Factors Affecting the Project Performances: A Post-Pandemic Scenario Towards Sustainability

The construction industry has a well-known industry and has major contributions to the growth of the country's economy. During COVID-19 construction industry suffers globally around world and had a high impact on project performance. This paper aims to investigate factors that highly affected the project performance during COVID period in the construction industry in Pakistan. Extensive literature was reviewed to identify the factors that affect the project performance of the construction industry in Pakistan. Questionnaire survey forms were designed and sent to employees working with different stakeholders. Data were analyzed using Average Index (AI) method. The results show four major factors highlighted by all stakeholders that affected the project and impacted its performance during COVID-19 (1) Un-safe Working Environment; (2) Shortage of material; (3) Shortage of funds; and (4) Increasing project cost. The stakeholders should revise the specification and contract to manage the project performance according to factors. The stakeholders should implement the rules and regulations mentioned by the government to provide a safe environment on construction sites. The client and government should support the contractor and consultant stakeholders by allowing to use of alternate available material to completion of a project and revise the project budget to manage and run a project during COVID-19 period. By taking early steps from stakeholders, project performance could manage during COVID-19 period in the construction industry of Pakistan.