Risk identification in the Persian Gulf water transfer project using the AHP method (a case study of the second part of the Persian Gulf water transfer project)

Farahbakhsh, Alireza; Khajehzadeh, Mohammad

doi:10.22065/jsce.2023.390970.3072

Risk identification in the Persian Gulf water transfer project using the AHP method (a case study of the second part of the Persian Gulf water transfer project)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Alireza Farahbakhsh ¹

Mohammad Khajehzadeh ²

¹ Master Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Anar, Anar, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Anar, Anar, Iran

10.22065/jsce.2023.390970.3072

Abstract

In Iran, water resources have been exploited irregular and unstable for several decades. In the meantime, the use of unconventional water resources as a promising option to mitigating the quantitative and qualitative stresses on common water resources at the global level is important. Among these, desalination of sea water and its transfer to designated destinations is very important. The purpose of this research is to identify and assess risk in the Persian Gulf water transfer project. In this research, risk identification was done through interviews with 16 experts by analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for different sections in the employer, consultant and contractor and the weight of each was determined by the hierarchical analysis process. By Study in the fields of employer, consultant and contractor, the first priority in the employer's department is the lack of experience and expertise of human resources, in the consultant's section, the low accuracy of executive plans and inattention to details, in the contractor's section, late allocation of financial resources. Today, this principle is accepted that human activities should be in throw in sustainable development and the realization of its goals. This principle also includes risk management in this project. risk management, more than other activities should be considered and it is necessary to be more precise in these cases.

Keywords

Risk assessment

Water transfer

Hierarchical analysis

Employer

Consultant

Subjects

Project and Construction Management

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