Diagnóstico del grado de utilización de herramientas de gestión de obras en las empresas constructoras de la ciudad de Pereira

Abstract

The proposal made in this work consisted of diagnosing the degree of use of construction management tools in the construction companies of the city of Pereira, to achieve this objective, three specific objectives were proposed, the theoretical framework of the work was investigated that would allow Know the various theories that were applied at work, the methodology used was quantitative, descriptive and the most important results were: objective: Identify gaps between the tools used by companies and those recommended by the construction management standards: it was evidenced that although in general the qualifications are moderately acceptable, close to 50% in which it is expected that they will always be used, they are It stands out that medium-sized companies, due to their size, are with 53% the ones that always use all the phases of a project, followed by the small ones with 46% and finally the sole proprietorships, since they are the ones that historically have a very weak business structure very consistent to the responses of the interviewees And about the Matrix of actions and results of the tools used in the development of the projects: It is important to highlight that theoretically companies should carry out a rating of always or almost always (High or medium) in each of the phases used and for each one of the tools, but this is not the case, this shows that most of the surveyed companies are not competitive nor do they align with the objectives set by standards such as those proposed and recommended by the ISO 21500 standard (Guidelines for Management and Administration of Projects) and PMBOK (PMI-Project Management Institute -USA) of the Project Management Institute of the United States of America, it is important to remember that the use of these standards are important to the extent that in addition to giving the company a greater magnitude In terms of effectiveness in the orderly fulfillment of its achievements, it is one of the most used and required ingredient by international companies and Public companies at the time of making any calls for the presentation of proposals for the development of civil works contracts, it also shows the great weakness that occurs in small and sole proprietorships that, due to their very organizational constitution, consider not to be important take into account these rules in a comprehensive manner. .