Gerenciamento de tempo : estudo em uma construtora de porte médio em Aracaju-SE

Abstract

The construction market experiences some of the challenges faced by construction companies, such as: the great competitiveness, the complexity of the projects, failures in delivery and cost reduction and with that these companies need to manage their projects in an effective way, having quality, budget forecast and within the established deadline to achieve the desired success. Time management has the function of efficiently controlling a project, achieving the objectives planned by the organization, elaborating schedules to have a follow-up and control of all the activities of the project to be executed. The present study aims to identify the process that defines the time management of projects in a medium-sized construction company located in the city of Aracaju-SE. It also sought to analyze how the execution time of the projects is defined, to verify how the project schedule is defined, determining the execution time of each activity and identifying the variables that influence the project time estimates. The research method adopted was the single case study. The data collection was done through a semi-structured interview with the construction engineer of the construction company. The results showed that the time for the execution of the project is made through a study in the planning sector of the construction company with the help of the budget sector and the MS Project software, where a control schedule defined by the Gantt chart method is created, allowing the start and end monitoring of each activity. The builder's projects under study are usually completed and delivered on time. However, due to unfavorable situations, some of them suffer delays in the project schedule. It was suggested that the contractor seek to anticipate these situations that may impact on delays, through studies that allow to predict, avoid and correct such situations, so that it does not affect the success of the project schedule