AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON CIVIL ENGINEERING OPERATIONS IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Akwapoly Journal of Communication and Scientific Research (APJOCASR)
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https://doi.org/10.60787/apjcasr.vol6no2.32Keywords:
COVID-19, construction industry, CMCO, SOP, hazardAbstract
COVID-19 is a global epidemic altering and disrupting the world's economic outlook. The construction industry, regarded as one of the primary economic development engines, is adversely hit. The epidemic is having a global impact on building and infrastructure projects, resulting in most developments and initiatives being halted. The COVID-19 epidemic is a substantial source of project delays in Nigeria. The paper assesses and discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the sector from the beginning to the present scenario to manage potential future risks and gather knowledge for ensuring futuristic planning to deal with such uncertainty as a result of the pandemic. This study's objectives are to determine how COVID-19 affected Nigeria's civil engineering operations and to reveal the steps taken to mitigate the harmful effects of the pandemic. The development of a quantitative measurement, which uses a qualitative approach based on summative content analysis with 18 participants from three different construction companies, is used to determine the frequency of critical variables in the data distribution to ascertain the impact. To combat the spread of COVID-19 during the Conditional Movement Control Order, Nigerian civil engineering firms are developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This paper will discuss the measures adopted.
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