ABSTRACT
Purpose of the study: to develop a risk management system affecting the competitiveness of road construction organizations on the basis of the analysis of published scientific data. This study is based on an interdisciplinary approach, using logical, statistical, expert, systemic, dialectical and other methods of scientific knowledge, which made it possible to clarify the main risks and substantiate the main risk management tools at various levels of management decision-making. Using an expert method, the authors clarified the risks, assessed the probability of occurrence, the significance and the impact of risks on the level of competitiveness of road construction organizations in conditions of uncertainty caused by the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection. Based on the data of statistical observation, the general resistance of Russian road construction organizations to crisis risks was revealed. Guided by the principle of resource optimization, the authors have proposed a reasonable system for distributing risks by levels of managerial decision-making: immediate risk management;sharing risks with subjects of the external environment;risk management in the presence of opportunities;risk management can be postponed. Taking into account the best world experience and various opinions of the scientific community, the main risk management tools at various levels of management decision-making are identified and substantiated. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.