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Item Productivity Analysis of Shuttering Works for Sewage Treatment Plant(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021) Pandey, A.; Chaudhary, P.K.; Das, B.B.Formwork is considered as important element of construction projects like in traditional reinforced concrete infrastructure projects. It is labor-intensive work that requires highly skilled workers such as carpenters, bar benders, etc., to execute the work more accurately and efficiently. In view of the fact that it is difficult to find high-skilled workers for formwork process and hence it is important to find the ways or methods of formwork construction that is less labor dependent or in other words methods that are highly productive with minimum number of workers. The quality of formwork exerts a direct influence on the surface of concrete and on its dimensions. Since reinforced concrete work is involved in majority of the buildings, the level of workmanship of the construction project can be identified by seeing the quality of formwork. In order to improve the productivity of the formwork process and its quality then it is necessary to improve its working methodology by identifying the bottlenecks using scientific management. And as we very well know that money is always the center of discussion in our construction projects. To complete the project within its expected, designed cost of the project is one of the major requirements of the project to become a successful project. That’s why the topic ‘Productivity analysis in shuttering for Sewer Treatment Plant Project’ is a great tool to analyze the shortcomings in the present methodology of formwork erection and to mechanize a highly effective model for formwork and this can be achieved by the productivity analysis. © 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.Item A Detailed Case Study Report on a Section of Four-Lane National Highway Project of Bengaluru-Mangaluru(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Srinivas, M.; Sinha, C.; Akshay, K.; Marella, D.A comprehensive study of the project titled “Four-laning of Bengaluru-Mangaluru from km 270 + 270 (Periya Shanthi) to km 318 + 755 (Bantwal)†was conducted to assess the project’s potential, necessities, and requirements. The evaluation also addressed the challenges encountered due to the project’s location in a mountainous terrain region. The major issue encountered and understood through this study was that the project is delayed more than usual due to many difficulties and challenges encountered by them under various circumstances. Based on the survey and research work done, it was understood that the region of Dakshina Kannada where the project is being done has high temperature during summers due to which ice cubes were used to maintain temperature for concrete batching. The objective of the project is to eliminate the hairpin bends which slowed down the traffic movement by straightening them to reduce congestion as there are many pilgrimage places, business hubs, and tourist places in the project vicinity. Some of the main reasons for the delay of the project was unseasonal rainfall, felling of trees, obstructing the Right of Way (ROW), the inability to move the utility units to the project site due to insufficient ROW, landslides, and many more reasons. Currently, the Extension of time (EOT) has been requested by the Contractor to NHAI, as the project has been delayed. This research paper further explores the detailed causes and gives a complete insight into the project. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.