2020 has come to an end, 2021 has passed more than a quarter, so in the past 2020, what major changes in the construction industry are closely related to every engineering practitioner? Let’s take a stock today
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2020 this year, COVID-19’s impact brought challenges and opportunities to the construction industry and accelerated the transformation and development of the construction industry
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At the beginning of 2021, let’s take stock of the major events that have taken place in the construction industry in 2020, and hope to bring some feelings and inspiration to the construction industry
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the novel coronavirus pneumonia is a novel coronavirus pneumonia, which no matter which industry mentioned in 2020
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At the same time, it brings great resistance to the resumption of normal economy
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For the construction industry, the outbreak of the epidemic not only leads to the delay of employment, but also after the resumption of work, due to the need of epidemic prevention and control, the construction management of the project will be more strict, further affecting the original progress of the project
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In addition, the cost of epidemic prevention and control will increase the cost pressure of the project
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If there is a gathering epidemic situation after the resumption of work, it will also lead to the shutdown of the project and make the enterprise suffer huge losses
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However, even in the face of the risk of site shutdown and delayed resumption, many enterprises still do not forget their social responsibility, and actively donate money and materials, making many contributions to the fight against the epidemic
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The rapid development of prefabricated buildings
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The rapid completion of huoshenshan hospital, leishenshan hospital and various shelter hospitals in 2020 has caused shock and hot discussion abroad
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China’s rapid organization and efficient construction reflect the Chinese construction capacity of hard core
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Assembly technology is the key to create such a miracle
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Prefabricated building has the characteristics of modularization, customization, high efficiency and green
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Huoshenshan hospital uses the existing inventory of local engineering units, modular assembly of containers into wards, and adopts light steel structure and steel composite plate structure for ICU and other places with special high requirements, which greatly speeds up the construction progress of the hospital
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The epidemic has also brought profound enlightenment to the construction industry
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Only prefabricated buildings can be built so fast in an emergency
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In the future, under the dual effects of policy and environment, prefabricated building will continue to mature, and the industry acceptance will be higher and higher
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New infrastructure since the beginning of this year, the discussion on “new infrastructure” has not been reduced
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From the central government to the local governments, policies have been issued to support the new infrastructure, and all walks of life have increased their layout
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For the construction industry, the state’s accelerated deployment of new infrastructure may provide new growth points for the industry
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On April 20, 2020, the national development and Reform Commission defined the scope of new infrastructure for the first time, namely information infrastructure, integration infrastructure and innovation infrastructure
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At the same time, it proposed to study and issue relevant guidance to promote the development of new infrastructure
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Specifically, information infrastructure includes communication network infrastructure represented by 5g, Internet of things, industrial Internet and satellite Internet, new technology infrastructure represented by artificial intelligence, cloud computing and blockchain, and computing infrastructure represented by data center and Intelligent Computing Center; integration infrastructure includes intelligent transportation infrastructure and intelligent energy The innovation infrastructure includes major science and technology infrastructure, science and education infrastructure, industrial technology innovation infrastructure and so on
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Qualification reform although the qualification reform of the construction industry continues every year, this year’s strength is the biggest and the impact on the industry is unprecedented
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On July 2, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development (MOHURD) issued the standard framework for qualification of construction engineering enterprises (Draft for comments) on its official website, which intends to greatly reduce the qualification categories and grades of construction engineering enterprises
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At the executive meeting of the State Council on November 11, it was formally made clear that “the categories and grades of qualification of engineering survey, design, construction and supervision enterprises will be reduced from 593 to 245, and other grades of qualification will be transferred to provincial and below departments for approval, except for the highest comprehensive qualification and the qualification that needs cross department approval”
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Domestic and international double circulation on May 14, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting, at which it proposed for the first time “building a new development pattern of domestic and international double circulation mutual promotion”
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At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on July 30, it was once again stressed that we should accelerate the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic big cycle as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles promoting each other
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The proposal of “double circulation”, especially the domestic circulation as the main body, is of great significance to China’s economic development under the background of epidemic
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Under the new pattern, the development of various industries will be affected to a certain extent, which will be extended to the construction industry, or will have the following effects: the real estate industry regulation is tightening; the development of internal circular economy focuses on improving the willingness and ability of consumers; on the premise of unable to increase income, high house prices seriously inhibit the consumer’s willingness to consume
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In this regard, the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on July 30 once again stressed the goal of “no speculation in housing and housing” and “three stabilities”
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The tightening of real estate has resulted in the reduction of construction investment, which has a certain impact on the construction industry
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Investment in infrastructure should be increased
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In the high-level meeting of the Central Committee, it was mentioned that we should strengthen the capacity building of high-speed rail freight and international air freight, and speed up the formation of a safe and efficient logistics network with internal and external connectivity
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Promoting the construction of modern circulation system as a whole and providing strong support for the construction of a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international double circulation promoting each other are the major advantages of the construction industry
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Accelerating regional economic development and strengthening urban construction and economic development of large cities in central and Western China, such as Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing, can cultivate new economic growth points, drive regional economic development, speed up the process of urban construction and benefit the development of construction industry
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With the increase of Chinese residents’ income and the vigorous promotion of the Chinese government, the domestic market demand will further expand and bring about the upgrading of service demand of some capable consumers, which will give birth to new construction demand and provide a new market for the construction industry
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Project funds: on July 14, the State Council issued the regulations on guaranteeing the payment of funds for small and medium sized enterprises, which will come into force on September 1, 2020
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The regulations on the protection of payment for small and medium-sized enterprises focus on protecting the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized enterprises, strengthening the honesty and trustworthiness of government agencies and large enterprises, and optimizing the business environment
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It is stipulated that the payment for the project shall not exceed 60 days, and the interest shall be paid on time
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Migrant workers’ wages: on January 17, the Chinese government announced the regulations on guaranteeing migrant workers’ wages, which will come into effect on May 1, 2020
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According to the regulations on the protection of migrant workers’ wage payment, the labor payment period shall not exceed one month, overdue fines, no real name registration shall not enter the construction site, the government project default shall be pursued, and the construction unit shall bear nine major responsibilities, especially the responsibility of the construction unit
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Intelligent construction on July 28, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, the national development and Reform Commission and other 13 departments jointly issued guidance on promoting the coordinated development of intelligent construction and building industrialization, proposing development goals and key tasks
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The “opinions” pointed out that the current production mode of the construction industry is still extensive, and there is still a big gap compared with the requirements of high-quality development, and put forward guiding opinions for promoting the industrialization, digitization and intelligent upgrading of construction, accelerating the transformation of construction mode, and promoting the high-quality development of the construction industry.
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