Version 1
: Received: 13 April 2021 / Approved: 14 April 2021 / Online: 14 April 2021 (14:12:17 CEST)
How to cite:
Adhikari, K.; Poudyal, L. Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review. Preprints2021, 2021040383. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1
Adhikari, K.; Poudyal, L. Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review. Preprints 2021, 2021040383. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1
Adhikari, K.; Poudyal, L. Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review. Preprints2021, 2021040383. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1
APA Style
Adhikari, K., & Poudyal, L. (2021). Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Adhikari, K. and Lochana Poudyal. 2021 "Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1
Abstract
The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a whole new set of risks in construction industries generating unprecedented delays, disruptions, and uncertainty on construction projects, and has forced the industries in adopting more sophisticated technologies while combating the reduced workforce on job sites. Further, the post-pandemic era of construction is expected to be a lot different as the industries will embrace the technology as the augmentation and collaboration strategy. Thus, it will be extremely hard to sustain for construction industries in the absence of effective risk management. The existing risk plans need to be inspected for their capability of handling new risks arising from COVID-19 and the project managers will need to make the necessary revisions as needed. This paper discusses on past (NORM), present (NEW NORM), and future (Post COVID-19 NORM) of the construction industry and highlights key strategies for managing projects and construction risks during and post COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords
COVID-19; pandemic; construction project; risk management; use of technology; recovery and resilience
Subject
Engineering, Automotive Engineering
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
20 October 2021
Commenter:
Daniel Wood
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment:
The construction industry, due to the specifics, cannot be transferred to a remote mode of operation. It is seen as a vital part of the economy, just like manufacturing, and so must continue for as long as possible. In this industry, preventing infectious diseases is very important
Commenter: Daniel Wood
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.