Tecnologias que podem gerar melhorias para a construção civil de Palmas/TO à curto prazo

Abstract

This work aimed to structure a catalog of technologies that can positively impact the construction industry in the city of Palmas/TO. The impact considered here can be direct, meaning with the applicability of the described technologies, or indirect, in such a way that the product generated here leads at least to the reflection of professionals in this sector about the implementation of new materials or methodologies that increase productivity or improve the quality of the final product. For this purpose, as a methodological step, an opinion survey was conducted with professionals in the field, where 77 evaluations were obtained via an anonymous questionnaire of the pre-selected technologies. These technologies, in turn, are not novel; that is, they are commonly applied in other regions, and there are even examples of their application in Palmas – TO, but they are not completely widespread in this second scenario. From this tool, it was possible to conclude that all the previously presented technologies were already known to some, however, most of them were new to the majority of professionals. The most well-known technology was "wall system formed by monolithic panels in EPS," indicated by 71% of respondents. However, this technology was used by only 18% of those who knew it. In other words, studies like this are necessary to encourage the expansion of their use. Another important point of this work was that the results indicated that professionals are open to learning about and using new technologies in their projects. Thus, after this preliminary research, a technical report was also generated detailing the most important points of what was carried out in this study, and as an appendix to this report, the catalog was added. Therefore, this document was passed on to Local Innovation Agents – Sebrae, from the Micro and Small Business Acceleration Program – Brazil Mais, which serves companies throughout the construction chain, so that it could be passed on to professionals. It was also delivered directly to companies that had shown previous interest in receiving it (one of them being a consultancy and the other a construction materials company), and to active professionals in the construction sector. Furthermore, this dissertation also resulted in an article that was submitted to the journal Desafios (an interdisciplinary journal of the Federal University of Tocantins).