Patel, T D; Haupt, T C and Bhatt, T (2020) Fuzzy probabilistic approach for risk assessment of BOT toll roads in Indian context. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 18(1), pp. 251-269. ISSN 1726-0531
Abstract
Purpose: The built-transfer and operate (BOT) toll model has been a common approach for highway construction in India. Due to large amount of investment, many stakeholders and long concession period, Indian BOT toll roads become susceptible to different risks. Risk assessment is one of the essential and difficult steps of risk management that enables professionals to quantify and analyze the risks that may hamper the BOT toll project performance in terms of cost, quality, safety and time. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess the risk factors by the fuzzy probabilistic model. Design/methodology/approach: The comprehensive literature review has been carried out for identification of Indian BOT toll roads projects' risk factors. A structured questionnaire was prepared which was then filled by contractors, government officers, academicians, project managers and consultants. For risk assessment, a systematic quantitative-based fuzzy probabilistic model is proposed with the help of lab-view, as a risk assessment technique to simulate the impreciseness of human judgment and to improve the assessment accuracy. Findings: The risk assessment is one of the difficult tasks because BOT toll roads have complex structure. In this study, total 71 risks have been identified and categorized under 14 risk factors on a basis of case studies of Indian toll roads and literature review. All risks have been assessed by the fuzzy probabilistic model by lab-view. The land acquisition is the most crucial risk of BOT toll roads project which is subsequently followed by construction time and cost over-run. Also, Indian BOT toll roads are facing the traffic shortfalls critically, which became a reason toward declination trend for investment in BOT toll projects by the private players. Other risks like political risks, contractual and social risk badly are affecting the project performance. Early risk identification and assessment can be beneficial for the project, which is required to prepare the risk response strategy before the project commencement. Originality/value: This study throws light on comprehensive risk assessment and framework modeling of the risk assessment for the BOT toll roads project in India. This comprehensive risk assessor model can be used for BOT toll roads in Indian scenario for prioritization of the critical risk. It is important for the public and private sectors to establish an effective risk assessor model for public–private partnership (PPP) projects to achieve win-win condition for both.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | built-operate-transfer; toll road; fuzzy logic; India; public private partnership; risk assessment; risk management |
| Index terms: | risk management, project performance, risk response strategy, risk factor, risk assessment, highway construction, construction time, public private partnership, India, modelling, fuzzy logic, concession period, judgment, project manager, case study, partnership, private sector, questionnaire, land acquisition, methodology, toll, accuracy, risk identification, literature review |
| Subjects: | contract structure, civil engineering, research methods, Geography, financial risk, project management theory and practice, professional development, project controls, partnership management, industry analysis, environmental hazards, transportation engineering, profession, risk assessment, data collection methods, dispute resolution, real estate economics, contractual arrangements, data analysis and analytics, data science, analytical methods |
| Topics: | Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Legal Issues, Time Control, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Research Practice, Project Management, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Sustainability, Procurement, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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