Abstract
The construction industry is an essential tributary of the global economy and an important resource in the overall product of the local economies. In December 2019, the construction industry was exposed to a shock beyond the local level as a result of COVID-19, which was classified by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic after its rapid and sudden spread in multiple countries. The nature of the effects of COVID-19 on the construction industry varied according to the diversity of its projects. The pandemic raised many challenges at the level of the workforce, low or halting productivity, production time and costs, as well as disputes in contractual formulas for construction projects. But some of the effects were more severe and caused consequences for all stakeholders in the construction sector. Researchers and those interested in the construction industry have dealt with the repercussions of COVID-19, but most of the publications focused on studying the impact of the pandemic on the local construction industry, so this paper attempts to shed light on the most prominent effects of COVID-19 on the construction industry around the world, and which were repeated with high frequency in previous studies and reports by following the methodology of review, analysis and selection, and then suggesting optimal coping strategies to reduce the damages of these effects.
Highlights
The construction industry requires the use of a set of basic resources that include local or imported raw materials, specialists and diverse manpower, financial abundance in addition to legislation and contracts that regulate the workflow
What happened at the end of 2019 after the sudden spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, or what was later called Covid-19, turned the basic concepts of the global market on its head and became one of the biggest challenges faced by humanity in the twenty-first century [3]
In a study prepared by the National University of the Maldives (August 2020) [10] about the impact of COVID-19 on the construction industry in the Maldives the research team cited the data of the Contractors Association, which indicated that the effects of COVID-19 in the Maldives are similar to its effects on the construction industry around the world and these impacts included disruption or stopping construction projects, financial problems, increased costs, workforce problems, supply chain disruptions, as well as legal problems related to contract terms
Summary
The construction industry requires the use of a set of basic resources that include local or imported raw materials, specialists and diverse manpower, financial abundance in addition to legislation and contracts that regulate the workflow. The construction industry is very diverse as it includes the construction of new buildings, the renovation and maintenance of existing buildings in addition to other types of civil engineering related projects such as roads, public utilities, transportation, energy and waste management facilities. Due to this diversity and the complex nature of the construction industry and its extension in most. What happened at the end of 2019 after the sudden spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, or what was later called Covid-19, turned the basic concepts of the global market on its head and became one of the biggest challenges faced by humanity in the twenty-first century [3]
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