The impact of COVID-19 in the construction sector and its remedial measures

The impact of COVID-19 in the construction sector and its remedial measures

Ankan Biswas¹, Abhinandan Ghosh¹, Adrish Kar¹, Tuhin Mondal¹, Buntee Ghosh¹ and Dr.Prasanta Kumar Bardhan²

Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1797, International Online Conference on Engineering Response to COVID-19 (IOCER-COVID-19) 2020 8-9 October 2020, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal, India Citation Ankan Biswas et al 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1797 012054 Corona virus (COVID-19) outbreaks have severely disrupted the economy, with devastating effects on global trade and it has simultaneously affected households, businesses, financial institution, industrial establishments and infrastructure companies. The economic crisis caused by the virus has hit many more organizations around the world. Similarly, construction and engineering projects around the world have been jeopardize in various way by the COVID-19 pandemic and many projects have closed. As a result, there has been a financial recession in the construction industry in almost all countries and has created unemployment. All in all, this situation has caused great concern, uncertainty and unrest in the construction industry. This paper observes in several countries and describes the global impact of the Corona virus on the construction industry. This paper also explains how it is possible to continue construction work in this situation. If construction work continues, the economic downturn will be reduced and unemployment will be reduced.  LINK DOWNLOAD!