What are regulations on construction testing procedures in Vietnam? What does construction test plan in Vietnam comprise?

1. What are regulations on construction testing procedures in Vietnam? What does construction test plan in Vietnam comprise?

Construction testing procedures is specified in Clause 1, Article 5 of Circular 10/2021/TT-BXD, specifically:

1. Testing procedures are regulated as follows:

a) Each investor, owner, manager, operator or user of a construction project, provincial housing management agencies prescribed in Article 7 of the Government’s Decree No. 69/2021/ND-CP dated July 15, 2021 on renovation and reconstruction of apartment buildings (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 69/2021/ND-CP) takes charge of formulating and approving testing tasks; selecting a construction testing organization that is qualified and suitable to the scope of testing activities;

b) The selected construction testing organization prepares a test plan for submission to the agency or organization specified at point a of this clause for approval, conducts the test according to the approved plan, and makes a report on the test results and submit them to the aforesaid agency or organization for its review and pre-acceptance testing in accordance with regulations.

2. What does construction test plan in Vietnam comprise?

The construction test plan includes the contents specified in Clause 2, Article 5 of Circular 10/2021/TT-BXD, specifically:

2. A test plan shall be comprised of the following main information:

a) Objectives, requirements, subjects and requirements of a test;

b) List of applied technical regulations and standards;

c) Information on the capacity of the head and the individual conducting tests, dedicated construction testing laboratory (if any);

d) Processes and methods;

dd) Test schedule;

e) Cost estimate;

g) Other required information.

3. What do contents of construction test report in Vietnam comprise? 

Contents of construction test report include the contents specified in Clause 3, Article 5 of Circular 10/2021/TT-BXD, specifically:

3. A test report shall be comprised of the following main information:

a) Rationales;

b) General information about the tested construction project and objects;

c) Subject matters and procedures;

d) Test, monitoring, measurement, analysis and assessment results;

dd) Conclusion and recommendations (if any).

In addition, the circular also stipulates:

4. In case where a test is performed at the request of the agency having competence in examining the pre-acceptance testing or the competent state management agency specified at point d of clause 2 of Article 5 and point d of clause 5 of Article 33 in the Decree No. 06/2021/ND-CP (collectively referred to as the requesting agency), the investor, owner, manager, operator or user of the construction project must submit the test plan to the requesting agency for its review and acceptance of the contents of the test plan prior to approval. In this case, the testing organization must be independent from the investor, owner or manager, operator or user of the construction project and contractors for construction survey, construction design, construction, supply of materials - equipment, project management and construction superintendence.

5. In case where the testing and assessment of the quality of an apartment building is carried out according to the provisions of Article 7 of Decree No. 69/2021/ND-CP, issuing test conclusions and notifications to owners of apartment units shall be subject to the provisions of clause 2 and 3 of Article 8 in the Decree No. 69/2021/ND-CP.

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