O papel do Engenheiro Civil no processo de legalização de habitações unifamiliares na cidade do Recife

Abstract

The first step for any citizen who wants to start a single-family residential project, regardless of its location in Brazil, is to have it regulated by the agencies related to civil construction, whether at the municipal, state or federal level. Failure to carry out this legalization will result in the construction or building being considered irregular. The objective of this paper was to present the relationship between civil engineers and their duties regarding the pertinent legislation in the process of approving a single-family residential project with the city government of Recife, covering the phases of federal, state and municipal legislation, the relevant council of the category, the service provision contract, and then the project phase and the process at the city government, detailing the documentation required by the city government of Recife, concluding with the presentation of a flowchart summarizing all the procedures in order to further clarify the subject matter studied for the civil engineer. To this end, a literature review was conducted on the subject, since the consultation tools are often not made available by the agencies responsible for licensing and regularization, which makes it difficult to perform the contracted service and consequently results in a great loss of time for the professional in visiting several public agencies in order to understand how this procedure works and ensure that the work begins without any pending issues regarding regularization. Therefore, the information contained in this article will help both the professional responsible for the technical aspects and any citizen interested in starting a residential project in the city of Recife.