Modern work: Roberto simonsen's construction company

The study of professional and commercial performance of Companhia Construtora de Santos, a company created by civil engineer Roberto Cochrane Simonsen along with others businessman, in 1912 in the city of Santos, state of São Paulo, is the theme defined for the doctoral thesis. Bringing together the management structure and division of labor supported by Frederick Taylor's ideas, the activities of Companhia Construtora de Santos have taken a variety of architectural and engineering paths. At the beginning of the 20th century, a time when many of the building were produced by small and medium-sized contractors, the company had architects and engineers on staff, positioned to manage and coordinate the actions of real estate production of urban infrastructure. Executed technical and architectural projects, urbanized neighborhoods of cities such as Santos and São Paulo, built palaces, warehouses, bank offices and imposing buildings. From the extensive catalog of works produced it is worth mentioning the burden obtained from the Ministry of the Army for the simultaneous construction of dozens of barracks in various states of the country, between the years 1921 and 1924. Simonsen is primarily responsible for the organization and growth of the company. With an entrepreneurial acumen, he applied administrative methods based on "scientific management" to rationalize the Company's business management, making it more competitive in the market. Roberto Simonsen's strategic, social and political alignment is placed above the company's planning with the public authorities, aiming at ensuring commercial success in business. Santos Construction Company worked in construction until 1929, when this practice was redirected to another subsidiary contractor, Sociedade Construtora Brasileira, with other administrative guidance.