IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTION

Abstract

As a result of this lockdown, all transportation systems have been locked down and supply chains have been disrupted. Lack of access to basic raw materials, limited manpower movement, curfews and closures had negative impacts on construction production .The movement of workers from their homes to the work sites stopped, many companies stopped, and these restrictions had definitely negative impact on rate of production in most sectors such as construction industry and effect on construction market and demand. This article aims to discuss impacts of COVID-19 epidemic on the construction in recent years through 2021around the world from several aspects and also to identify and analyze the various factors affecting construction productivity such as construction production rate, labor productivity, global supply chains, access to raw material, and financial impacts of the epidemic on construction industry. The required data is collected and analyzed based on the recently published literature from many databases such as statistics data, recent papers of different impacts of Covid 19 pandemic in many countries, Google Scholar.