O EMPREENDEDORISMO SOCIAL NO MERCADO DE CÁLCULO ESTRUTURAL: O CASO DE UMA RESIDÊNCIA UNIFAMILIAR DA CLASSE C.

This paper aims to identify structural calculation advantages for classes C, D and E single-family housing, whose market is mostly marked by self-construction, and indicate a social business model. For this, the work carried out a case study in a class C single-family housing, via the structural design software Cypecad. It will be possible to verify the qualitatively and quantitatively advantages that the structural calculation brings to the small sized constructions. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how it is possible to help people from lower social classes to build safer, more comfortable and economical houses and at the same time being an opportunity for civil engineers to undertake. The chosen methodology was bibliographic research in entrepreneurship and structural calculation and a case study. The result showed that when it comes to a social business in the area of civil construction, there are many technical advantages guaranteed by the structural project and that when the work is carried out with the support of a project it is possible to generate savings and more safety in classes C, D and E small sized constructions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]