The Effect of covid – 19 on projects
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2021
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AHED AKHRAS
FARAH HESHAM
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The construction industry is one of the most important industries for national development in Palestine. It is an unorganized sector and most of the time human driven; a large number of people are working in this sector. The Coronavirus pandemic has badly affected everyone on the earth. Apart from losing thousands of lives, businesses and individuals are going to be affected by the long-lasting financial effects due to an expected global recession. In the pandemic of COVID-19 most of the construction sites are being halted due to fear about the infection of Coronavirus. The projects are already delayed in relation to completion. The model of Work Heath and Safety (WHS) laws says that it is the duty of the employers to take care of the health and safety of their workers in the work place. In building and construction industry where workers work closely together there is a high risk of exposure to COVID-19 virus. This project aims to investigate the impact of Coronavirus COVID-19 and its policies on project performance in the construction industry in the West Bank especially in critical areas of the project management body of knowledge (e.g. schedule, cost, and resources). A questionnaire survey will be carried out from a wide range of professional engineering, and contractors in West Bank. Recommendations will be provided so that construction organizations in the West Bank can reduce the impact of Coronavirus on its businesses. This project will be a new one since it is about a new pandemic and its impact on the construction sector.