The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) increased 2.17% in May, rising 0.96 percentage points in relation to the last month´s rate (1.21%) and registering the highest rate since July 2021. The cumulative index in 12 months, 15.44%, slightly surpassed the rate of 15.00% recorded in the 12 immediately previous months. The cumulative indicator between January and May stayed at 5.77%. In May 2021, the index had been 1.78%.

The national cost of construction, per square meter, which in April closed at R$1,567.76, increased to R$1,601.76 in May, of which R$962.98 were relative to material, and R$638.78 referred to workforce.

The parcel of materials remained rising, registering a rise of 1.96% and, once again, the highest change since August 2021, increasing 0.10 percentage points in relation to the previous month (1.86%). Considering the index of May 2021 (2.66%), it dropped 0.70  percentage points.

Having signed a number of collective work agreements, workforce recorded a rate of 2.49%, rising 2.25 percentage points over April (0.24%). Compared with May last year (0.58%), it increased 1.91 percentage points.

Between January and May, the cumulative indexes were 5.82% (materials) and 5.69% (workforce). The cumulative index in 12 months stood at 18.89% (materials) and at 10.59% (workforce), respectively.

Central-West Region records highest monthly change

Having registered significant rises in the parcel of materials in all the states and collective work agreements in Goiás and Federal District, the Central-West Region recorded the highest regional change for the third month in a row (3.24%). The other regions recorded the following figures: 1.22% (North), 1.40% (Northeast), 3.19% (Southeast) and 0.70% (South).

The regional costs. per square meter. were: R$ 1.590,14 (North); R$ 1.489,50 (Northeast); R$ 1.676,34 (Southeast); R$ 1.649,32 (South) and R$ 1.623,17 (Central-West).

Goiás records highest rise

Having registered a rise in the parcel of materials and adjustments in the professional categories, Goiás was the state with the highest monthly change, 5.16%, followed by São Paulo (4.13%), Acre (3.78%), Rio de Janeiro (3.63%), Espírito Santo (3.43%), Federal District (3.35%) and Maranhão (3.22%), all of them under the same conditions.

SINAPI, created in 1969, has the purpose of producing information on costs and indexes in a systematic way and with a national coverage, in order to elaborate and assess budgets as well as monitor costs.

SINAPI - May 2022
, considering the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the civil construction sector

SINAPI - May 2022
, not considering the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the civil construction sector