COVID-19 Impact to Construction Activity Durations on Department of Defense (DoD) Projects

9 pages•Published: June 9, 2021

Jason Manning, Anoop Sattineni and April Simons

Abstract

The COVID-19 virus ravaged the United States population and economy. In March 2020 almost every state went into a self-mandated lockdown. States began reopening in May and June of 2020 with different safety protocols and restrictions in place. Most Department of Defense (DoD) construction sites were considered essential, therefore did not have to shut down. To keep their personnel safe, contractors quickly began adopting additional safety measures as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One of the most widely used safety measures was social distancing or staying 6 ft away from other individuals. This paper summarizes the impacts of COVID related delays on construction activities based on survey data. Results indicate that several issues caused construction delays including labor shortage, social distancing, COVID-19 protocols and material supply delays. The data also showed that delays were noticed in all aspects of construction including concrete, MEP, masonry and finishes.

Keyphrases: construction schedules, covid 19, dod, social distancing

In: Tom Leathem, Anthony Perrenoud and Wesley Collins (editors). ASC 2021. 57th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 2, pages 156-164.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/Mv6W
	https://doi.org/10.29007/7m7j

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2021:COVID_19_Impact_Construction,
  author    = {Jason Manning and Anoop Sattineni and April Simons},
  title     = {COVID-19 Impact to Construction Activity Durations on Department of Defense (DoD) Projects},
  booktitle = {ASC 2021. 57th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Anthony Perrenoud and Wesley Collins},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {2},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/Mv6W},
  doi       = {10.29007/7m7j},
  pages     = {156-164},
  year      = {2021}}

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