Enhancement of the Comprehensive Risk Assessment for Transportation Projects

2018Final ReportPDFTech ReportFHWA-GA-18-1628P.I NO. 0013731Risk managementRisk assessmentPlan implementationDevelopmentProject deliveryRisk ManagementRisk IdentificationPlan Development Process, PDPProgram DeliveryUnited StatesGeorgiaGeorgia. Dept. of TransportationAshuri, BaabakMoradi, ArashBaek, MinsooKingsley, GordonAn, Hannah YehyunZhang, LimaoLiang, YunpingBahrami, ShivaGeorgia. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Performance-Based Management and ResearchGeorgia Institute of Technology. Economics of Sustainable Built Environment LabUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionEarly involvement of subject-matter experts is critical for better understanding the existing conditions of a project that are useful in developing appropriate risk response planning for the project. Thus, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has decided to engage subject-matter experts early on during GDOT\u2019s plan development process (PDP) to evaluate existing project conditions and identify issues (i.e., risk factors) that must be considered for timely delivery of the project. The overarching objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive set of identified risk factors for functional offices involved in the early phases of the PDP. Through an extensive literature review and interviews with subject-matter experts in different functional groups in GDOT and the project management team in the Office of Program Delivery, the total of 21 major areas of project issues were determined for the 5 major offices (i.e., Offices of Environmental Services, Right-of-Way, Strategic Communication, Utilities, and Bridge Design) and 125 risk factors were identified for the major areas of the project issues. The findings of the research report provide a searchable and customizable risk identification that can aid project managers in evaluating the existing conditions and related issues of the project early in the concept- and scope-development phases of the PDP. The primary contribution of this research is to enhance the ability of state transportation agencies to understand existing project conditions and potential project risks that adversely affect the smooth delivery of the project.75