Constructech Companies: Systematisation of Knowledge and Case Studies

Abstract

The construction industry employs approximately 7% of the world’s population, representing one of the largest sectors of the global economy, with over US$ 10 trillion invested in goods and services. On the other hand, it is one of the least digitalized sectors, being above only agriculture. In this scenario, constructech companies emerge, whose aim is to seek solutions to the problems of civil construction through technology. The purpose of this work is to systematize the knowledge about construtech companies with the construction industry. The methodology of the work included a descriptive research whose strategy was the case study. Structured interviews were conducted in four construtech companies and four construction companies in the cities of Recife and São Paulo. The results allowed to demonstrate how construtech companies developed, their resources and area of operation, in addition to investigating how construction companies are prepared to adopt available technologies and which processes are of greatest development interest. In summary, the main characteristics perceived regarding the construtech business are the high scalability, the reduced staff, and the agile strategic planning. The construction companies are interested in acquiring solutions that aim at the improvement of the production processes of the works.