Background for forming a unified methodological approach to risk assessment of new transport construction projects

In the most general case, the assessment of the risks of investment projects is carried out on the basis of a single standard methodological approach, sufficiently adapted to a large number of industry structures. However, new projects implemented in order to expand and radically modify the infrastructure of railway transport in the Russian Federation require clarification of the principles and provisions of existing approaches for their reasonable implementation. The reason for this lies in the sectoral features of the projects: the return on investment is longer than in other sectors; the social importance of new infrastructure facilities; attraction of budgetary resources to finance new transport construction projects. The article discusses the main prerequisites for the formation of a methodological approach to the analysis and assessment of the risks of construction of infrastructure facilities of railway transport. The author's approach to assessing the risks of projects for the construction of infrastructure facilities is proposed from the standpoint of their relationship with the characteristics of project stakeholders, which determines the directions of risk analysis at the current stage of project implementation and the consequences of the previous stages