Estudo comparativo da produtividade da mão de obra no serviço de revestimento com reboco

Abstract

Civil construction companies have been facing a constant growth in competitiveness, making it necessary to increase the quality of service provision with lower costs. To assist in cost control, materials, and labor, construction project managers can use productivity metrics such as the UPR (Unit Production Rate). This study aimed to present a comparative analysis of the productivity of the plaster application service in a construction site in the city of Campo Mourão, Brazil, using productivity metrics. This comparison was made between two different teams performing the same service. Daily visits to the construction site were conducted to collect the necessary data for calculating the UPRs and subsequently identifying potential factors that influenced the productivity of each team, determining which of the two teams would be more advantageous for future hires. As a result, the UPRpot for Team A was found to be 2.27, while Team B had a value of 1.38, indicating that Team A had lower productivity due to abnormality factors, content, design, and physical conditions on-site. Thus, it can be shown that the productivity of a group of workers is not solely determined by their salary, as other factors such as employee training, individual motivation, and good interpersonal relationships also need to be taken into account.