QUESTIONNAIRE

This questionnaire is intended to collect information from construction

contractors and stakeholders on DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO
CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY OF
INDIGENOUS EPC COMPANY IN PORT HARCOURT.

Everything you tell us will remain completely private and confidential.

Please tick a box wherever you see this sign ✔or write in your

answer wherever you see this sign 🖉

Section -1 – General organizational information

Please provide information about you and your company. (All responses are confidential)
1. Personal information

Job/Administrative title of responding officer 🖉_______________________________

Years of experience in the Construction Industry🖉 _____________________________

Years of experience in current position🖉____________________________________

2. Company information
What type of work is normally undertaken by your company? (Please tick ✔ your top 2)

◻ Commercial Construction

◻ Industrial Construction

◻ Engineering Procurement and Construction

◻ Building/ Architectural

◻ Other (please specify) ______________________________________

3. Number of years your firm has been in operation ✔:

◻ under 5 years

◻ 5- 10 years

◻ 10 -20 years

◻ 20 – 30 years

◻ over 25 years

4. What type of Classification does your company fall under? (Please tick ✔ appropriate box)

◻ Client organization

◻ Contracting companies.

◻ Consultants

◻ Other (please specify) ______________________________________

5. How do you describe your organization’s risk management practices? Please mark the best

applicable one. ✔

◻ Implement risk management practices but do not have a formal written procedure for risk
management.

◻ Implement risk management practices and have a formal written procedure for risk management.

◻ other, (please specify) ____________________________________________________

Section-2 – Risk management practices

1. Please rate the following possible project risks based on your perception of their importance or
severity in construction projects. (From 5 to 1 where, 5= Extreme risk, 4 = high risk, 3 =

moderate risk, 2 = low risk and 1= negligible risk). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk Description 5 4 3 2 1

Financial risk

Quality of work

Safety

Delayed payment

Labor and equipment productivity

Site access/Right of way

Labor, equipment, and material availability

Force majeure/Natural Act

Incompetence of subcontractors

Differing site condition

Inflation and sudden changes in price

Claims and disputes

Defective material

Other, please specify

2. To identify associated project risks, how often do you use the following techniques? (Please rate
from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently, 3 = frequently, 2= occasionally and 1=

Never). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk Identification Technique 5 4 3 2 1

Check list

Brainstorming (from project participants/risk

team)

Risk Analysis Matrix

Risk Register

Requirements review

Root cause analysis

 Affinity diagram

Delphi Technique (Consulting experts)

SWOT analysis

Other, please specify:

3. In analyzing the effect of risk on a project, how often do you use the following methods? (Please
rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently, 3 = frequently, 2= occasionally and 1=

Never). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk analysis methods 5 4 3 2 1

Qualitative analysis

Semi-qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

Consulting experts

Use of computers and other modeling tools

4. In analyzing the effect of risk on a project, how often do you use the following techniques?
(Please rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently, 3 = frequently, 2= occasionally
and 1= Never). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk analysis Technique 5 4 3 2 1

Decision analysis

Decision tree

Probability analysis

Sensitivity analysis

Algorithm

Risk premium

Mont Carlo simulation

Expert judgment

Other, please specify

5. In handling or dealing with the risk in a project, how often do you use the following response/
mitigation techniques? (Please rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently ,3 =

frequently, 2= occasionally and 1= Never). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk Response/ Mitigation Technique 5 4 3 2 1

 Avoiding the risk

Reduce the likelihood of occurrence

Transfer the risk

Retain the risk

Contingencies

Insurance

Elimination

Other, please specify

6. In order to monitor and control the risk response method and risk preventive action taken, how
often do you use the following monitoring methods? (Please rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always,

4 = very frequently, 3 = frequently, 2= occasionally and 1= Never). Kindly tick ✔ where

appropriate.

Risk monitoring methods 5 4 3 2 1

Periodic document review

Periodic risk status report

Periodic trend reporting

Other, please specify:

7. In handling or dealing with risk assessment and evaluation in a project, how often do you use the
following techniques? (Please rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently ,3 =

frequently, 2= occasionally and 1= Never). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Risk Assessment and Evaluation Techniques 5 4 3 2 1

Expected Monetary Value (EMV)

Break-Even Analysis

Probability

Scenario Analysis

Other, please specify:

8. Please rate the following possible barriers to risk management application based on their
significance at your organization. (From 5 to 1 where, 5=highly significant, 4 = significant, 3=

moderately significant, 2= low significance and 1= negligible). Kindly tick ✔ where appropriate.

Barriers to Risk Management 5 4 3 2 1

Shortage of knowledge/ techniques on risk management

Ineffective risk control and monitoring strategies

Lack of expertise in risk management

Lack of risk consciousness

Inappropriate risk allocation

Unavailability of sound data to ensure the result of

analysis

Lack of formal risk management system

Lack of joint risk management mechanisms by parties

involved

Other, please specify:

9. In handling or dealing with risk control in a project, how often do you use the following
approach? (Please rate from 5 to 1 where, 5= Always, 4 = very frequently ,3 = frequently, 2=
occasionally and 1= Never). Kindly tick  where appropriate

Risk control approach 5 4 3 2 1

Undefined scope of work

Identifying and addressing poor safety procedures in

order to prevent incident/ accidents

Avoiding inaccurate project programme

Avoid submission of low estimates

Identifying and preventing the lack of consistency

between BoI, drawings, and specifications

Identifying and preventing any gaps between

implementation and specifications due to
misunderstanding of drawings and specifications

Avoiding Non-conformance to quality

Other, please specify: