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India is a country of diversity not only in terms of culture and population but also in terms of landscape ranging from snow-capped mountains to desserts, plateaus, plains and hills. The climatic conditions in India vary from extremely hot to extremely cold resulting in the requirement of different types of constructions in each region subjected to its temperature, geographical and climate conditions. India is a county where thousands of years old buildings are still standing strong despite several changes in various factors over the years, whereas a few years old building collapses more easily, which raises the most important question in our mind regarding the Structural health of buildings over the years and how Well structure health monitoring is done in India. Structural Health Monitoring is defined as a process of identification of damage for aerospace, mechanical and civil infrastructure. Performance of the structures are determined by various factors such as the age of the building, material used, service condition and layout of the structure besides performance, safety, reliability and serviceability are also the crucial points. SHM technology is implemented in various countries like Europe, USA, Korea, Japan etc. for monitoring of large structures. The main aim behind the implementation of SHM is to determine the damage during initiation itself so that the further damage propagation can be ceased by an alarm in the initial stage with the help of continuous monitoring by structurally integrated sensors.

In Construction Project delay can be defined as the time overrun from the agreed upon a time which can be written & signed in the form of contract or verbal mutual agreement. Construction Projects often face delays and uses unnecessary time due to various factors and reasons, and hence suffer from unfavourable consequences. This study will identify the significant delay factors from an intensive literature review, supplemented by delay factors in major Indian construction projects based on empirical data. A total of eight ongoing construction projects were selected for the study. And a questionnaire is also used to collect reasons for the delay, their frequency, importance, and severity. 53 valid responses received from the project managers. SPSS 21 tool package is used for statistical analysis and the tests performed were Severity index and the correlation between the attributes. The findings of the study concluded that the maximum severity for delaying projects is due to Design Variation followed by Lack of Proper Planning, and Shortages of Skilled Labour.

This paper highlights the main factors which can have a positive impact on the productivity of workers within an organization. It talks about the current trends and practices followed by the organizations to improve the quality of the workplace and the need to improve the quality of workplace according to changing demands of occupiers. The study is being conducted with the help of secondary research data exploring the existing work-analysis structures, trends, practices and case studies. Qualitative research methods are used for analyses of the data: Content analysis, previously published articles and papers. In this way, new ways of producing and operating buildings and the imperatives for such a process have been analysed which can help the inappropriate level of user involvement in the building procurement process and the way these buildings and work style in these buildings are managed.