COVID-19: Impact on Construction Projects

Ng, Peng Teng (2021) COVID-19: Impact on Construction Projects. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Standard form of building contracts has a function which enhance the parties involved in a building contract will not breach the rules or clauses and understand their rights, obligations, liabilities and duties. Every parties are not perfect, some of the parties will breach the clauses due to some reasons especially delay the work. Construction delay can be defined as the time or date which parties agreed upon for delivery or finish the project had over run. Construction delay will bring a serious effect or loss of profit for employer. For example, delay of work makes the time longer that employer or contractor had promised the buyer or government. Delay in construction is a most common problem that will happen in the building construction industry. The objectives if this study are to study the cause and effect of the construction delay, find out the main factors of construction delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the remedies that will be taken by the contractor to prevent it. The literature review will be done on the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic which caused construction delay in Malaysia and how they prevent the construction delay. The research will be used quantitative which collecting opinion from respondents through questionnaire survey and qualitative which colleting opinion from interviewee via conducting interview with professionals in construction industry. This study will provide a guideline to the specific grade of contractor in solving or preventing the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and issues of construction delay in Malaysia’s construction industry.