Regulations on Technical construction survey plan in Vietnam

Procedures for construction survey in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 25 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP, the procedures for construction survey are as follows:

- Establish and approve the construction survey objectives.

- Establish and approve the technical construction survey plan.

- Carry out construction survey.

- Inspect, grant acceptance and approve the technical construction survey result.

Regulations on Technical construction survey plan in Vietnam (Internet image)

Construction survey objectives in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 26 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP, construction survey objectives are as follows:

- The plan on construction survey objectives is established for the survey activities, supporting the establishment of construction investment project, construction engineering plan, engineering plan on repair, renovation and expansion of works or supporting other survey activities relating to the construction.

- The construction survey objectives shall be established by the designing contractor. In case the designing contractor has not been chosen or in other survey circumstances, the investment-decision maker or the investor or authority having competence to establish a PPP project may hire a qualified organization/individual to establish the plan on construction survey objectives.

- The construction survey objectives shall be designated to the surveying contractor by the investor through the conclusion of an agreement on construction survey or designated to the designing contractor if the designing contractor performs both construction survey and construction design.

- The plan on construction survey objectives shall include:

+ Targets of construction survey;

+ Scope of construction survey;

+ Requirements for application of technical regulations and standards on construction survey;

+ Estimate of activities for construction survey and cost estimate for construction survey activities (if any);

+ Duration of construction survey.

- The plan on construction survey objectives shall be modified if:

+ There are unusual factors that likely to affect the planned solution during the construction survey or there is change in engineering objectives that needs supplement in construction survey;

+ During the engineering planning process, the designing contractor discovers that the construction survey objectives and/or the construction survey report do not satisfy the engineering plan requirements;

+ During the construction process, a number of geological factors are determined unusual from the survey objectives approved by the investor or engineering contract that may affect the quality of construction and/or the measures for construction.

- When establishing the survey, the designing contractor shall base on the survey objectives and the survey results of the previous engineering plan step and the result of relevant survey that is completed before (if any).

Technical construction survey plan in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 27 of Decree 15/2021/ND-CP, the surveying contractor shall establish the technical construction survey plan according to the construction survey objectives.

The technical construction survey plan shall include:

- Basis for establishing technical construction survey plan;

- Specification of contents and loads construction survey task;

- Measures, equipment and laboratories used for construction survey activities;

- Technical regulations and standards on construction survey;

- Organization carrying the survey and measures for quality control for construction surveying contractor;

- Surveying process;

- Measures for ensuring the safety of human, equipment, technical infrastructure constructions and other constructions in the surveyed area; measures for environmental protection and preservation of landscape in the surveyed area and restoration of the site after the survey.

The investor is in charge of checking and engaging a consulting unit qualified for appraising the technical construction survey plan and approving the technical construction survey plan as stated in the agreement.

Mai Thanh Loi

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