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Data Analytics for Engineering and Construction Project Risk Management

  • Provides guidance on how data analytics methods are implemented in project risk management
  • Integrates practitioners’ and managerial experience with the decision-theoretic framework
  • Includes numerous worked out examples and practice problems

Part of the book series: Risk, Systems and Decisions (RSD)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Uncertainty and Risk

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 3-22
    3. Project Risk Management Fundamentals

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 23-41
  3. Risk Assessment in Project Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
    2. Correlation in Projects

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 81-107
    3. Estimating Means, Variances, and Correlations Based on Experts’ Judgment

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 109-142
    4. Sensitivity and Common Cause Effects

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 143-164
    5. Approximate Risk Function for Project Durations

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 165-180
    6. Contingency and Management Reserves

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 181-203
  4. Risk Monitoring and Reassessment in Project Execution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
    2. Bayesian Revision of Probability Estimates

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 207-233
    3. Managing Contingency and Budget to Complete

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 235-276
    4. Statistical Project Control

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 277-303
    5. Forecasting Project Completion

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 305-355
    6. Forecasting with Learning Curve Models

      • Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt
      Pages 357-371
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 373-379

About this book

This book provides a step-by-step guidance on how to implement analytical methods in project risk management. The text focuses on engineering design and construction projects and as such is suitable for graduate students in engineering, construction, or project management, as well as practitioners aiming to develop, improve, and/or simplify corporate project management processes.

The book places emphasis on building data-driven models for additive-incremental risks, where data can be collected on project sites, assembled from queries of corporate databases, and/or generated using procedures for eliciting experts’ judgments.  While the presented models are mathematically inspired, they are nothing beyond what an engineering graduate is expected to know: some algebra, a little calculus, a little statistics, and, especially, undergraduate-level understanding of the probability theory.

The book is organized in three parts and fourteen chapters.  In Part I theauthors provide the general introduction to risk and uncertainty analysis applied to engineering construction projects. The basic formulations and the methods for risk assessment used during project planning phase are discussed in Part II, while in Part III the authors present the methods for monitoring and (re)assessment of risks during project execution.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Texas A&M University , College Station, USA

    Ivan Damnjanovic

  • College Station, USA

    Kenneth Reinschmidt

About the authors

Kenneth F. Reinschmidt was a Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During his long lasting career Dr Reinschmidt has held many positions in academia and industry including being a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Senior Vice President of Stone & Webster, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Stone & Webster Advanced Systems Development Services. He has pioneered many data-centred project management tools and methods including knowledge-based engineering analysis, computer-aided engineering design, and expert systems for manufacturing and production scheduling. Dr Reinschmidt served as a chairman or a member of many congressionally-mandated studies that investigated project management practices across different federal agencies. At Texas A&M University Dr. Reinschmidt used to teach project risk management and construction improvement methods.

Ivan D. Damnjanovic is an Associate Professor, J.L. “Corky” Frank/Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC Faculty Fellow, and the Director of Engineering Project Management program at Texas A&M University. He is also the Founder of Riskopedia Analytics consultancy. Dr. Damnjanovic specializes in qualitative and quantitative methods for assessment and management of engineering and project risks. He has an extensive experience in risk and safety analysis applied to projects from different industry segments including transportation infrastructure, oil&gas, and technology development. Dr. Damnjanovic has been a lead investigator on more than 20 state and federally funded studies, and the author of more than 50 peer reviewed journal publications and reports. He has served as a member of a number of committees that looked into industry-wide applications of risk analysis. At Texas A&M University Dr. Damnjanovic teaches project risk management and project finance and has earned awards for his instruction. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Data Analytics for Engineering and Construction Project Risk Management

  • Authors: Ivan Damnjanovic, Kenneth Reinschmidt

  • Series Title: Risk, Systems and Decisions

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14251-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14250-6Published: 04 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14253-7Published: 31 July 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14251-3Published: 23 May 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2626-6717

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-6725

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 379

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Construction Management, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Project Management

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Softcover Book USD 89.99
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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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