A viabilidade da alvenaria estrutural na produção de edifícios

Abstract

The work deals with the economic feasibility of the constructive process in structural masonry comparing with reinforced concrete buildings. Theinvestigation was carried out on two types of building, all of them with the same architectural plan. The buildings were four storeys high with four apartments per floor, each apartment measured approximately 53 m2. One of the buildings eas on reiforced concrete structure and other on structural masonry. The methodology adopted was applied in a study of case of enterprises located in the city of Guarulhos, SP. Were obtained data from the search through spreadsheets found in the two works executed in constructive processes studied. The costs evaluated were those regarding tobuilding material, equipment and labor. The cost of materials and equipment used in the works, were obtained from the cost recorded in the second half of October 2008. The cost of labor was evaluated by the number of hours and workers at work. It follows that the process in masonry blocks in ceramic showed better, results with regard to economy, a process in reinforced concrete the worst.