Modeling working shifts in construction projects using an agent-based approach to minimize the spread of COVID-19

Araya, Felipe

doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102413

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“…However, it is contrary to what other researchers have stated by identifying the current context as an opportunity due to the expected surplus of skilled workers in the construction market [14]. We suspect that one of the main reasons for workers being unwilling to work through the current pandemic context is the uncertainty related to their safety status when visiting a construction site, which is similar to what researchers have previously discussed (e.g., [52][53][54]). Regarding the consequences of construction workers' technical performance, these included replacement of subcontractors and reduction of construction workers.…”

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“…The causes and effects associated with association D are: unemployment, quarantine, mental health, and mobility difficulties. In this sense, research by [4,10,54] identify the vulnerability and contagion risks of construction workers and their families in the face of the spread of COVID-19. Among the limitations, they point to are problems of accessibility, availability, panic, and the difficulty of adapting to new working conditions.…”

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Influence between COVID-19 Impacts and Project Stakeholders in Chilean Construction Projects

Araya

Sierra

2021

Sustainability

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The construction sector has been heavily impacted by COVID-19 due to the restricted conditions required by construction projects to perform physical activities. Given this context, it is of interest for the industry to identify the impacts that COVID-19 has had on the development of construction projects. However, little is known regarding how the impacts of COVID-19 have affected multiple stakeholders in construction projects and whether there is some interaction among such impacts. This study aims to explore the impacts of COVID-19 and their influence among different construction stakeholders (i.e., engineers and managers, workers, suppliers). This study was enabled by 40 semi-structured interviews that were performed with stakeholders in construction projects in Chile. Content analysis from the interviews led to the identification of categories of impacts and stakeholders, to the development of a cognitive map of the impacts, and to the application of correspondence analysis. Fifteen categories of impacts were identified, and six construction stakeholders were identified as having been impacted by COVID-19. Identifying the causes and effects of the impacts felt by multiple stakeholders revealed that these impacts interacted among each other. Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on construction stakeholders may facilitate the development of effective mitigation strategies to reduce COVID-19 impacts on the construction sector.

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Influence between COVID-19 Impacts and Project Stakeholders in Chilean Construction Projects

Araya

Sierra

2021

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“… Araya, 2021b , Brundtland et al, 1987 , Clemente-Suá rez et al, 2021 , Cleveland Clinic, 2020 , de Bruin et al, 2020 , Dí az-Soler et al, 2019 , Fadilllah, 2020c , Gul and Ak, 2018 , Hinton, 2014 , Hwang and Kim, 2011 , Jonathan, 2020 , Liang et al, 2018 , Lingard et al, 2021 , Lu et al, 2020 , Muhyiddin, 2020 , Nawaz et al, 2019 , New Straits Times, 2020a , New Straits Times, 2020b , New Straits Times, 2020c , New Straits Times, 2020d , Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2020 , Olanrewaju and Idrus, 2020 , Sadarangani et al, 2017 , Sarwar et al, 2020 , Spiegel and Meadows, 2010 , The World Bank, 2020 , Tong et al, 2018 , Wang et al, 2019 , Zhang and Mohandes, 2020 …”

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Evaluation of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the construction sites

Olanrewaju

Abdul‐Aziz

Preece

et al. 2021

Cleaner Engineering and Technology

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COVID-19 is the most critical health and safety risk facing the global construction sector. The COVID-19 crisis leads to reduction in site productivity, has increased compliance costs, delayed projects and increases construction workers' exposure to risk and infections. However, as countries begin to ease lockdowns and restrictions, there is a need to examine the measures that the construction companies can take to ensure workers are “Covid-safe”. This research developed a questionnaire instrument that included 24 Covid-preventive measures on construction sites. Isolating sick workers, conducting daily checks for COVID-19 symptoms, preventing hugging/handshaking at the site, displaying health advisory posters and info-graphics, and providing face masks to workers are seen to be the main measures towards keeping sites “Covid-safe”. The Principal Component Analysis structured the 24 measures into 4 components. The 4 components explained about 73% of the model, namely hygiene and control, equipment and monitoring, awareness, and incentives. The results found that compliance costs of health and safety regulations to prevent COVID-19 will increase by more than 20%, site productivity will be reduced by up to 50%, and the pandemic will have caused a 40% increase in skills shortage. Cluster analysis was performed to cluster the sites in terms of their exposure to COVID-19 risk. In order to examine the practicability of the findings, the model was validated with 4 case studies. It is asserted that the research findings’ have potential to keep sites “Covid-safe” which help construction companies increase productivity, reduce project costs, reduce claims and deliver projects on schedule. This research is the first to examine measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on construction sites and the findings hold critical theoretical and practical implications for future research on health and safety management.

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“…The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still attracting worldwide attention [ 1 ]. As of August 2021, a cumulative total of 186 countries have been hit by this pandemic, which results in over 210 million confirmed cases and 4 million deaths with a mortality rate of 2.1% ( https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#global-counts-rates ).…”

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A practical approach for preventing dispersion of infection disease in naturally ventilated room

Ren

Cao

Haghighat

2022

Journal of Building Engineering

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Modeling working shifts in construction projects using an agent-based approach to minimize the spread of COVID-19

Cited by 34 publications

References 42 publications

Influence between COVID-19 Impacts and Project Stakeholders in Chilean Construction Projects

Influence between COVID-19 Impacts and Project Stakeholders in Chilean Construction Projects

Evaluation of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the construction sites

A practical approach for preventing dispersion of infection disease in naturally ventilated room

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