The Challenges of Occurrence of COVID-19 Clusters in Construction Sites in Malaysia

Tan, Kah Hui (2023) The Challenges of Occurrence of COVID-19 Clusters in Construction Sites in Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

COVID-19 is always an issue that is paid attention by the community in Malaysia. This issue is also of concern by the construction industry in which many of the construction projects in Malaysia had been affected by COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to identify the reasons and the effects for the occurrence of COVID-19 cluster and seeks for clarifying the measures to prevent the occurrence of COVID-19 cluster happening at construction site in Malaysia. However, most of the previous research study focused on the impacts of COVID-19 towards the construction industry and the measures to prevent the infection of the virus. Therefore, the research for the occurrence of COVID-19 clusters at construction sites is still scarce. A total of 100 sets of questionnaire survey forms are distributed to collect data and receiving 69 feedbacks from the target respondents. The research methodology adopted for this study is frequency analysis, descriptive statistics and Cronbach’s Alpha and the data collected is used in the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to analyse the data. Throughout this research, the results showed that lack of COVID-19 safety practice might increase the occurrence of the COVID-19 cluster and the occurrence of COVID-19 cluster will affect the project completion of the construction project. The testing and health screening is the most useful measure to prevent the occurrence of COVID-19 cluster. This research finding had raised awareness to the construction industry in Malaysia about the hazard of the occurrence of COVID-19 clusters at construction sites in Malaysia. A recommendation of research regarding the spread of disease or new virus in construction site can be conducted for future research