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Feng, K (2020) Environmentally friendly construction processes under uncertainty assessment, optimisation and robust decision-making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Järvenpää, A-T (2022) How to promote innovation from an organizational control perspective a case study of a public infrastructure client, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Jassim, H S H (2019) Assessing energy use and carbon emissions to support planning of environmentally sustainable earthmoving operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Jongeling, R (2006) A process model for work-flow management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Jonsson, J (1996) Construction site productivity measurements selection, application and evaluation of methods and measures, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Laurell-Stenlund, K (2010) Value creation in development and construction of public buildings: The case of houses of culture, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Lundkvist, R (2015) Experience feedback in industrialised house-building: The impact of production strategies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Lundman, P (2011) Cost management for underground infrastructure projects a case study on cost increase and its causes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Meiling, J (2010) Continuous improvement and experience feedback in off-site construction timber-framed module prefabrication, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Osipova, E (2013) On enhancing joint risk management throughout a project's lifecycle: Empirical studies of Swedish construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Rwamamara, R A (2007) Planning the healthy construction workplace through risk assessment and design methods, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Schade, J (2013) A design process perspective on the energy performance of buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Simu, K (2009) The construction site manager's impact on risk management performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: construction project; construction site; labour; site manager; labour market; problem solving; risk management; safety; education; market; project performance
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- URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26467
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Risk management in construction is traditionally based on the experience and individual judgements made by site managers, especially in smaller projects. The site managers in construction should also be regarded as key individuals, with a prevailing picture of being tough and possibly also risk prone in their behaviour .This study follows up a previous study by the researcher which found that the management system itself does not have such a large influence on the way risks are managed at a construction site. The construction site manager, as an individual, is regarded as having a greater impact on the project performance related to risk. The question raised in this study is therefore what individual impact the site managers have on the effects of risk management. To be able to answer this question, it is also important to determine the extent to which it is possible to measure the effects of risk management at construction site level. The results of this study present a model for measuring the effects of risk management on site and at individual level in a construction project, using specific indicators. These indicators are related to profit, safety, quality performance and predictability. Further, this model has been tested using authentic data from a construction company. These data do not reveal strong correlations between the chosen indicators and, as a result, reliance on profit is dominant. The individual impact on risk management performance focuses on two aspects of the character of an individual; personality and background information, such as education, age and experience. Personality traits measured by the PAPI test reveal three significant traits that correlate to economic performance on site. They are need for change, need to be forceful and social harmoniser. None of these traits was, however, found to be related to risk management performance. Moreover, the characteristic personality of construction site managers is compared with that of managers from the general labour market to see whether there are any significant differences that could help to explain the prevailing picture of the character of construction site managers. The most powerful difference is the trait of need for change, indicating that construction site managers are more conservative than other managers. In this comparison, it is not possible to assign attributes to site managers as being more risk prone than other managers. Instead, a picture emerges of individuals who focus on details, are keen on following routines and also have a work pace indicating stress tolerance. The conclusions from this study are that there are indicators that ought to work as indicators of risk management performance, but the amount of data required to find significant correlations needs to be vast. It is also concluded from this study that, due to the site managers' aversion to change, they remain at the less demanding rule-based level of problem solving instead of moving up to the more time-consuming, knowledge-based level of problem solving. It is also concluded that site managers from construction are not more risk prone than managers from the general labour market. The final conclusion is that the individual impact on the effects of risk management is fairly small. There are other issues, possibly related to organisational context, that have a greater impact.
Sterner, E (2002) Green procurement of buildings: Estimation of environmental impact and life-cycle cost, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Toolanen, B (2008) Lean contracting relational contracting influenced by lean thinking, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Vennström, A (2008) The construction client as a change agent contextual support and obstacles, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Wernicke, B (2020) Diversity of flow in production improvements in house building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.
Woksepp, S (2007) Virtual reality in construction tools, methods and processes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Luleå University of Technology.