Disruptive industry4.0 intervention and economy security strategy for supporting construction business in the COVID-19 pandemic era

Abstract

This research looked into disruptive industry4.0 intervention and economic security strategy for supporting construction business during the COVID-19 pandemic, influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on materials, human resources, and building project completion time in Rivers State, Nigeria. This study aims at identifying result oriented strategy that could help to avoiding cost and time over-run on construction site during post COVID-19 pandemic era. For this research work, 100 questionnaires were administered. The influence, effect, and strategies adopted throughout the management and control of construction work during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as health and safety protocols in use on construction sites during the COVID-19 pandemic, were all areas identified in the questionnaires that were administered as a primary source of data, the relative agreement index, and SPSS were used as secondary sources of data to supplement the questionnaires' results. The COVID-19 pandemic had an influence on several construction companies in Rivers state, from material logistics to material use, wages and salaries of workers were also affected, and the health and safety protocols put in place on-site by management were highly mandatory for workers to prevent the virus from spreading. In addition, the development of COVID-19 pandemic awareness programs was the most widely accepted tactic implemented by construction company executives in Rivers state. Construction businesses should provide transportation for construction workers, regular health assessments, COVID-19 palliatives, pre-time payment of earnings and salary, and source reputable material suppliers, according to the recommendations derived from this research work. Disruptions that need to be implemented in construction businesses are using a digitalized work environment to help construction businesses to continue even during the pandemic (BIM & machines), Government also helping construction businesses by providing incentives and direct public investments and Identifying of opportunities to shift work offsite.