Project Management & Safety Risk Management

Module code: MEP55B22 · Semester: Semester 1

Resources

• Module descriptor (TCD)

How it's assessed

Exam: 60% of the module. TCD doesn't list past papers for it.

Risk in engineering projects and decision-making, and the design and management of safety systems in industrial operations.

Assessment	Weight
Individual exam	60%
Independent topical assignments	40%

Summarised from the TCD module descriptor, checked 2026-11-09. Details can change from year to year, so check this year's descriptor and Blackboard.

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Questions by Year

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Topics

• Project risk in large infrastructure and capital projects LO1–2
• Human and organisational factors in risk perception LO2
• Quantifying project risk; case studies LO2
• Occupational safety law and standards LO4
• System safety engineering and hazard identification LO3
• HAZID, HAZOP, fault and event trees, bow ties LO5

Learning outcomes

1. Understand the role of risk in decisions on major projects
2. Understand risk in project planning and delivery
3. Understand system safety engineering and its history
4. Know the legislation requiring risk assessment and safety management
5. Use risk assessment methods: HAZID, HAZOP, fault trees, event trees, bow ties

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.