Integrating vulnerability management in assessing risks for operation and maintenance of road infrastructure | |
| Author | Chandar, Nadapana Sai Raja Rama |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-16-23 |
| Subject(s) | Risk management--India Rural roads--India |
| Note | A thesis proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-16-23 |
| Abstract | Road infrastructure is one of the key infrastructure that provide a major means of transport for both passengers and freight across the world. Even though the operation and maintenance period is longer than the construction period in road infrastructure, very little analysis is available for operation and maintenance risks. The main reason for the risk occurrence is due to loop holes or weakness in the management which makes the project more susceptible to the risk event. This tendency is known as Vulnerability. So to identify vulnerabilities in the management, needs a common, repeatable, systematic methodology to understand the vulnerability concept by including it into the risk management. This study discusses about the vulnerabilities in the company’s management(Internal) for operation and maintenance phase of road infrastructure by introducing vulnerability concept into risk management. Quantitative and Qualitative approach with case study as research methodology has been used in this study to collect the data regarding the risks and vulnerabilities among 3 case studies of different private companies. The data regarding the risk events were collected from a risk assessment survey of road infrastructure companies (Private) in India based on two perspectives: the degrees of occurrence and impact. The top-ranked risk events (10 out of 50 risks in each case study) generated from the value-of-risk index are the main focus of this study and the relationships among risk events and vulnerabilities are analyzed and explained using influence diagram. Total 5 vulnerabilities were identified as the main reasons for the failure of the management to cope with the risks events and out of which lack of experienced and committed staff was considered as the major vulnerability. The findings are expected to be useful for private companies to handle the risks emerging in operation and maintenance phase of road infrastructure. |
| Year | 2016 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-16-23 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Santoso, Djoen San; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam;Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H. W.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2016 |