Practical model for controlling budget deviations in civil construction projects

Abstract

In the scope of civil construction, a very big difficulty existing in the area of cost engineering is the lack of communication between the budget and production sector, which makes the management process difficult. Seeking to improve this scenario, the study aimed to propose a cost control process through the monitoring of a small-scale work to obtain the traceability of incompatibilities present in the comparison of estimated versus actual budget. The company and its difficulties regarding budgeting and project monitoring were investigated. Therefore, a practical model for controlling deviations was developed and applied in a project in the municipality of Mandaguari-PR, during the budget of the infrastructure stage. It was noted that, throughout the budget process, the decisions taken were guided by the steps of the flowchart, so that it helped in the budgeting of services and proved to be effective in guiding the budgeting process.