The National Index of Construction (SINAPI), calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal, changed by 0.48% in July, showing acceleration by 0.13 percentage points in relation to June (0.35%). Compared to the result of July 2008, that is, 1.03%, the current index (0.48%) presents significant reduction. In the year, the national index accumulated increase of 4.17%, below the 6.36% observed in the same period of 2008. The result of the last twelve months was 9.43%, also below the 10.03% relative to the last immediately previous twelve months.

The national cost by square meter, which was R$ 701.62 in June, changed to R$ 704.97 in July. From this amount, R$ 405.99 refer to material and R$ 298.98 to manpower.

Material, compared to the previous month, had acceleration of 0.21 percentage points, having changed from 0.14% to 0.35%. Manpower practically repeated the monthly rate of the previous month (0.65%).

In the year, material accumulated rise of 2.61%, significantly below the 6.13% observed in the same period in the previous year. Manpower accumulated 6.35% this year, versus 6.67% in the previous one. In twelve months, the results were 10.01% (material) and 8.64% (manpower).

South Region was the highlight in July 

The South Region, due to contributions from Paraná, had the highest monthly rate (1.62%), followed by North Region, with rise of 0.99%, whose result was affected by the index of Amazonas.  The other regions had changes below the national average (0.48%): Northeast (0.34%); Central West (0.17%); and Southeast (0.13%).

In the year, the South also had the biggest change (4.65%), and the North Region was the main highlight in the last twelve months (10.52%).

The North Region had the lowest index accumulated in the year (3.39%) and the Central West, the lowest in the last twelve months (8.75%). 

Regional cost by square meter were; R$ 747.30 (Southeast); R$ 698.06 (South); R$ 697.78 (North); R$ 673.87 (Central West) and R$ 658.18 (Northeast).

Paraná and Amazonas had major increase

In July, only Paraná (4.04%) and Amazonas (3.19%) had salary readjustments of professional categories in construction costs. The lowest results came from: Mato Grosso ( 0.03%); Rio de Janeiro (0.06%); and Rio Grande do Norte (0.09%).   

Acre had the highest rate in the year (8.60%) and in the last twelve months (13.1%).

These results are calculated monthly by IBGE through a partnership with CAIXA - Caixa Econômica Federal, for SINAPI - National System of Costs Survey and Indexes of Construction.

Sinapi, created in 1969, is aimed at producing cost data and indexes at national level in a systematic way, in order to help in the elaboration and evaluation of budgets, monitoring of costs, adequacy of material and the scheduling of investments. 

In 2002, the National Congress sanctioned, through the law LDO (Budgetary Directives Law), the use of SINAPI as the reference for the calculation of costs in public construction.

JULY 2009

    SOURCE: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Índices de Preços.

   NOTE: These results are calculated monthly, through a partnership of IBGE and CAIXA – Caixa Econômica Federal.