Advanced, Sustainable, and Economic Construction Under Green Technologies During COVID-19: A Review of Construction Material During COVID-19

Introduction

All over the world COVID-19 is spreading its effect on human health as well as on sustainable growth of economies. Due to corona virus disease not only financial market but industrial and agricultural stock market are so much affected. Most essential material which play an important role for any kind of construction in civil engineering i.e. cement, sand, aggregate, reinforcing bar/steel, brick, stone, admixture etc. have been also affected due to low productivity and its slow popularization amongst the world. It’s a well known fact that without these materials we cannot imagine a civil engineering structure. Due to pandemic corona virus disease civil engineering construction works has been slow down and in many places it is noticed that already stocked materials are just stopped to transfer at various parts of the world because of uncertainty of production of conventional materials in a vast manner. In this sense financial crises begun activated all over the world. Normal prices of a regular using material are so high up and even after constant COVID-19 situation we all are facing socio-economic problems in our day to day daily routine of life. In this book chapter author would like to give her emphasis on advanced and economical green technologies during COVID-19 pandemic situation to overcome financial problems for construction.

With reference to above situation if we can think a positive side to go ahead so we can give new name of COVID and it is “Create Opportunity Victory in Disaster”. This new name is just an invention by Dr. Janardan Singh Chauhan (Ex. Director) Senior Professor of Department of Civil Engineering of SATI, Vidisha, M.P. to motivate itself and as per such kind of wonderful inspiration author decided to introduce green technologies as a partial or full replacement of conventional material by clean and green smart materials as an advanced and sustainable construction material in civil engineering construction industry. This is most important how we can use conventional materials in a socio – economic – eco friendly way without sacrifices in structural strength. In this regard various methodologies are being invented and used by Human Civilization which supports day to day activities which are more economical and environmental friendly for supporting construction work. However, new technologies are related to green technologies to make it more effective and environment friendly. Awareness about research and development increases when our requirements increase. In research areas of green management these technologies are characterized as green or clean technology. Green technologies involve: Unconventional energy efficient, recycling of waste materials, safety, health and socio-economic concerns, renewable energy resources, sustainable development with clean and green techniques and many more.

Transports being limited and even restricted among countries have slowed down global economic activities. Most importantly, consumers and firms have prevented their usual consumption patterns due to the creation of panic among them and created market abnormality, causing significant economic impact all over the globe affecting both advanced and emerging economies such as the United States, Italy and India. COVID‐19 has collapsed the backbone of the financial market. To boost up the stock market proper policy measures must have to be adopted by the government. In India, it’s more pandemic from economical point of view. So as per situation of world it’s very clear that there is an only way and that is to be “self dependent”. It’s not a self centered system but it is about all happiness. To increase the demand of non-conventional materials from industrial areas, urban areas and rural areas, India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi started “Aatmnirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” during COVID-19 pandemic situation. Aaatmnirbhar Bharat is not an organization but it is a new policy to promote the local development by which national development as well as global development can take place. It’s a kind of road map for next generation and it is directly related to the neat-clean-green technologies by using non-conventional/ wastage materials for development and management of smart infrastructures through recycling process. This is a new policy and focus would be on making agricultural sector a profitable business by construction of roads and infrastructure related work and utilization of each thing which is in the form agricultural waste and industrial waste material as well as locally available material in most economic way.