The list of types of construction work that can only be performed with a competency certificate issued by a self-regulating organisation has been extended

Pepeliaev Group informs that the Russian Ministry for Regional Development approved on 21 October 2009 Order No. 480 on amendments to Order No. 274 of the Russian Ministry for Regional Development dated 9 December 2008 “On Approving the List of Types of Work on Civil Engineering Surveys, on the Drafting of Design Documentation, Construction, Reconstruction and Major Repairs of Capital Construction Projects, Which Affect the Safety of the Capital Construction Projects”.

These amendments expand the list of work on civil engineering surveys, the drafting of design documentation, the construction, reconstruction and major repairs of capital construction projects that affect the safety of said projects.

As in the past such work may only be performed by legal entities and sole traders, which have obtained a special competency certificate for such work issued by a self-regulating organisation.

The list includes, inter alia, surveys of the structural components of buildings and facilities and the organisation of work performed by a legal entity or sole trader (chief designer) employed under contract by the developer or client to draft design documentation.

The list also includes:

• supervision of the construction work by the developer;
• supervision of the construction work by a legal entity or sole trader employed under contract by the developer or client;
• organisation of the construction, reconstruction and capital repairs by a legal entity or sole trader (general contractor) employed under contract by a developer or client.

The amendments clarify that the list does not include any work relating to the drafting of design documentation, the construction, reconstruction and capital repairs of individual residential premises (standalone residential buildings of not more than three floors intended for two families at most).

For further details, please contact:

in Moscow – Alexey Konevsky, Head of Land, Real Estate and Construction Practice, at (495) 967-00-07 or by e-mail: a.konevsky@pgplaw.ru

in St Petersburg – Elena Ryzhkova, Head of Land, Real Estate and Construction Practice (Spb), on tel.: (812) 333-07-17 or by e-mail: spb@pgplaw.ru