Evaluate the risks associated with moving from a traditional construction method for constructing concrete formwork, to an advanced method that will be designed to take advantage of additive and/or automated and digital techniques.

Risk Engineering

You have been tasked to evaluate the risks associated with moving from a traditional construction method for constructing concrete formwork (such as precast), to an advanced method that will be designed to take advantage of additive and/or automated and digital techniques.

Firstly, draw on your engineering background to gain an overview of the current construction methods and their respective times. Obviously, this information may not be readily available, therefore, you may be required to make some assumptions – but use your engineering judgements to make sure these are justified.

Then, select an appropriate advanced / alternative method for your project. It could also be a future construction method that is yet to be commercialised. Remember, this subject is about risk engineering, and this report does not require a full technical evaluation.

The next stage will be to implement a risk management process based on the ISO31000 and the content of this course. Some things to think about would include:
● Risks and opportunities
● Hazards
● Safe design principles

● The risk management process
o Risk identification
o Risk analysis
o Risk evaluation
o Risk treatment
o Risk monitoring and review

● Techniques and tools used for planning and probabilistic analysis
o CPM
o PERT
o Monte Carlo

● Summary
o Conclusions and lessons learnt
o Recommendations
o Future research