Productivity in budgeting: study of budgetary productivity in a residential building with three floors

Engineering is defined by the application of scientific and practical methods that transform natural resources into suitable forms of products to meet human needs. The execution of civil construction works is classified in the service provision category, although most of its inputs, materials and equipment come from industries. Distinctively from the services of project elaboration and consultancy in Civil Engineering, the budget is associated with the survey of direct and indirect costs represented by the value of the inputs used and hours of use of labor and equipment that make up its unitary costs of the services. On the other hand, the remuneration itself, which could be called Profit or Benefit, is integrated in a factor called BDI. Profits or losses in the civil construction of a professional activity depend on the way in which we establish the collection of professional fees or remuneration for the services we provide to clients, whether individuals or legal entities, private or public.