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‘No construction project is risk-free. Risk can be managed, minimised, shared, transferred, or accepted. It cannot be ignored.’1 Twelve years on and Sir Michael Latham's comments on risk in Constructing the Team are even more valid given the increasing uncertainties civil engineers face in a world where society expects more for less, resources are running out and nature is biting back.

This special issue of Civil Engineering aims to show the diverse range of techniques that are being employed at all levels of the construction industry in an...