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Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms

The construction industry plays significant roles in the country's economic development and growth. There would be a domino impact on the economy if any construction projects are being delayed. As the pandemic of COVID-19 had arisen into our global that had affected the construction industry, i...

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Main Authors:	Zamani, S. H., Rahimi, A. R., Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Liyana, Mohamed Yusof
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing Ltd. 2021
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31758/1/Effect%20of%20COVID-19%20on%20building%20construction%20projects.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31758/ https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/682/1/012049
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spelling	my.ump.umpir.317582022-01-10T01:18:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31758/ Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms Zamani, S. H. Rahimi, A. R. Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Liyana, Mohamed Yusof RA Public aspects of medicine TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction The construction industry plays significant roles in the country's economic development and growth. There would be a domino impact on the economy if any construction projects are being delayed. As the pandemic of COVID-19 had arisen into our global that had affected the construction industry, including building projects. Identifying the underlying problems caused by COVID-19 can provide the best solution to reduce the pandemic's impact. Consequently, emphasizing the impact of COVID-19 and the strategies to address those problems in the building construction industry becomes vital. Thus, this research objective is to identify problems caused by COVID-19 in the building construction industry and mechanisms to reduce COVID-19's negative impact. The data collection involved individual interviews with 20 contractor companies that are engaged in building construction projects. Then, the data is analyzed using the thematic analysis approach. The findings show that COVID-19 is causing operational and financial issues, while financial aids and complete information is needed to overcome those impacts. These findings will help policymakers improve existing strategic plans and create new policies to cope with the circumstances caused by COVID-19 among building construction organizations. IOP Publishing Ltd. 2021-02-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31758/1/Effect%20of%20COVID-19%20on%20building%20construction%20projects.pdf Zamani, S. H. and Rahimi, A. R. and Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi and Liyana, Mohamed Yusof (2021) Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science; 4th National Conference on Wind and Earthquake Engineering, NCWE 2020, 16 - 17 October 2020 , Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 1-11., 682 (1). ISSN 1755-1307 https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/682/1/012049
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Zamani, S. H. Rahimi, A. R. Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Liyana, Mohamed Yusof Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
description	The construction industry plays significant roles in the country's economic development and growth. There would be a domino impact on the economy if any construction projects are being delayed. As the pandemic of COVID-19 had arisen into our global that had affected the construction industry, including building projects. Identifying the underlying problems caused by COVID-19 can provide the best solution to reduce the pandemic's impact. Consequently, emphasizing the impact of COVID-19 and the strategies to address those problems in the building construction industry becomes vital. Thus, this research objective is to identify problems caused by COVID-19 in the building construction industry and mechanisms to reduce COVID-19's negative impact. The data collection involved individual interviews with 20 contractor companies that are engaged in building construction projects. Then, the data is analyzed using the thematic analysis approach. The findings show that COVID-19 is causing operational and financial issues, while financial aids and complete information is needed to overcome those impacts. These findings will help policymakers improve existing strategic plans and create new policies to cope with the circumstances caused by COVID-19 among building construction organizations.
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author	Zamani, S. H. Rahimi, A. R. Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Liyana, Mohamed Yusof
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author_sort	Zamani, S. H.
title	Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
title_short	Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
title_full	Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
title_fullStr	Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms
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publisher	IOP Publishing Ltd.
publishDate	2021
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Effect of COVID-19 on building construction projects: Impact and response mechanisms

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