Custo de oportunidade pelo atraso de uma obra: estudo de caso na UFPA

Abstract

Delays in public construction projects execution lead to serious problemas because these projects are planned to provide services to the community and financed by resources from taxpayers, thus, the public project managers must always seek to meet the stipulated execution and construction deadlines. This study objective is to measure the consequences of public constructions delay through the opportunity cost. As a case study it was adopted a Public University construction project aiming at the expansion of a Health Care Center for children with autism sprectrum disorder. The methodology presented applied characteristics with exploratory objectives, using qualitative and quantitative approache. This research aimed to characterize the time delay of the construction project, as well as the services that couldn't be provided, both for the number of attendances that were not performed and for graduate and undergraduate students who coundn't increase their qualification because they coundn't have experience of participating in such project. Through the study, among other things, it was possible to envisage that if autistic children needed to be treated in a private clinic to have similar care they would have to provide approximately R$ 236.50 per session. Another relevant factor is that with the completion of the construction project there would be a 34% increase in the number of services performed from the year 2014 to the year 2018. The result has shown that non-compliance with the deadline of a public construction project is much more damaging than a mere delay in time of the construction and should be avoided or minimized to the maximum extent.