Abdullah Bagasi
Department of Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, 24382, Saudi Arabia
Publications
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Research Article
THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF PANDEMICS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19?S IN SAUDI ARABIA
Author(s): Abdullah Karban, Naif Alaboud, Adnan Alshahrani*, Abdullah Bagasi and Mosaab Alaboud
The COVID-19 pandemic had disastrous effects, particularly on construction projects, which resulted to work stoppage. Though, most construction industries explored preventive measures such as social distancing, working online, wearing personal protective equipment and upholding good hygiene to keep the construction projects back on track. This study thus aimed to examine the relationships between the current state of COVID-19 pandemic on the Saudi Arabia’s ongoing construction projects and preventive measures based on the lessons learned from the pandemic. Accordingly, a purposive sample of 147 construction based professionals involved in selected projects within Saudi Arabia participated in the sirve. The results shows that COVID-19 preventive measures had significant impact on Saudi construction projects. Furthermore, project time was most significantly impacted by COVID-19 pa.. Read More»