The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, presented a 0.39% variation in February...

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, presented a 0.39% variation in February, increasing 0.12 percentage point in relation to January (0.27%). Compared to the rate of February 2010 (0.43), the current index is lower. The index accumulated in the first two months of the year was 0.66%, inferior to that verified in the same period of the previous year (0.86%). In the last 12 months, the variation rate was 7.15%, below the 7.20% recorded in the immediately previous 12 months.

The cost of national construction, by square meter, which in January had been R$ 768.44, in February changed to R$ 771.45, being R$ 438.01 related to materials and R$ 333.44 to manpower.

The part of materials presented a 0.39% variation, increasing 0.07 percentage point in relation to the previous month (0.32%); manpower also recorded an increase of 0.19 percentage point, changing from 0.20% in January to 0.39% in February. In the year, materials increased 0.72%; manpower, 0.59%. The indexes accumulated in 12 months were: 5.30% (materials) and 9.64% (manpower).

Northeast region stood out in February

Influenced by salary readjustments in Maranhão, the Northeast region, with a rise of 0.89%, had the highest regional rate in February. The other results were: 0.34% (North); 0.23% (South); 0.22% (Central West) and 0.12% (Southeast).

The Northeast also stood out with the highest index accumulated in the year: 1.36%. In the accumulated in 12 months, the Central West region had the greatest variation: 8.84%.

The regional costs, by square meter, were: R$810.01 (Southeast); R$ 782.23 (North); R$ 756.83 (Central West); R$ 754.17 (South) and R$ 733.15 (Northeast).

Maranhão records the sharpest rise

Due to the pressure exerted by salary readjustments from collective agreements, Maranhão recorded the highest monthly rate, 4.79%, but in the accumulated in 12 months, Mato Grosso (9.53%) and Goiás (9.26%).

These results are monthly calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal (CAIXA), based on the National System of Costs Survey and Indexes of Construction (SINAPI).

SINAPI, created in 1969, is aimed at producing cost information and indexes of national coverage on a systematic way, in order to help in the elaboration and evaluation of budgets, as well as the monitoring of costs.

In 2002, the National Congress approved, by means of the Budgetary Directives Law (LDO), the use of SINAPI as the reference for calculating costs in civil construction.