TY - JOUR
T1 - Offsite Construction for Emergencies
T2 - A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Gbadamosi, Abdul Quayyum
AU - Oyedele, Lukumon
AU - Olawale, Oladimeji
AU - Abioye, Sofiat
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors will like to acknowledge the funding support for this study by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), grant number ( EP/S031480/1 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The outbreak of a pandemic of global concern, the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has tested the capacity of healthcare facilities to the brim in many developed countries. In a minacious fashion of rapid spread and extreme transmission rate, COVID-19 has triggered a shortage of healthcare facilities such as hospital bed spaces and ventilators. Various strategies have been adopted by the worst-hit countries to slacken or halt the spread of the virus. Common Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic containment includes self-isolation at home, isolation at regular hospitals, isolation at existing epidemic hospitals, isolation at retrofitted buildings for an emergency, isolation at Temporary Mobile Cabins (TMCs), isolation at newly constructed temporary hospitals for COVID-19. This study evaluates the ISC measures and proposes offsite and modular solutions for the construction industry and built environment to respond to emergencies. While this study has proposed a solution for creating emergency isolation spaces for effective containment of such pandemic, other critical COVID-19 challenges such as the shortage of healthcare staff and other facilities are not addressed in this study.
AB - The outbreak of a pandemic of global concern, the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has tested the capacity of healthcare facilities to the brim in many developed countries. In a minacious fashion of rapid spread and extreme transmission rate, COVID-19 has triggered a shortage of healthcare facilities such as hospital bed spaces and ventilators. Various strategies have been adopted by the worst-hit countries to slacken or halt the spread of the virus. Common Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic containment includes self-isolation at home, isolation at regular hospitals, isolation at existing epidemic hospitals, isolation at retrofitted buildings for an emergency, isolation at Temporary Mobile Cabins (TMCs), isolation at newly constructed temporary hospitals for COVID-19. This study evaluates the ISC measures and proposes offsite and modular solutions for the construction industry and built environment to respond to emergencies. While this study has proposed a solution for creating emergency isolation spaces for effective containment of such pandemic, other critical COVID-19 challenges such as the shortage of healthcare staff and other facilities are not addressed in this study.
KW - Covid-19
KW - Emergency
KW - Healthcare facilities
KW - Hospitals
KW - Offsite construction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095416166&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100130
DO - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100130
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85095416166
SN - 2590-0617
VL - 8
JO - Progress in Disaster Science
JF - Progress in Disaster Science
M1 - 100130
ER -