Identified Challenges Faced by the Construction Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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ความท้าทายที่ภาคการก่อสร้างเผชิญในช่วงการระบาดของ COVID-19
  1. Human development and management issues: ประเด็นการพัฒนาทรัพยากรมนุษย์และการบริหาร
  • Shut-down of the construction site
  • On-going construction projects abandoned
  • Under-utilisation of manpower and machines
  • Interruption of terms and conditions of contract
  • Workforce staff including some management, not trained to manage pandemic
  • Many organisations refused to innovation support

Improvement in human development and management efficiency: นำไปสู่การปรับปรุง

  • Skill building
  • Collaborate with regulators to facilitate policy changes
  • Transform management models to break the constant slow technological cycles
  • Collaboration
  • Rebuilding supply chains towards resilience
  • Multichannel mechanism supports such as hybrid virtual model
  • Build a control tower across the portfolio

2.Social issues: ประเด็นทางสังคม

  • Rising insecurity (Investors shunning the real estate sector)
  • Increased unemployment
  • Increased construction worker’s redundancy
  • SMEs in the construction related had tough time
  • Movement restriction
  • Increased casual workers

Improved social welfare การปรับปรุงสวัสดิการรัฐ

  • Govt. should support hardest hit sectors such as the construction industry
  • Government should increase the budget on infrastructural facilities
  • Contractors should have access to supporting loans to get back to business

3.Technical issues: ประเด็นทางด้านเทคนิค

  • Lack of technological capacities from the contractors and design team
  • Time and cost overrun
  • Uncertainty of key stakeholders/Operators survival
  • Planned and scheduled programmes of construction activities interrupted

Technical and professional skills: การเพิ่มทักษะด้านเทคนิคและวิชาชีพเฉพาะ

  • Develop new competencies
  • Study the operating models
  • Strengthen scientific policy advice
  • Team experience is needed to manage critical drivers of hybrid
  • Acceleration towards sustainability

4.Financial issues: ประเด็นทางด้านการเงิน

  • Cash flow issue
  • Fluctuation of contract sums
  • High cost of construction materials due to high inflation
  • Slow down in revenue from real estate sector

Financial accountability: ความรับผิดชอบทางด้านการเงิน

  • Adjust financing mechanisms
  • Need to optimise current cost
  • Redeploy capital and resources

5. Safety issues: ประเด็นด้านความปลอดภัย

  • Challenges adopting to new COVID-19 guidelines
  • Absence of safety officers on site
  • Majority of the junior workers do not believe COVID-19 is real
  • Absence of healthcare safety awareness regarding COVID-19

Safety and well-being: ความปลอดภัยและการเป็นอยู่ที่ดี

  • Government should make mitigation a priority (delay is costly)
  • Stakeholders should get closer to customers and clients

Source: Construction industry post-COVID-19 recovery: Stakeholders perspective on achieving sustainable development goals

(PDF) Construction industry post-COVID-19 recovery: Stakeholders perspective on achieving sustainable development goals (researchgate.net)