Design phase collaborative risk management factors : a case study of a green rating system in South Africa

Ojiako, Udechukwu and Maseko, Lungie and Root, David and Venkatachalam, Senthilkumar and Marshall, Alasdair and AlRaeesi, Eman Jasim Hussain and Chipulu, Maxwell (2024) Design phase collaborative risk management factors : a case study of a green rating system in South Africa. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. ISSN 0969-9988 (https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2023-1138)

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Abstract

Purpose: We explore the design risk factors and associated managerial practices driving collaborative risk management for design efficacy in green building projects. By illuminating project design risk as an important project risk category in its own right, the study contributes to our understanding of optimising design efficacies for collaborative project risk management. Design/methodology/approach: The study comprises exploratory interviews conducted with 27 industry project practitioners involved in the design and delivery/implementation of Green Star-certified building projects in South Africa. Findings: The findings discursively highlight seven sources of design risk. We also identify seven specific collaborative risk management practices for design efficacy emerging from a consideration of how risk environments vary in the Green Star-certified projects, each with its own project design risk implications. Originality/value: The study advances our understanding of how collaborations emerging from particular relational yet context-specific practices can be optimised to strengthen project risk management.

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Ojiako, Udechukwu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-2115, Maseko, Lungie, Root, David, Venkatachalam, Senthilkumar, Marshall, Alasdair, AlRaeesi, Eman Jasim Hussain and Chipulu, Maxwell;
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