Independent state expertise of design estimates

Independent expertise of construction documentation is regulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the rules of law governing this procedure, such tasks can be solved by both state and private structures. What is the specificity of the work of both these structures? What is the difference between the approaches of public and private organizations when checking the quality of building documents from customers?

What kind of expertise is the design documentation?

Examination of design estimates for legislation of the Russian Federation may be:

- state;

- private.

At the same time, the second option is traditionally independent. However, when applying to state departments, the evaluation of the quality of design estimates is generally based on independent criteria, because it is based on the provisions of the law, which should be treated equally by all subjects of legal relations.

The legal force of the results of state and private expertise

It can also be noted that a private independent examination of design estimates is carried out only by authorized organizations and with the application of official rules of law. Another nuance is that both variants of the examination presuppose the issuance of documents to the customer confirming the legal right to implement a construction or engineering project. From a legal point of view, the relevant sources are of equal value.

Therefore, both noted mechanisms for checking the quality of building documents are implemented in general according to similar principles and differ mainly in terms of organizational criteria. Let's consider features of each version of the corresponding expertise - public and private.

State independent expertise of construction documentation: preliminary inspection

The first stage of quality control of construction documents carried out by competent state structures is the preliminary study of the set of documents from the applicants. This procedure should be carried out within 3 days.

After the preliminary verification of the submitted construction documents is carried out by the competent state body, the applicant is sent an agreement for the implementation of the examination - if everything is in order with the documents. If this is not the case, then the motivated refusal is sent to the applicant.

The procedure in question involves the submission by the applicant to the competent state authority:

- the basic building and engineering documents;

- applications in accordance with the established form;

- copies of documents confirming the ownership of the site, town planning plan, assignment for the development of the project, as well as for the implementation of engineering work.

In a number of cases, documents submitted to the government department, whose competence is to carry out an examination of design estimates, are returned to the applicant. This is possible if:

- examination must be carried out by another state organization;

- documents can not be checked for quality according to the criteria that are established for construction and engineering documentation.

In turn, the grounds for refusal by the state body to accept documents for quality control purposes may be the absence in the documentation of mandatory sections or inconsistency of sources that are provided for examination, established criteria.

Let us now consider how the examination of design estimates is carried out after a successful preliminary verification of the sources provided to the competent government agency by the applicant.

Independent state expertise: quality control of documents

The prerequisite for the implementation of the procedure in question is, first of all, the conclusion of an agreement between the applicant and the state agency that is conducting the examination. In addition, state expertise of design estimates must be paid in advance by the construction company. Therefore, when drawing up an agreement, it must present to the expert organization documents confirming payment of the fee for the state services rendered.

The procedure should be conducted by the state body within 3 months. In the event that the quality of documents for building projects that are not unique is inspected, then the examination is carried out within a period not exceeding 45 days.

Correctness of documents: feedback from expert structures

While the documents are being checked, interaction between the experts and the customer can be carried out to promptly correct the errors found in the construction and engineering documentation during the examination. In addition, if the auditing organization discovers the absence of any significant document without which the examination of the design estimates can not be completed, the applicant will also receive a notification of this. And at the same time - an instruction to eliminate mistakes in the sources provided, as well as to prepare and provide the checking organization with missing construction or engineering documents.

Correctness of documents: time for completing the documentation

The period during which the project documentation is to be amended is determined in the contracts between the applicants and the expert structures. As a rule, it does not exceed 10 days from the moment the customer is notified of the presence of errors and missing documents in the provided kit.

The reconciliation and examination of design estimates in the framework of the procedure in question may involve the provision of the expert organization of various calculations for constructive, as well as technological solutions that are used in the documents provided. Materials related to engineering work may be required. As a rule, such sources are provided to the expert structures within 5 days of receipt of the request from the competent state organization.

Execution of examination results

After the state expertise of the design estimates is carried out within the framework of procedures established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, its result is formalized. It can be represented by a positive or negative conclusion on the provided construction and engineering documents. If they are all right, if they comply with the established technical regulations, then it is likely that the competent state organization will pass a positive conclusion.

Non-governmental examination: nuances

Let us now consider how the non-governmental independent expertise of design estimates is organized, in turn. Most often, private companies, major contractors turn to private structures that carry out quality control of construction and engineering documents.

The independent independent examination of the design estimates is generally similar to the state in terms of research of the basic characteristics of building and engineering sources, but the content can be supplemented by a large number of procedures that are not carried out by legislation in the framework of the examination. Such as, for example, analysis of the quality of documentation for the optimal structure, supplementing relevant documents with other useful wording.

Let's consider the main tasks, which in most cases are solved by private structures that carry out verification of construction and engineering sources.

The tasks of private expertise of construction documentation

This is mainly about such tasks as:

- assessment of compliance of the documentation with technical regulations;

- analysis of the quality of construction and engineering documents from the point of view of the presence in them of formulations that meet the criteria of sanitary and epidemiological legislation, regulatory acts in the field of ecology, protection of cultural objects, the requirements of fire legislation.

Under the contract between the customer and the expert organization other tasks can be formulated. Their list, in principle, is not limited by any norms of the law.

Let's consider now, in what varieties can be submitted a private examination of design estimates.

Types of private expertise of construction documents

In the interaction of customers with non-state structures, quality control can be carried out:

- the project itself - for compliance with the requirements established in the law, standards;

- construction estimates - for the quality of working out the cost indicators for various materials and works in relation to market prices;

- engineering developments - for compliance with the main parameters of the project.

Let's study now, within the framework of which stages the procedure is being carried out, which is being discussed.

Stages of non-state expertise of construction documents

As in the case of appealing to state structures, the documents prepared by the customer should be submitted to the private structures for preliminary approval. Examination and approval of design estimates require first of all the completeness of the sources.

A partner of a construction company may be interested in this in order to obtain the optimal result of the work. In the event that in the set of documents there are no sources without which the expertise will be difficult to carry out, or if errors are found, the customer is notified about it. In many cases, both in accordance with the contract and at the initiative of the contractor, the experts assist the customer in eliminating the defects in the completion of documents.

The next stage is a direct examination of construction and engineering documentation. Based on the results of the verification of the submitted sources, a positive or negative decision is made, as in the case of state expertise. A private examination of design and estimate documentation of construction assumes, as we noted at the beginning of the article, the issuance of a document to the customer, which gives a legal right to the implementation of the construction project. Of course - only if the sources provided are in order.

There is a point of view according to which the examination and approval of design estimates, conducted during the interaction of the customer and private structures, have a number of significant advantages. Consider what they can be.

Advantages of private expertise: efficiency and benefits

The main advantage of the customer's request to a private expert organization is the opportunity to get the result first more quickly than in the case of an expert examination in a competent state structure. Of course, with a large flow of customers, the efficiency of solving problems by the relevant organization can be reduced, but given the rather high competition, firms, of course, try to withstand attractive conditions for the customer in this aspect.

The next possible advantage of applying to private expert organizations is the cost. The fact is that state organizations are obliged to set prices for the services provided for the examination of project documentation based on the requirements established in the legislation. In the general case, they do not depend on the volumes of provided sources, its complexity. In turn, these criteria, as a rule, are taken into account by private expert organizations. They are not obliged to form the prices in accordance with the requirements of the law and therefore can pursue a policy in this direction in the way they consider the business development strategies optimal from the point of view of the market situation. In many cases, the examination of design estimates in a private structure is characterized by a lower cost than when the customer requests the competent state organization.

Private expertise: manufacturability and quality

Another advantage of applying to a non-state firm is the possibility of using in many cases a wider range of communication channels between experts and customers. In particular, communication can be carried out via Skype, e-mail. These communication tools are not always supported by government agencies.

Another nuance that characterizes the procedure for examination of design estimates in a private company is the application of intracorporate quality control standards supplementing those established by law. This allows experts to provide the customer with a work result that meets not only the basic criteria, but also what may be due to the specifics of the implementation of a particular construction project. This feature of the business organization by many builders is considered as a significant competitive advantage of applying to private structures for the purpose of examination of project documentation.

Private expertise: current consultation

Another nuance that can be taken into account when studying the specifics of the work of non-state expert organizations is the availability in most cases of quality advisory support to clients, which, again, relies not only on the requirements of laws, but also on various internal corporate norms aimed at improving the level Customer service, as well as to achieve high performance results.