Penulis: Zulkiflee Abdul Samad, Caryn Tan Khye Lyn, Othman Mohamed, Hussain Yusri Zawawi

Workforce productivity has been a pertaining issue in the construction industry for the past few decades. In the wake of COVID-19, the rate of workforce productivity has been deteriorating across the construction industry. As voracious readers, the authors observed that there were few books dedicated completely to the topic of workforce productivity. Hence, the authors recognised the need to address this issue and to redound to the construction industry's benefits by contributing relevant knowledge in this aspect. Through their research, they have gained a new perspective on the construction workforce productivity that will be shared through this book.

This book is aimed at both academics and practitioners in the construction industry, but professionals in other related field may also find it helpful. This book will provide the readers an inside look at how construction project managers are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic's workforce productivity difficulties, particularly in terms of challenges and strategies under the pandemic situation. It also provides reliable statistics and analyses, which can be found in a detailed case study on the issue of workforce productivity. The ability to maximise productivity of construction workforce is critical for the industry's survival following the COVID-19 outbreak. Thus, the suggested approaches to deal with workforce productivity issues would be useful for the practitioners in the relevant fields to act sensibly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other similar circumstances in the future. Besides, this book uncovers important aspects in construction workforce productivity under the pandemic situation that many academics may not have looked into. As a result, a new approach to managing the productivity of the construction workforce may have developed. In addition to this, it can be used as a relatively new source of knowledge for academic or research purposes.