Project risk management for community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction project

Indonesia is a highly disaster prone country, particularly to earthquakes. In the last decade, Indonesia has been hit by three large earthquakes; Aceh in December 2004, Yogyakarta in May 2006, and West Sumatra in September 2009. These earthquakes have created considerable losses to Indonesian communities, lead to 130,000 fatalities, US$10.3 billions economic losses, and 500,000 of heavily damaged houses. The massive housing reconstruction has been found to be the most problematic sector of housing reconstruction programme. Although community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction project (CPHRP) has been implemented, nevertheless the outcome was still overshadowed by the delay in delivery, cost escalation, unexpected quality, and community dissatisfaction. The implementation of good practice of project risk management in construction industry is expected to enhance the success of CPHRP. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a risk management model for community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction approach. In order to achieve the aim and objective of the research, multiple case studies is selected as research strategies. This study implements the sequential mixed method application, started with semi-structure interview and followed by questionnaire survey as the primary method. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data, whilst descriptive and inferential statistics were deployed to analyse quantitative data. This study reveals the importance of the understanding on community-based approach in post-disaster housing reconstruction. Four highly significant advantages of CPHRP have been discovered, with ‘create sense of ownership’ of beneficiaries to the project as the most significant advantage. It was also found that the psychological advantage of CPHRP is more dominant compare to the construction advantage. Further, the risk assessment has discovered some high risk events during the pre-construction stage of CPHRP. The most affected project objective by them is project time completion. Risk response document has also been proposed. Moreover, this study found twelve critical success factors (CSFs) of CPHRP, with the highest CSFs is ‘transparency and accountability’. With careful attention on the above findings, it is expected the success of the implementation of CPHRP can be increase

Risk Assessment on Community-Based Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction Project

Risk management method has been acknowledged to be an important factor to achieve the project objectives in the construction industry. However, its implementation on community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction is hardly found. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is to assess high risk events that affect time completion of community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction project (CPHRP). Three most recent and most severe areas affected by earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia were chosen as case study locations: Aceh (2004), Yogyakarta (2006) and West Sumatra (2009). Questionnaire survey was selected as data collection method and emailed to respondents to assess the probability of occurrence of particular event and its impact on time completion. The response rate was considered as very satisfactory (79%) with sixty five questionnaires were categorized as valid. Result shows that twenty events can be categorised as high risk and are mostly originated from government

Analytical Network Process (ANP) for priority setting of strategic roads handling at Tebo Regency

Development of transportation infrastructure in the region aims to meet the needs of the community to facilitate mobility of people, goods, and services. However, the work of transportation infrastructure requires a large amount of cost while the development budget is limited. Therefore, a careful determination of the priority of road handling is urgently required. In this study, an analysis was conducted to determine the priority of handling strategic roads in Tebo Regency. This study uses the Analytic Network Process (ANP) method with 4 (four) criteria to determine the priority of road handling, namely: engineering, economics, regional potential, and policies. It was found that National Road - Pintas being the first priority with a weight of 0.252, then the second priority for National Road - Lubuk Mandarsah with a weight of 0.23.The third priority is Unit I Rimbo Bujang - Unit XI Rimbo Ulu Road with a weight of 0.211

Analytical Network Process (ANP) for priority setting of strategic roads handling at Tebo Regency.

Development of transportation infrastructure in the region aims to meet the needs of the community to facilitate mobility of people, goods, and services. However, the work of transportation infrastructure requires a large amount of cost while the development budget is limited. Therefore, a careful determination of the priority of road handling is urgently required. In this study, an analysis was conducted to determine the priority of handling strategic roads in Tebo Regency. This study uses the Analytic Network Process (ANP) method with 4 (four) criteria to determine the priority of road handling, namely: engineering, economics, regional potential, and policies. It was found that National Road - Pintas being the first priority with a weight of 0.252, then the second priority for National Road - Lubuk Mandarsah with a weight of 0.23.The third priority is Unit I Rimbo Bujang - Unit XI Rimbo Ulu Road with a weight of 0.211

Factors Influencing Post-disaster Reconstruction Project Management for Housing Provision in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territories

In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Gaza Strip has suffered regular cycles of reconstruction due to systematic destruction during Israeli military operations, as in 2006, 2008–2009, 2012, and 2014. In this context of ongoing conflict this article aims to identify, rank, and discuss the most important factors influencing post-disaster reconstruction project management (PDRPM) for housing in the Gaza Strip. A set of key factors that influence PDRPM were assembled as a result of a global literature review. A questionnaire survey was conducted, and the obtained data were analyzed using a relative importance index for each PDRPM factor. Findings are presented in six groups: housing approaches, organizational behavior, project funding, supply chain and logistics, communication and coordination, and PDRPM context. Findings indicate that the most significant factors that influence PDRPM for housing provision in the Gaza Strip are related to issues associated with financial resources. It is critical that sufficient funding should be available in order to allow organizations to undertake housing projects in an effective and efficient way. Joint efforts are required from international donors and local organizations in order to effectively manage financial resources with the ultimate goal of improving PDRPM for housing provision

Project risk management for community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction

Indonesia is a country that is highly susceptible to disasters, particularly earthquakes. In the last decade, Indonesia has been hit by three large earthquakes; Aceh in December 2004, Yogyakarta in May 2006, and West Sumatra in September 2009. These earthquakes have created considerable losses to Indonesian communities, leading to 130,000 fatalities, US$10.3 billions in economic losses, and 500,000 heavily damaged houses. The extensiveness of housing reconstruction is the most problematic issue in the housing reconstruction programme sector. Although a community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction project (CPHRP) has been implemented, nevertheless the outcome was overshadowed by delays in delivery, cost escalation, unexpected quality, and community dissatisfaction. The implementation of good practice in project risk management in the construction industry is expected to enhance the success of CPHRP. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a risk management model for community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction approach.In order to achieve the aim and objective of the research, multiple case studies are selected as research strategies. This study implements the sequential mixed method application, starting with a semi-structured interview and followed by a questionnaire survey as the primary method. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data, whilst descriptive and inferential statistics were deployed to analyse quantitative data. The novelty of the research is as follows: this study reveals the importance of the understanding of a community-based approach in post-disaster housing reconstruction. Four highly significant advantages of CPHRP have been discovered, the most significant advantage being that it ‘creates a sense of ownership’ to beneficiaries of the project. The psychological advantage of CPHRP was also found to be greater than the construction advantage. Furthermore, the risk assessment revealed some high-risk events during the pre-construction stage of CPHRP. The project objective most affected by them is project time completion. A risk response document has also been proposed. Moreover, this study found twelve critical success factors (CSFs) of CPHRP, with the highest of the CSFs being ‘transparency and accountability’. With careful attention paid to the above findings, it is expected that the success of the implementation of CPHRP can be increased