Hi all, i am Kibebew Mesafint from Ethiopia. I am an engineer in construction technology and management. I have a question to anyone of you with regards to claiming time extension or compensation as a result of COVID-19 on construction projects. We all know that most construction projects all over the world were critically affected and were almost suspended for a longer period of time. Well on the contrary, immediately after the encounter of the pandemic in our country ,the Ministry of Construction in Ethiopia (undermining the pandemic is a FORCE MAJEUR event to projects) promulgated regulations that obliged construction sites should not be closed during the COVID period and shall be active as usual with all the strict implementations of the appropriate COVID protocols. My questions is, since all employers and consultants are rejecting any claims (time or cost) arising out of the pandemic's effect, what do you recommend be it technically, contractually, legally, or..... in this aspect? My main argument here is there was a noticeable amount of reduction in productivity, shortage of construction materials, price hike on all construction resources, the COVID protocols were also costly,..... HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON! (kmesafint@gmail.com)