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Construction Risk in Coastal and River Engineering
Author(s) -
Simm J. D.,
Camilleri A. J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00351.x
Subject(s) - intertidal zone , work (physics) , procurement , civil engineering , environmental science , environmental resource management , engineering , geology , oceanography , business , mechanical engineering , marketing
New methods and protocols are presented to assess and mitigate time, cost, quality and safety risks in construction, based upon the research behind two manuals which have been produced by HR Wallingford under industry guidance. The paper focuses on the specific risks associated with weather, sea and river state conditions. The inter‐relationship with procurement route and insurance is also discussed. A contractor's view of construction risk is then given in the form of a case study based on the Eastbourne Coast Protection Scheme. This scheme involved work on a coastal foreshore in a tidal and marine environment and included five phases of timber groynes, rock revetments, concrete sea‐walls and the reconstruction of promenades plus two phases of shingle renourishment.