dc.contributor.author |
Gammanage, SH |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gunarathna, N |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Sandanayake, YG |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Waidyasekara, KGAS |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Gunatilake, S |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-12-30T01:36:51Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-12-30T01:36:51Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2022-06-24 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Gammanage, S.H. and Gunarathna, N., 2022. Delays and disruptions in the construction industry during the global pandemic. In: Sandanayake, Y.G., Gunatilake, S. and Waidyasekara, K.G.A.S. (eds). Proceedings of the 10th World Construction Symposium, 24-26 June 2022, Sri Lanka. [Online]. pp. 326- 338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2022.27. Available from: https://ciobwcs.com/2022-papers/ |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19997 |
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dc.description.abstract |
COVID-19 pandemic has become a global catastrophe today dragging many nations
towards severe economic distress. The Sri Lankan economy has no exception. Not
surprisingly, the sluggish economic conditions in the country have adversely affected the
construction industry in Sri Lanka. The pandemic has resulted in almost every
construction project getting delayed or disrupted. This research aims to determine the
factors that caused delays and disruptions in large scale construction projects in Sri
Lanka due to pandemic. The overall impact of the global pandemic on construction
projects in both local and international platforms were identified through a
comprehensive literature review. Additionally, the impact on the local domain in terms
of delay and disruption was assessed based on exploratory interviews and survey
questionnaire disseminated among industry experts. Final conclusions were drawn by
conducting 9 case studies and analysing responses to survey questionnaire provided by
30 industry practitioners. This study assisted in finding measures and mechanisms
currently in use to mitigate the impact of delay and disruption of the construction phase
of construction projects. The findings also paved the way to recognize innovative
mitigation strategies to control the adverse impact on on-going construction projects.
Analysis of the responses concluded that, delay in project kick-off, delays in material
delivery, shortage of material, project suspension, reduction in the workforce
productivity, health and safety concerns, regular price escalations as the key elements
attributed to impact the project progress. The study has identified the present mitigating
controls over delays or disruption are barely sufficient to address the concern and thus
emphasised the need to resort to more effective techniques to remedy the issue. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Ceylon Institute of Builders - Sri Lanka |
en_US |
dc.source.uri |
https://ciobwcs.com/2022-papers/ |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Construction |
en_US |
dc.subject |
COVID-19 |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Delay; Disruption |
en_US |
dc.title |
Delays and disruptions in the construction industry during the global pandemic |
en_US |
dc.type |
Conference-Full-text |
en_US |
dc.identifier.faculty |
Architecture |
en_US |
dc.identifier.department |
Department of Building Economics |
en_US |
dc.identifier.year |
2022 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.conference |
World Construction Symposium - 2022 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.place |
Sri Lanka |
en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos |
pp. 326- 338 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.proceeding |
10th World Construction Symposium - 2022 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.doi |
https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2022.27 |
en_US |