The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world, including India, especially in the construction sector. The study aims to identify, compare, and analyze the critical pandemic impacts (CPI) on construction projects in India. To achieve this, 40 interviews with industry professionals, are followed by a systematic review to identify the CPI. The data collected was used to develop a survey, sent to industry professionals all over India, with a return of 92 valid responses. The data were analyzed using reliability analysis, mean score ranking, overlap analysis, agreement analysis, and correlation analysis. The overall critical pandemic impact includes ‘labor scarcity,’ ‘supply chain disruption,’ ‘decreased construction productivity,’ ‘increased project financing rejection rate,’ and ‘reduced foreign investment in the construction industry.’ The findings could aid authorities and policymakers in taking suitable actions toward solving the current CPI in India. Project managers and owners could consider the current CPI in order to formulate better plans. Overcoming CPI could lead to an economic leap in India.
Countries around the world are still struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No exception with Indonesia, a developing country with the highest mortality rate and the lowest number of tests in Asia. Located in the northernmost, Aceh is one of the poorest provinces with a history of long-term conflict is not in the best condition to face a pandemic. This study's objective is to assess the local government's performance in responding to this pandemic according to the Acehnese community's level of satisfaction. Additionally, this study proposes a priority list for the local government to follow up on. A total of 529 respondents were collected within a week by the criteria of having internet access, being literate, and using WhatsApp messenger. The results show that the Acehnese are dissatisfied with the local government's performance in all districts or cities and at all stages, which include: anticipation, early detection, containment, control and mitigation, and elimination. Meanwhile, the top five priority recommendations are: conducting more rapid test and COVID-19 test; providing more test tools; performing detection; and inhibiting spread. These findings lead to many interpretations: lower trust towards the government, a poor health system, and potential influence on the political output. While vaccines are now being distributed in Aceh, the main focus is still to minimize spread and heal the sick. Looking at these results, the Aceh provincial government needs to work harder to improve both its performance and reputation with the Acehnese people.
This study explores the factors affecting workplace well-being in building construction projects. The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate the critical factors for workplace well-being in building construction projects, (2) to compare the critical factors between large enterprises (LEs) and small-medium enterprises (SMEs), and (3) to compare the critical factors between high-rise building construction projects and non-high-rise building construction projects. Data from 21 semi-structured interviews with construction industry professionals in Malaysia and a systematic literature review were used to develop a potential list of factors. Then, the factors were used to create a survey that was distributed to industry professionals. Data from 205 valid responses were analyzed using mean score ranking, normalization, the Kruskal–Wallis test, and overlap analysis. Fourteen critical factors were determined, including salary package, working hours, project progress, planning of the project, workers’ welfare, relationship between top management and employees, timeline of salary payment, working environment, employee work monitoring, communication between workers, insurance for construction worker, general safety and health monitoring, collaboration between top management and employee, and project leadership. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by identifying the critical factors for improving workplace well-being. The study findings allow researchers and practitioners to develop strategies to promote workplace well-being in building construction projects.
The quality performance of road improvement and road development projects in Aceh Province has always been highlighted by various elements of society. This is due to the occurrence of the damage that the age of the plan has not timed. It is also often found quality mismatch so that road construction must be dismantled and reworked. This study aims to analyze the relationship and influence between the factors that contribute to the quality performance of road construction projects, and to identify the dominant factors affecting the quality performance of road construction projects in Aceh Province. This study used qualitative methods quantized through questionnaires. The number of research samples obtained by 75 companies. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling with the consideration of the contractor company that has completed the road construction project in Aceh Province from 2010-2015. Independent variables consist of human resource, material, equipment, evaluation, managerial, finance, field management, project owner, design, and environment, while the dependent variable is the quality performance of road construction project. Statistical analysis used is reliability test, descriptive analysis, simple correlation and multiple linear regression using Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 22 software. The results show that human resource, material and equipment factors have very low relation, evaluation factor and managerial have low relation, finance factor have good relation, environment factor have high relation, while management and design factor have very high relation to quality performance at road construction project in Aceh Province. Contributing factors that affect the quality performance of road construction projects in Aceh Province are the factors of management, and design. The dominant factor affecting quality performance in road construction project in Aceh Province is management factor. This indicates that if the management factor is improved by the contractor then the quality performance of the road construction project will increase.
Kuta Alam Sub District has many potential hazards, especially from the sea. The location of the area that is directly adjacent to the sea causes it to be very vulnerable to tsunami. Its topography is lowland less than 1 meter above the sea-level. Tsunami in 2004 had taken a great number of people lives in the area about 14.95 % of the total number of inhabitants which is 55,030 people that time. However, there is still no any evacuation building available in Kuta Alam to escape from Tsunami. We know tsunami which might be occurred anytime unpredictable. In order to save people’s lives, it is needed to conduct a study to find alternatives buildings to be used for evacuation and rescue in the area. The aim of this study to identify the locations and number of alternative buildings that are potential as the tsunami evacuation building in Kuta Alam Sub-district. The study used the survey system toward the buildings with qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data analyzing is conducted spatially through geographic information systems. Based on observation results toward evacuation building in Kuta Alam Sub-district, there are some buildings renovated in order to be functioned as tsunami evacuation buildings. The renovation should be done on roof, school, and ladder evacuation of the mosque that are selected as evacuation buildings. Until today, those buildings have not been renovated to be eligible as evacuation places. The result found that there are 45 public buildings that can be used for alternative evacuation buildings in Kuta Alam Sub-district. That can accommodate 94.06 % of the total number of people this time which is 49,011 people.
Routine maintenance refers to the repair of damages on roads’ sections by means of steady service condition. It is always conducted on the Blangkejeren-Laweaunan Road Section on annual basis. It is often conducted using a self-management system by Executing Officer (PPK) 08, which, according to government statistics is 65 km long. While implementing the project, PPK worked with a competent subcontractor as well as a foreman from the community surrounding the project region. To reduce the risks and enhance safety, the contractor made use of the Management System of Safety and Health (SMK3), following all the regulations that apply in Indonesia. The study aims at identifying the K3 risk level in road routine maintenance work. This is done based on the PU Ministry Regulation No 05/PRT/M/2014 through interviewing the PPK. In the same context, determination of the compliance level is done by workers (subcontractor and foreman) is done based on the Construction and Building Guideline No. 004/BM/2006 by assessing the use of Personal Protector Equipment (APD) in the routine road maintenance activities, sidewalk routine maintenance, water channel routine maintenance of cut and fill, and road equipment routine maintenance. The low risk can be found in the routine maintenance the pavements, roadsides, and road infrastructure, while the moderate risk in water channels of the excavations and the heap’s routine maintenance. Among the two, moderate risk has more portions and it must be conducted by workers who can fully comply with APD.
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