Kamrani, Abdul Rahim <br/><br/>
Contractual risk assessment in public construction projects from owner perspective in Afghanistan 

 - Pathum Thani, Thailand :  Asian Institute of Technology,  2017 
 - 1 online resource (141 leaves) :  ill. 
 - Thesis ;  no. CM-17-01 .
 - Asian Institute of Technology.  Thesis ;  no. CM-17-01 .
<br/><br/> A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 
<br/><br/> Risk  and  uncertainty  are  common  things  in  all  construction  projects regardlessof size, location, complexity and other construction works characteristics. For many years they paid very poor attention regarding to risk andrisk management in construction industry which both  clients  and  contractors  have  suffered  as  the  result.  These  issue  in  construction management  caused  that  major  projects  have  been  facing  delay,  cost  overrun  and  poor quality. Afghanistan like many other developing countries, has faced many problemswhich caused very bad impacts especially on public construction projects. One of these problems is, lack of a proper system to identify and evaluate the risks which through make planning to implement risk management practices to harness these risk in construction projects.This research focuses on identification and assessment of the significant contractual risks in public construction projects from owner perspective. A questionnaire survey involving 50 contractual  risk  factor  which  are  causing  delay,  cost  overrun  and  poor  quality  in  public construction projects, was design, distributed and collected form 97 professional engineers who  have  been  working  or  worked  in  public  construction  projects  in  Afghanistan.  As  the result top 20 significant risk factors which have the highest frequency and impact schedule, cost and quality in public construction projects were identified. Moreover, a questionnaire survey involving these top 20 major risk factors was distribute and collected from 11very expert and professional engineers. The third questionnaire survey involving the top 20 major risk factor and solutions for individual risks, was designed and conducted to rank and select the best solutionsfor each significant risk factor.The most significant risks which have high ranks in both frequency of occurrence and degree of impact: Lack of qualified contractors (R02), Bribery and corruption in public construction projects related organizations (R21), Inadequate monitoring of subcontractors work (R28), Lack  of  qualified  subcontractors  (R06),  and  inadequate  amount  of  machinery,  equipment and labor at the site (R47). Moreover,  Lack of qualified contractor(R02)is the source of most  of  contractualrisks  in  public  construction  projects  in  Afghanistan.  Therefore,  the government need to invest to solve this issue in priority. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Construction contracts--Management--Afghanistan<br/>Management contracts--Afghanistan