global View

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• Ayodeji E. Oke 0 ,
• Pelumi E. Adetoro 1 ,
• Seyi S. Stephen 2 ,
• Clinton O. Aigbavboa 3 ,
• Lukman O. Oyewobi 4 ,
• Douglas O. Aghimien 5

Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure, Nigeria

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Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

University of johannesburg, johannesburg, south africa, federal university of technology minna, minna, nigeria, de mont fort university, leicester, uk.

Provides an overview of risk management regulations and procedures in countries across the world

Offers a comparative perspective between developed and developing countries

Discusses risk management in the context of sustainability in construction

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front matter, general introduction of the book, general introduction.

• Ayodeji E. Oke, Pelumi E. Adetoro, Seyi S. Stephen, Clinton O. Aigbavboa, Lukman O. Oyewobi, Douglas O. Aghimien

Risk Management in Selected Developing Countries

Risk management practices in malaysia, risk management practices in nigeria, risk management practices in qatar, risk management practice in saudi arabia, risk management practices in south africa, risk management practices in sri lanka, risk management practices in tanzania, risk management in selected developed countries, risk management practices in australia, risk management practices in canada, risk management practices in sweden, risk management practices in the united states of america, concluding summary of the book, general summary on risk management, back matter.

• Risk management
• Construction industry
• Project management
• Risk assessment
• Sustainable construction
• Project delivery
• Project performance

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Ayodeji E. Oke

Pelumi E. Adetoro

Seyi S. Stephen, Clinton O. Aigbavboa

Lukman O. Oyewobi

Douglas O. Aghimien

About the authors

Pelumi Elijah Adetoro is a construction project manager and currently a postgraduate student of Infrastructure Development and Management at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi under the Africa Sustainable Infrastructure Mobility Scheme. He is a Building Information Management (BIM) enthusiast. His areas of specialization are academic consultancy, BIM education and general construction. He is a construction cost engineer with practical experience in costing and managing construction projects.

Seyi Segun Stephen is a Construction Manager and a graduate of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He is a Social Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Enthusiast. He also has a flair for literature and his areas of specialization are academic consultancy, psychological education and teaching. He is a Construction Manager and has authored books including Sustainable Construction in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Value Management Implementation in Construction, and Smart Cities: A Panacea for Sustainable Development. He is currently a postgraduate students at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa is a Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying and Director of the DSI/ NRF Research Chair in Sustainable Construction Management and Leadership in the Built Environment and the cidb Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his PhD in Engineering Management and has published several research papers in the area of housing, construction and engineering management and research methodology for construction students. He has extensive knowledge in practice, research, training and teaching.

Lukman Oyekunle Oyewobi has a background in Quantity Surveying and publishes in the general area of construction projects management and strategic management in construction. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. He is a cooperate member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors and a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria. Dr Oyewobi has extensive tertiary teaching and research experience in the general area of Quantity Surveying.

Douglas Omoregie Aghimien is a Senior Lecturer in Built Environment at the Faculty of Art Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. He is a vibrant researcher with a keen interest in construction digitalisation, smart and sustainable construction, and value management. He has a PhD in engineering management from the University of Johannesburg and has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, book and book chapters.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title : Risk Management Practices in Construction

Book Subtitle : A Global View

Authors : Ayodeji E. Oke, Pelumi E. Adetoro, Seyi S. Stephen, Clinton O. Aigbavboa, Lukman O. Oyewobi, Douglas O. Aghimien

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35557-8

Publisher : Springer Cham

eBook Packages : Business and Management , Business and Management (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-031-35556-1 Published: 27 July 2023

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-031-35559-2 Due: 10 August 2024

eBook ISBN : 978-3-031-35557-8 Published: 26 July 2023

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XXII, 175

Number of Illustrations : 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

Topics : Risk Management , Construction Management , Sustainable Development , Civil Engineering

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The Effect of Risk Management Practices on Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises

Enterprise Risk Management

The main objective of the research is to examine the effect of risk management practices on performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The convenience sampling method was used for the study. The study used a sample size of 285 small and medium scale enterprise businesses for the analysis. The study used primary data obtained through questionnaire administration which was analysed using SPSS 25 and Microsoft Excel 2019. The study used both descriptive and inference analysis to analyse the data. According to the findings, low educational level of respondents helped to conclude that risk management is not widely practiced in SME businesses. Risk management practices are not well practiced in SME business because the SME owners possess low level of knowledge in the areas of identifying, assessing, treating and monitoring key operational risks. The positive relationship between risk management practices and performance is indicative that the proper practice of risk manage...

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Krewski, D. "Risk and risk management." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5272.

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COUTINHO, MARIANA RODRIGUES. "PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=17098@1.

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Bo, Hong. "Risk management and people management : a critical reflection on how risk management can be incorporated into current HR practices." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2014. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/risk-management-and-people-management(b0dc2bec-189c-45e5-9d2f-b938542ab853).html.

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Rahman, M. (Mohammad). "Risk management and measurement of risk management performance in complex projects." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201808312690.

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