Chương 2 Thông tư 10/2013/TT-BXD: Quản lý chất lượng khảo sát xây dựng và thiết kế xây dựng công trình

Chapter II

CONSTRUCTION SURVEY AND ENGINEERING QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Article 8. Construction survey tasks

1. The survey must be planned in conformity with the scale of the building work. The investor may hire a advisory organization or experts to provide opinions or inspect the construction survey where necessary.

The construction survey objectives formulated by the engineering contractor is the basis for making the invitation to tender for construction survey. In the tender for survey, the surveying contractor shall make a technical plan for construction survey in accordance with Article 9 of this Circular. The investor may hire a surveying contractor to plan the survey serving the determination of the building location, making the report on investment and construction, and setting up the construction project.

2. Primary contents of the construction survey objectives:

a) The purposes of construction survey;

b) The range of construction survey;

c) The method and applicable standards of construction survey (where necessary);

d) The workload of construction survey (intended);

dd) The duration of construction survey.

3. The construction survey objectives may be adjusted in the cases below:

a) Abnormal factors that might directly affect the design are found during the construction survey;

b) The engineering contractor finds that the survey documents fail to meet the engineering requirements;

c) Abnormal factors in comparison to the survey documents, which may affect the construction quality and construction solutions, are found during the construction process.

Article 9. Technical construction survey plan

1. A technical construction survey plan must:

a) Be conformable with the construction survey objectives approved by the investor;

b) Comply with applicable construction survey standards and National Technical Regulation.

2. Contents of a technical construction survey plan:

a) The basis for the technical construction survey plan;

b) The composition and workload of construction survey;

c) The method and surveying equipment and laboratory equipment being used;

d) The applicable construction survey standards;

dd) The quality control and measures for internal quality control of the surveying contractor;

e) The schedule;

g) The measures for protecting infrastructural works and relevant building works in the survey area;

h) The measures for protecting the environment during the survey (water sources, noise, exhaust, etc);

i) Estimated cost of construction survey.

Article 10. Supervising construction survey

1. The surveying contractor shall organize the construction survey quality control themselves. The measures for quality control must be specified in the technical construction survey plan.

2. Contents of a technical construction survey supervision:

a) Inspecting the actual capacity of the surveying contractor, including the personnel, the surveying equipment, the laboratory in comparison with the approved construction survey plan and the construction survey contract;

b) Monitoring and inspecting the construction survey, including: the survey location, the survey workload, the survey procedure, retention of survey data and samples; inspecting the tests run in the laboratory and on-site tests; inspecting the assurance of occupational safety and environmental safety during the survey.

3. The investor and the surveying contractor shall concur with each other on the forms, the supervision logbook, and the record on commissioning of the on-site survey in accordance with Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 11. Contents of the report on construction survey

1. The basis for construction survey.

2. Summary of the location and natural conditions of the surveyed location, characteristics, scale, and nature of the building work.

3. The amount of construction survey done.

4. The construction survey result after testing and analysis.

5. Comments, notes, and suggestions (if any).

6. Conclusion and recommendations

7. Appendices.

Article 12. Commissioning of construction survey result

1. Basis for  commissioning:

a) The construction survey contract;

b) The approved construction survey objectives, technical construction survey plan;

c) The report on the construction survey result of the surveying contractor.

2. Commissioning contents:

a) Evaluating the quality of the construction survey report in comparison with the construction survey objectives and technical construction survey plan approved;

b) Inspecting the workload of construction survey done, examine the conformity of the formality, quantity, and other contents according to the construction survey contract.

c) Conclusion about the commissioning of construction survey.

3. Participants in the commissioning:

a) The legal representative of the investor or an authorized person;

b) The survey supervisor of the investor;

c) The legal representative of the surveying contractor or a authorized person;

d) The person in charge of the survey of the construction survey.

4. The commissioning record of the construction survey report shall specify: the items undergoing commissioning, the participants in the commissioning; the time and location of the commissioning, conclusion (accepted or unaccepted), signatures, full names, positions of the legal representatives, and the seals of the legal entities participating in the commissioning.

Article 13. Engineering objectives

1. The investor shall establish or hire consultants to establish engineering objectives. The engineering objectives must be conformable with the construction investment report (pre-feasibility study report) or the investment policies approved by competent authorities.

The engineering objectives are the basis for setting up the project. The investor may hire a advisory organization or experts to provide opinions or inspect the engineering objectives where necessary.

2. Primary contents of the engineering objectives:

a) The bases for establishing the engineering objectives;

b) The purposes of the building work;

c) The building location;

d) The requirements pertaining to planning, landscape, and architecture of the building work;

dd) The requirements pertaining to the scale, life, uses of the building work, and other requirements.

3. The engineering objectives may be adjusted to suit the actuality and sure the sufficiency of the construction project.

Article 14. Requirements pertaining to internal engineering quality control and formality of engineering documents

1. The engineering contractor shall carry out internal inspection of the engineering documents during the engineering and before submitting the engineering documents to the investor or the general contractor. The engineering contractor shall appoint persons or departments under their management, or hire other organizations and individuals to carry out engineering quality inspection. The person that inspects the engineering must sign and make an attestation on the design drawing.

2. The engineering documents of each work include the design description, statistical table, drawings, construction survey reference documents, cost estimates, and maintenance procedure (if any).

3. The size, ratio, and information box of a technical drawing must comply with construction standards. The information box of every technical drawing must contain names and signatures of the designer, the examiner, the person in charge, the legal representative of the engineering contractor, and the seal of the engineering contractor, unless the engineering contractor is an independent individual.

4. The descriptions, technical drawings and estimates must be bound together in a uniform way, enclosed with a table of contents and the legend for reference and long-term storage.

5. If the engineering contractor is the general contractor, the engineering contractor must undertake the design of primary work items or primary technologies of the building work, and take full responsibility for execution of the engineering contract. Engineering sub-contractors are responsible for the progress and engineering quality before the general contractor and law.

Article 15. Commissioning of engineering documents

1. Basis for commissioning of engineering documents:

a) The engineering contract;

b) The approved engineering objectives and previous engineering documents;

c) Applicable National Technical Regulation and standards;

d) The engineering documents examined and approved by the investor.

2. Participants in the commissioning:

a) The legal representative of the investor;

b) The legal representative of the engineering contractor;

c) The person in charge of engineering.

3. The records on the commissioning of the engineering documents shall specify: the items undergoing commissioning, the participants in the commissioning; the time and location of the commissioning, quality and quantity of engineering documents based on technical requirements and contracts; conclusion (accepted or unaccepted, mandatory revisions and other recommendations); signatures, full names, positions of the legal representatives, and the seals of the legal entities participating in the commissioning.

4. Commissioning of engineering documents shall be carried out to serve the process of payment, settlement, and finalization of the engineering contract between the investor and the engineering contractor.