About
About the project
DE—RISKING CONSTRUCTION is a research project about how risk is created, carried and reduced in the built environment, beginning with the decisions made at the drawing board.
The project
The project grew out of practice. Design and delivery are too often treated as separate worlds, with risk handed from one to the other at the point where it is hardest to change. The research asks what would have to be different, in how teams are organised, how information moves and how technology is used, for risk to be addressed where it starts.
It is being carried out as doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. In time it may develop into an industry-facing platform. For now, this site is a place to explain the work, share updates and invite professionals to take part.
Research interests
- Design risk management
- Complex adaptive systems
- Prevention through design
- Governance and regulation of the built environment
- Systems thinking and system dynamics
- Artificial intelligence and BIM in construction
Collaborations
The research has collaborated with over 50 companies across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Contact
For questions about the research, taking part, or possible collaboration, please get in touch.
DE—RISKING CONSTRUCTION is an independent research project. It is not an official University of Cambridge website and its content does not represent the views of, and is not endorsed by, the University.