Install water filtration and purification plant in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Identification of risks
SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis has been performed here to identify risks associated with this project as the weaknesses and threats are considered as potential risks, while strengths and opportunities are helpful for mitigation.
| Strengths
● Progressive and positive idea of the project
● Extensive planning |
Weaknesses
● Requires workers to work at elevated levels or operating vales and drains ● Physical occupational hazards for workers such as noise, smell and slippery floors |
| Opportunities
● Supplying filtered water to households in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia ● Employment opportunities for many local workers |
Threats
● Electrical hazards such as short circuits
● Accidents such as chlorine leakage and machinery operations risks |
Table 1: SWOT Analysis of the Project
(Source: Inspired by Muriana and Vizzini, 2017)
Risk statements
Physical occupational hazards can be considered as significant risks as mechanical nose created by the machinery, smell and slippery floors created in the water filtration plant can create risks for workers.
Electrical hazards are a serious threat for a water plant as open electrical wires in contact with weather can cause serious problems and electricity-related accidents (Muriana and Vizzini, 2017).
Machinery operations risks and risks of chlorine leakage are important risks to be considered as these can cause mild to serious injuries in workers in case of accidents and shut down the plant.
Operational risks such as working at elevated levels for operating valves and drainage systems can be hazardous and risky.
Roles and responsibilities
The individuals responsible for handling these risks would be the project manager, who would supervise the entire project operation. As mentioned by Steyn (2018), project track leaders responsible for risk assessment and prevention would be responsible along with risk management professionals and functional or operational managers. Responsibilities of these individuals would be to observe operational processes to identify possible future risks and take actions to mitigate them.
Risk categories
The risks can be categorised using the STEEPCOIL model which divides the risks into nine possible categories (Steyn, 2018). Here the physical occupational risks and operational risks can be considered as social risks as both these risks are highly associated with the wellbeing of the workforce.
Electrical hazard risk is a technical risk as it is involved with the operating process of the water filtration plant as it would operate on electricity and therefore electrical hazards in technical equipment can occur. Machinery operation risks and risk of chlorine leakage would be a technical as well as social risk as these risks may generate due to technical complexities and problems in the plant, though they are linked with the wellbeing of workers.
Risk register
| Risk Register Matrix | Probability | |||||
| Almost impossible
(1) |
Not likely to occur
(2) |
Could occur
(3) |
Known to occur
(4) |
Common occurrence
(5) |
||
| Potential consequences | Insignificant
(1) |
1
|
2 | 3 | 4
Operational risks such as working at elevated levels |
5 |
| Minor
(2) |
2 | 4 | 6
Machinery operations risks and risks of chlorine leakage |
8 | 10
Physical occupational hazards such as noise, smell and slippery floors |
|
| Moderate
(3) |
3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15
Electrical hazards such as short circuits |
|
| Major
(4) |
4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | |
| Catastrophic
(5) |
5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |
Table 2: P/I Risk Register of the Project
(Source: Adopted from Steyn, 2018)
Risk monitoring
Regular and systematic risk monitoring is essential for efficient risk management and risk monitoring activity should be performed by project manager and risk manager. Risk auditing, regular reporting of the situations regarding potential risks and educating involved individuals such as project workers regarding the risks are part of risk monitoring.
As suggested by Willumsen et al. (2019), effective risk communication should be performed through regular meetings and workers should be trained as a part of risk responses along with developing functional mitigations strategies for each risk. Timely maintenance and inspection of all machinery and technical equipment along with providing required training to workers would help mitigate these risks.
References
Muriana, C. and Vizzini, G., 2017. Project risk management: A deterministic quantitative technique for assessment and mitigation. International Journal of Project Management, 35(3), pp.320-340. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786317300613
Steyn, J., 2018. Introduction to Project Risk Management: Part 2-Identify, analyse, action and monitor project risks. Owner Team Consultation. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jurie-Steyn/publication/327981232_Introduction_to_Project_Risk_Management_Part_2-Identify_analyse_action_and_monitor_project_risks/links/5bb1da99a6fdccd3cb80aab4/Introduction-to-Project-Risk-Management-Part-2-Identify-analyse-action-and-monitor-project-risks.pdf
Willumsen, P., Oehmen, J., Stingl, V. and Geraldi, J., 2019. Value creation through project risk management. International Journal of Project Management, 37(5), pp.731-749. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786318304848
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