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Er. Chirag K Baxi, Director, Prudent Forensic Consultancy Private Limited., & General Manager, K K Retroflex Solutions

It may sound a misfit combo of words at the first instance, but this is meaningful combo of words resulting into emotional glue for the ultimate success of the activity.

Structural retrofit or structural rehabilitation of structural refurbishment is necessitated when the structure is found either under performing or needs some functional augmentation.

Smile while conceptualising:

Very conceptualising of the fact of structural retrofit; needs to be accepted with a sweet smile for all the team members because then that is carried almost throughout the next set of actions. Smile holds a symbol here of the fact that ‘everyone is on same page’.

Smile while shaping up the concept on software or drawing board:

Smile holds a very specific function during this particular activity. It just acts like a catalyst during the process of giving shape to the concept of structural retrofit. The action is very similar to talking to each member demanding retrofit and consoling it by ensuring that each one gets desired enhancement of functional life.

Smile during execution:

Execution of structural retrofit action is like a surgery on the member. It is indeed painful but just as doctors do it with some anaesthesia and some ‘healing touch’ for pain relief, an innocent smile at the member while executing the painful activities like scrapping etc would certainly get a response from the member. Please try it.

Smile at the end:

When the member is ready to be functional after getting retrofitted, the energy, the spirit and the enthusiasm experienced by the member always overflows from the (sur)face of the member.

The brighter it looks as compared to before the retrofit, the more powerful it becomes compared to before the retrofit and the more sustainable it becomes compared to before retrofit.

Well dressed (sur)face with freshly applied paint finish is nothing less than a smile on the (sur)face of the member.

The journey of structural retrofit which began with “Smiles … and … structural retrofit”, also ends with “Structural retrofit …. and … Smiles”.