Vietnam: The house owner may conduct the construction survey himself/herself providing for the house with less than 7 floors

According to Circular No. 05/2015/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, depending on the scale of the house, the construction survey shall be carried out as follows:

- Regarding housing with less than 7 floors, the house owner may conduct the construction survey himself/herself or hire an eligible individual/organization to do it. If the house owner decides not to hire an individual/organization to conduct the construction survey, he/she may apply any of the following methods: direct inspecting via a manual dug hole to determine the thick and quality of ground layers and to determine the expected ground layer for laying the foundation; referring to the geological survey figures of the work, methods for treating the foundation of adjacent works and neighboring works; referring to the geological survey figures of the work provided by competent agencies/organizations.

- Regarding housing with 7 floors or more, the construction survey shall be conducted by an eligible surveying organization.

Detached house (hereinafter referred to as house) means a work built within a premise of residential land owned by a household or individual according to law provisions.

Housing construction design is regulated as follows:

- Regarding housing with total construction floor area smaller than 250 m2 or having less than 3 floors or having height of under 12 m, the owner may create the design himself/herself.

- Regarding housing having less than 7 floors, except for cases specified in clause 1 Article 5 of this Circular, the design must be created by an eligible organization/individual.

- Regarding housing having 7 floors or more, the design must be created by an eligible organization/individual and must be appraised.

View details at Circular No. 05/2015/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2016.

Le Hai

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