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Coronavirus (Covid-19) is a disease which outbreaks as pandemic in worldwide. Many countries were affected badly in many situations in terms of economic and business. This pandemic Covid-19 leads to lockdown and restricted movement of people. There were many businesses across different type of sectors were shut down completely which was impacted severely in many countries. One of the sectors is construction industry which faced many crises in terms of development of projects. Therefore, this research is mainly to propose the impact of pandemic Covid-19 catastrophes on the survival of construction industry in Penang. This present study aims to scrutinize the impact of pandemic Covid-19 catastrophes on the survival of construction industry in Penang. This study was carried out two methods for data collection which were questionnaire survey and structured interview. This questionnaire used in this study was structured and unstructured. The research results made clear that the most prominent impacts of Covid-19 are work progress slow down and postpone ongoing projects. The study helps the project stakeholders to be aware of sudden outbreak sequences and steel oneself against difficult challenges during the development project strategy planning stage.
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In-Text Citation: (Muniandy & Mydin, 2022)
To Cite this Article: Muniandy, R., & Mydin, M. A. O. (2022). The Impact of Pandemic Covid-19 Catastrophes on the Survival of Construction Industry in Penang, Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(1), 242–252.
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