A STUDY ON WORK STRESS AMONG ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS IN INDIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

In reality, very little is known about work stress among professionals in building industry which creates life and death particularly in Indian context. This study is to identify the key stress factors among construction professionals including architects, engineers, builders and other related specialists involved in building construction industry. The study involved a questionnaire survey to 117 professionals randomly selected from 56 public and private sectors on going building projects among four major cities in India (Chennai. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gujarat). The data were analyzed by SPSS and findings show that the main and principal sources of stress were heavy volume of work, work pressure, lack of provisions at site, non-co ordination of people from various levels, improper administration, lack of feed back on previous and ongoing building projects and finally charges in scope of work in ongoing building projects. This paper concludes that the adequate capacity to undertake projects, capability to handle, establishing and maintaining budgets and time frames for project delivery, proper provisions at sites and offices, confirm to appropriate design practices and education of professionals in stress management will result in better scope of work and less stress among professionals at various levels in building industry.