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The construction industry is one of the most important industries for national development in the world. It is an unorganized sector and most of the time human-driven; a large number of people are working in this sector. In the pandemic of COVID-19 most of the construction sites are being halted due to fear about the infection of Coronavirus. The projects are already delayed in relation to completion and handover. The developers are not facing the cost escalation risk only, also afraid of the spreading of COVID-19 in projects. The model of Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws says that it is the duty of the employers to take care of the health and safety of their workers in the workplace. In the building and construction industry where workers work closely together, there is a high risk of exposure to COVID-19. During this epidemic situation, all the employers and constructors should implement the control measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and provide a safe work environment to the workers. In this study, we are highlighting the impact of novel Coronavirus in the construction industry associated with risk assessment and how to implement the safety measures for the workers during and post pandemic.
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Majumder, S., Biswas, D. (2021). COVID-19 Impacts Construction Industry: Now, then and Future. In: Santosh, K., Joshi, A. (eds) COVID-19: Prediction, Decision-Making, and its Impacts. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 60. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9682-7_13
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