Modelling the risks of extreme weather events for Australasian hospital infrastructure using rich picture diagrams

Loosemore, Martin; Chow, Vivien W.; McGeorge, Denny

doi:10.1080/01446193.2012.725941

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“…Originated from SSM, a particular tool known as the RPD has been reported by researchers as superior to ECAM 28,7 the narrative text in holistically capturing and presenting the storyline of construction project case studies (e.g. Burge, 2015;Loosemore et al, 2012;Barrett and Sutrisna, 2009). It accepts a multi-view of the world and thereby accommodates different stakeholders' view of the same phenomena in different ways (Keys, 1988) as a holistic manner which was found to be more meaningful to the stakeholders (Monk et al, 1998).…”

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Integrating a rich picture diagram and causal loop diagram to model stakeholder engagement in building refurbishment projects

Seki

Sutrisna

Olanipekun

2020

ECAM

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PurposeThe more contemporary views on managing projects recommend stakeholder engagement as an important part of the process. Challenges have been reported when attempting to involve project stakeholders in a construction project due to the complexity of the processes. In projects such as refurbishment projects, the efforts to incorporate end users' needs and preferences into spatial environmental functions increase the complexity of stakeholder engagement during the journey of the project. This paper presents a unique technique used to integrate different tools within the system enquiry methodology in modelling the project stakeholder engagement process for refurbishment projects.Design/methodology/approachAiming to address the problem, system dynamics (SD) has been selected as the most suitable method for modelling the dynamic behaviour of this complex system over time. A tool known as a rich picture diagram (RPD) is proposed as the precursor of the development of a causal loop diagram (CLD) to facilitate a more holistic abstraction for applicable solutions. An example of a single case study involving the refurbishment of a higher education building project is presented to explain the analysis undertaken in the process of developing the CLD that models the dynamic behaviour within end-user stakeholder engagement.FindingsThis paper demonstrates the complementarity capabilities of the soft and hard systems of enquiry in modelling stakeholder's dynamics within the refurbishment construction contexts. The RPD soft system tool was found useful to congregate diverse stakeholder expressions and experiences of a complex system in a holistic manner. Subsequently, the development of the CLD was fully guided by the information and relationship captured and presented in the RPD to yield a representative system model. Furthermore, this paper also reports the dynamics of the actors, situations, events and their inter-relationship found in the presented refurbishment project.Originality/valueThis paper enriches the techniques within the system enquiry methodology by integrating hard and soft system tools for dynamic process modelling purposes. This is particularly achieved by utilizing the RPD as the precursor of SD that provides a useful way for researchers and stakeholders to fully understand the dynamics and develop robust systemic interventions to optimize end-user stakeholder engagement during the journey of refurbishment projects, particularly of higher education buildings.

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Integrating a rich picture diagram and causal loop diagram to model stakeholder engagement in building refurbishment projects

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Sutrisna

Olanipekun

2020

ECAM

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“…Hospitals play a critical role as they treat the earthquake casualties and prevent the death toll from rising. They are faced with increasing demand after an incident, and on the other hand they must be able to serve the injured people [9]. Hospitals must save their performance in the face of earthquake (i.e., they should not sustain damage or if damaged they should resume their services in an optimal manner) [3].…”

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A framework to evaluate the resilience of hospital networks

Ramandi¹,

Kashani²

2018

Creative Construction Conference 2018 - Proceedings

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This paper puts forward as framework to evaluate the resilience of hospital networks. Natural and man-made disasters can lead to significant social, economic and socioeconomic losses. Enhancing the resilience of communities in face of disasters can reduce these losses. Resilience is the ability of a system to resist, absorb and eliminate the effects of a hazard and to resume its performance at the desired level at an acceptable time. The resilience of hospital network in a community is among the most critical factors in reducing the losses caused by disasters. However, in many situations, the failure of one or multiple hospitals in a network reduces the overall capacity of the network, forces the movement of patients from one hospital to another, and leads to significant losses. There is need for an appropriate index that can be utilized in order to evaluate and measure the resilience of hospital network and identify the opportunities for enhancing its resilience. In this paper, a hospital network resilience index is presented. A simulation framework is also introduced in order to measure the resilience of hospital network under uncertainties about the magnitude and consequence of hazard, response of various components of hospitals, and the performance of transportation network and lifelines such as electricity network. The proposed framework can be utilized in order to evaluate the impact of lack of hospital network resilience on its capacity to treat the casualties of a disaster, the movement of patients from one hospital to another as a result of inability of a hospital to provide services, and the subsequent losses.

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“…In investigating the vulnerability of health infrastructure to EWEs from a facilities management perspective, Loosemore et al (2012) used rich picture diagrams to demonstrate that hospital facilities cannot be treated in isolation from the wider systems in which they exist. To understand the full impact of an EWE, they must be seen as part of a much larger healthcare system.…”

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Inter-agency governance risk in managing hospital responses to extreme weather events in New South Wales, Australia: a facilities management perspective of shared situational awareness

Loosemore

Chow

Harvison

2013

Construction Management and Economics

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Modelling the risks of extreme weather events for Australasian hospital infrastructure using rich picture diagrams

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Integrating a rich picture diagram and causal loop diagram to model stakeholder engagement in building refurbishment projects

Integrating a rich picture diagram and causal loop diagram to model stakeholder engagement in building refurbishment projects

A framework to evaluate the resilience of hospital networks

Inter-agency governance risk in managing hospital responses to extreme weather events in New South Wales, Australia: a facilities management perspective of shared situational awareness

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