CHALLENGES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CONTINUITY: RISK FACTORS AND RESILIENCE STRATEGIES
CHALLENGES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CONTINUITY: RISK FACTORS AND RESILIENCE STRATEGIES

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on managing the continuity of construction processes, emphasizing disruptions that affect project implementation. Ensuring continuity is critical to the quality, timeliness, and overall success of construction projects. The construction process demands meticulous planning and coordination while being highly susceptible to changing environmental conditions. Disruptions in construction processes arise from various sources, including human, technological, atmospheric, and organizational factors. The research aimed to identify the key disruption sources and assess their broader impact on project continuity. To achieve this, a literature review was combined with a case study, enabling the analysis of disruptions within a real-world context. The study examined human resource shortages, construction errors, weather-related delays, procurement issues, safety and security (S&S) challenges, and the dynamic project management responses. The study revealed that human factors, such as a lack of skilled labor and execution errors, alongside adverse weather conditions, were the most significant threats to construction process continuity. Effective continuity management, incorporating adaptive strategies, flexible resource allocation, and proactive risk mitigation, emerged as critical to minimizing disruption impact. This comprehensive analysis underscores the need for an integrated approach to business continuity that encompasses time, budget, logistics, safety, and quality considerations to enhance the overall construction project resilience.

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