A framework for assessing the riskiness of construction of a structural experiment project under Sino-African laboratory environment

Abstract

Every construction project, whether small size (laboratory construction experiments) or big size (real scale) project, needs a structured management framework. An experimental construction project in a laboratory can present as much risks as a real scale construction project. And as bases for theory, laboratory experiments should be carried with a careful management structure to insure the correctness of the results; therefore, risk management is an important issue during laboratory experiments. This paper investigates the state of art of laboratory experiments management through literature by exploring the existing frameworks for quality and risks management in laboratory environment. Then we evaluate and present the value of this concept by implementing the proposed framework to assess the riskiness of a construction experiment project under international (Sino-African) laboratory environment. The results show that, using the risk management framework during the laboratory experiments improves the accuracy of the obtained results therefore increases the reliability of the proposed theory. The riskiness of the case experiment project is calculated using Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) assessment tool (Expert choice) and the result shows that this case project is a low risk level project. Key words: Framework, risk management, laboratory experiment management, international laboratory environment, reliability.