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Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a type of force majeure that significantly and unex-pectedly affected all human lifestyles. This study includes an integrative review of articles published across Scopus and Web of Science journals and compiled using the systematic review methodology based on the PRI...

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Main Authors: Alfadil, Mohammad Omar, Kassem, Mukhtar A., Ali, Kherun Nita, Alaghbari, Wael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
TH434-437 Quantity surveying
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/104210/1/KherunNitaAli2022_ConstructionIndustryfromPerspectiveofForce.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031135
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spelling my.utm.1042102024-01-22T07:25:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/104210/ Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review Alfadil, Mohammad Omar Kassem, Mukhtar A. Ali, Kherun Nita Alaghbari, Wael HD Industries. Land use. Labor TH434-437 Quantity surveying The COVID-19 pandemic represents a type of force majeure that significantly and unex-pectedly affected all human lifestyles. This study includes an integrative review of articles published across Scopus and Web of Science journals and compiled using the systematic review methodology based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Statement and VOSreview (visualization of similarities) software by defining keywords that include “construction industry” and “force majeure” and “environmental risks” as a starting point. Moreover, the research years and the countries covered by this research were determined in a second stage. Finally, the abstracts of selected studies were reviewed in order to extract factors similar to the pandemic conditions of COVID-19 along with the brief results of the research. Out of 6384 publications identified and 56 publications reporting, 20 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria with full text. Based on our findings, there has been a continuous growth of publications on construction risk and environmental research since 2010. Malaysia had the greatest contribution to the research topic of the countries covered by the study, followed by Egypt. The Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management journal published the greatest number of publications related to the research topic. In this review, the most important previous studies are classified according to their handling of force majeure and environmental risks and the most important factors mentioned in these studies are identified. In addition, recommendations are made for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and for mitigating its effects on the construction industry in the Arab world and Malaysia. The results of this review will benefit researchers and construction companies alike in furthering research on reducing the risks of COVID-19 to construction projects and avoiding the significant economic loss that results from stopping these projects. MDPI 2022-02-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/104210/1/KherunNitaAli2022_ConstructionIndustryfromPerspectiveofForce.pdf Alfadil, Mohammad Omar and Kassem, Mukhtar A. and Ali, Kherun Nita and Alaghbari, Wael (2022) Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review. Sustainability, 14 (3). pp. 1-22. ISSN 2071-1050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031135 DOI:10.3390/su14031135
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
TH434-437 Quantity surveying
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
TH434-437 Quantity surveying
Alfadil, Mohammad Omar
Kassem, Mukhtar A.
Ali, Kherun Nita
Alaghbari, Wael
Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
description The COVID-19 pandemic represents a type of force majeure that significantly and unex-pectedly affected all human lifestyles. This study includes an integrative review of articles published across Scopus and Web of Science journals and compiled using the systematic review methodology based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Statement and VOSreview (visualization of similarities) software by defining keywords that include “construction industry” and “force majeure” and “environmental risks” as a starting point. Moreover, the research years and the countries covered by this research were determined in a second stage. Finally, the abstracts of selected studies were reviewed in order to extract factors similar to the pandemic conditions of COVID-19 along with the brief results of the research. Out of 6384 publications identified and 56 publications reporting, 20 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria with full text. Based on our findings, there has been a continuous growth of publications on construction risk and environmental research since 2010. Malaysia had the greatest contribution to the research topic of the countries covered by the study, followed by Egypt. The Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management journal published the greatest number of publications related to the research topic. In this review, the most important previous studies are classified according to their handling of force majeure and environmental risks and the most important factors mentioned in these studies are identified. In addition, recommendations are made for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and for mitigating its effects on the construction industry in the Arab world and Malaysia. The results of this review will benefit researchers and construction companies alike in furthering research on reducing the risks of COVID-19 to construction projects and avoiding the significant economic loss that results from stopping these projects.
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author Alfadil, Mohammad Omar
Kassem, Mukhtar A.
Ali, Kherun Nita
Alaghbari, Wael
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Kassem, Mukhtar A.
Ali, Kherun Nita
Alaghbari, Wael
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title Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
title_short Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
title_full Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
title_fullStr Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
title_sort construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the covid-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/104210/1/KherunNitaAli2022_ConstructionIndustryfromPerspectiveofForce.pdf
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