Construction survey is one of the construction activities including tasks such as inspection, measurement, observation, exploration, analysis, research, and evaluation of factors such as: natural conditions, geology, engineering geology, hydrogeology, hydrometeorology, current status of the project, etc., to establish reasonable technical and economic plans and solutions when designing construction projects.
What are the latest construction survey standards?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 74 of the 2014 Construction Law:
[1] The survey task and construction survey technical plan must be established in accordance with the type and grade of the construction project, the type of survey, the design stage, and the requirements for construction design preparation.
[2] The construction survey technical plan must meet the requirements of the survey task and comply with the applicable technical standards and regulations on construction survey.
[3] Construction survey work must comply with the technical survey plan, ensure safety, protect the environment, meet the requirements of the approved survey task, and be inspected, supervised, and accepted in accordance with regulations.
[4] Construction survey results must be documented in a report, ensuring honesty, objectivity, reflecting the actual situation, and must be approved.
[5] The construction survey contractor must meet the capacity requirements suitable for the type and grade of the construction project and the type of survey.
What are the investor's obligations during construction survey?
According to Article 76 of the 2014 Construction Law, when conducting construction surveys, the investor has the following obligations:
– Select a construction survey contractor and survey supervisor in case of not performing the survey and supervision by themselves.
– Provide the construction survey contractor with information and documents related to the survey work.
– Determine requirements for the construction survey and ensure conditions for the construction survey contractor to perform the work.
– Properly execute the signed construction survey contract.
– Organize the supervision of the construction survey work; accept and approve survey results in accordance with the law.
– Compensate for damages when providing inappropriate information or documents, or violating the construction survey contract.
– Other obligations as prescribed by the contract and relevant laws.
