O servir na construção : melhorias para o trabalho invisível

Abstract

The general objective of this monograph is to better understand the modus operandi of construction workers who hold the position of laborer on construction sites, so that management strategies and construction technologies can be subsequently devised to improve the productivity of these workers and, consequently, business productivity. The methodology employed consisted of a literature review on the subject and the administration of questionnaires with both open and closed-ended questions to a sample of laborers on site, at a construction site in the municipality of Belo Horizonte. The results obtained confirmed the initial hypotheses of this research, indicating that laborers engage in work activities that demand significant physical effort, experience substantial fatigue after a workday, and such factors lead to bodily pain. Pain and fatigue negatively impact the health and dignity of the worker and business productivity. As a conclusion to this academic work, recommendations were proposed to mitigate or improve this problem situation.