Risk Management Practices in Construction

Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke is an author and lecturer with several years of teaching and research involvement in higher institutions of learning across the world.  He founded the Research Group on Sustainable Infrastructure Management plus (RG-SIM+) and he is currently the leader of the team. He has over 350 publications including eight (8) books in the area of Sustainable Infrastructure Management (SIM) with focus on Sustainable Development, Digital Construction, Quantity Surveying, Value Management and other multidisciplinary research areas. He is a member of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. He is also a Research Associate at University of Johannesburg, South Africa and an Academic Fellow at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Pelumi Elijah Adetoro is a construction project manager and currently a postgraduate student of Infrastructure Development and Management at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi under the Africa Sustainable Infrastructure Mobility Scheme. He is a Building Information Management (BIM) enthusiast. His areas of specialization are academic consultancy, BIM education and general construction. He is a construction cost engineer with practical experience in costing and managing construction projects.

Seyi Segun Stephen is a Construction Manager and a graduate of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He is a Social Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Enthusiast. He also has a flair for literature and his areas of specialization are academic consultancy, psychological education and teaching. He is a Construction Manager and has authored books including Sustainable Construction in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Value Management Implementation in Construction, and Smart Cities: A Panacea for Sustainable Development. He is currently a postgraduate students at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa is a Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying and Director of the DSI/ NRF Research Chair in Sustainable Construction Management and Leadership in the Built Environment and the cidb Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his PhD in Engineering Management and has published several research papers in the area of housing, construction and engineering management and research methodology for construction students. He has extensive knowledge in practice, research, training and teaching.

Lukman Oyekunle Oyewobi has a background in Quantity Surveying and publishes in the general area of construction projects management and strategic management in construction. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. He is a cooperate member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors and a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria. Dr Oyewobi has extensive tertiary teaching and research experience in the general area of Quantity Surveying.

Douglas Omoregie Aghimien is a Senior Lecturer in Built Environment at the Faculty of Art Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. He is a vibrant researcher with a keen interest in construction digitalisation, smart and sustainable construction, and value management. He has a PhD in engineering management from the University of Johannesburg and has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, book and book chapters.

Chapter 1. General Introduction.- Chapter 2. Risk Management Practices in Malaysia.- Chapter 3. Risk Management Practices in Nigeria.- Chapter 4. Risk Management Practices in Qatar.- Chapter 5. Risk Management Practice in Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 6. Risk Management Practices in South Africa.- chapter 7. Risk Management Practices in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 8. Risk Management Practices in Tanzania.- Chapter 9. Risk Management Practices in Australia.- Chapter 10. Risk Management Practices in Canada.- Chapter 11. Risk Management Practices in Sweden.- Chapter 12. Risk Management Practices in the United States of America. Chapter 13. General Summary on Risk Management.