This book analyzes the risk management process in relation to building design and operation and
on this basis proposes a method and a set of tools that will improve the planning and
evaluation of design solutions in order to control risks in the operation and management phase.
Particular attention is paid to the relationship between design choices and the long-term
performance of buildings in meeting requirements expressing user and client needs. A risk
dashboard is presented as a risk measurement framework that identifies and addresses areas of
uncertainty surrounding the satisfaction of particularly relevant requirements over time. This
risk dashboard will assist both designers and clients. It will support designers by enabling
them to improve the maintainability of project performance and will aid clients both in
devising a brief that emphasizes the most relevant aspects of maintainability and in evaluating
project proposals according to long-term risks. The results of assessment of the proposed
method and tools in tests run on a number of buildings of worship are also reported.
