Guidance for Managing NEPA-Related and Other Risks in Project Delivery, Volume 1: Guide for Managing NEPA-Related and Other Risks in Project Delivery (2012) / Chapter Skim
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4 | P a g e 1 Introduction The planning, design, and construction of highway projects is complex and subject to considerable uncertainty. These uncertainties stem primarily from a lack of information about the conditions assumed for developing project estimates and from unforeseen changes or problems that arise as a project develops.
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5 | P a g e interventions which can reduce the likelihood of unforeseen interruptions in the process as well as improve the way in which such events are managed. With risk management principles and practices resulting in significant benefits to many areas of complex systems development and delivery, risk management as applied to NEPA potentially offers similar benefits.
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6 | P a g e be identified and evaluated for its potential impact. This requires definition in terms of the likelihood that risk will happen, and if it happens, the likely consequences to project performance.
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7 | P a g e Organization of this Guidance This guidance on using risk management to address NEPA risks in project delivery is organized around the following chapters: 1. Introduction (this chapter)
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