DECISION

PROMULGATING VIETNAM’S CONSTRUCTION STANDARD TCXDVN 371 : 2006 “ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY OF BUILDING WORKS”

THE MINISTER OF CONSTRUCTION

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 36/2003/NĐ-CP dated April 4th 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Construction;

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Science and Technology,

DECIDES

Article 1. Promulgate a Vietnam’s Construction Standard together with this Decision:

TCXDVN 371 : 2006 “Acceptance inspection of constructional quality of building works”

Article 2. This Decision takes effect after 15 days from the date of its publication on the Official Gazette.

Article 3. The Chief of the Ministry Office, the Director of the Department of Science and Technology and Directors of relevant organizations shall implementation this Decision./.

ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY OF BUILDING WORKS

Foreword

This Standard supersedes TCVN 4091:1985

The Construction standard TCXDVN 371 : 2006 “Acceptance inspection of constructional quality of building works” is issued by the Ministry of Construction together with the Decision No. .41/2006/QĐ-BXD dated December 29th 2006.

VIETNAM’S CONSTRUCTION STANDARD

ACCEPTANCE OF CONSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY OF BUILDING WORKS

1. General provisions:

2. Interpretation of terms

3. The order for inspecting the quality of constructions.

Take the following inspection steps during the construction of new or renovated works.

4. The content of construction quality inspection.

For a general contractor agreement, the supervisors of the investor shall inspect the acceptance of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

Directly carry out the acceptance inspection during the building and installation of the following subjects after receiving the written request of the contractor:

+ The name and quantity of rejected subjects;

+ The time when the contractor has to take the rejected subjects away from the construction site.

For a general contract, the supervisors of the investor shall inspect the acceptance inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

Directly carry out the acceptance inspection during the building and installation of the following construction works after receiving the written request of the contractor:

+ The works to be redone;

+ The equipment to be reinstalled;

+ The defects or damage to be rectified or repaired;

+ The time limit for repair;

+ The date of reinspection.

For general contracting, the supervisors of the investor shall inspect the acceptance inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

+ The works to be redone;

+ The equipment to be reinstalled;

+ The equipment to be retested;

+ The defects or damage to be rectified or repaired;

+ The time limit for repairing and retesting;

+ The date of reinspection.

The list of defects in quality is made in accordance with the form in Annex N of this Standard. The cost of the repair and rectification shall be incurred by the party that causes the defects.

If necessary, the investor may hire an independent advisor for reinspecting the rectification.

After the defects in quality, the advisor shall make an inspection record as prescribed in this Standards and send reports to the investor for reinspection.

Annex A

(Regulation)

The form of “Record of the inspection of construction quality at the construction site”

RECORD OF THE INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTION QUALITY AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

The supervisors of the general contractor shall inspect the inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors (for general contractor agreement)

Starting : .......

Ending:

At: .......................................

Annex B

(For reference)

Dividing construction parts and construction stages

The parts and stages of civil and industrial constructions shall be divided depending on their scale and progress. In particular:

Annex C

(Regulation)

Input inspection form

1. Subjects of inspection: (specify the prefabricated components, equipment, and materials that need inspecting)

2. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (specify the organization, full names and positions of individuals)

- The person in charge of construction techniques of the constructional contractor.

Under a general contractor agreement, the supervisor of the investor shall inspect the inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

3. Time of acceptance inspection:

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

4. Assessment of finished works:

c) Other opinions if any.

5. Conclusion: (specify the following content)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

The inspection dossier comprises:

Annex D

(Regulation)

Form of the record of acceptance inspection of construction works

Under a general contractor agreement, the supervisor of the investor shall inspect the acceptance inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

5. Conclusion: (specify the following contents)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

The inspection dossier of construction works comprises:

Annex E

(Regulation)

Form of the record of static installation inspection

Under a general contractor agreement, the supervisor of the investor shall inspect the inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

3. Time of acceptance inspection:

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

4. Assessment of finished works:

5. Conclusion: (specify the following contents)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

Static installation inspection dossier comprises:

- The acceptance inspection record of static installation and the annexes enclosed therewith if any;

- The documents as the basis for inspection

Annex F

(Regulation)

Form of acceptance inspection of construction parts and construction stages

a) The investor’s party:

3. Time of acceptance inspection:

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

4. Inspection of finished construction parts and construction stages:

5. Conclusion : ................................................................................................

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

The dossiers of acceptance inspection of construction parts and construction stages comprises:

Annex G

(Regulation)

Form of acceptance inspection record of equipment undergoing no-load single-action test runs

3. Time of acceptance inspection:

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

4. Assessment of the no-load single-action test run performed:

c) Other opinions if any.

5. Conclusion: (specify the following contents)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

The dossier of acceptance inspection of the no-load single-action test run of equipment comprises:

- The acceptance inspection record of the equipment undergoing no-load single-action test runs;

- The documents as the basis for inspection

Annex H

(Regulation)

Form of acceptance inspection record of equipment undergoing no-load multiple-action test runs

For general contractor agreement, the person in charge of the supervision department of the investor shall inspect the acceptance inspection of the general contractor and sub-contractors.

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

c) Other opinions if any.

5. Conclusion: (specify the following contents)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, and positions of all participants)

The dossier of acceptance inspection of the no-load multiple-action test run of equipment comprises:

- The acceptance inspection record of equipment undergoing no-load multiple-action test runs, and the annexes enclosed therewith if any;

- The documents as the basis for inspection

Annex J

(Regulation)

Form of acceptance inspection record of equipment undergoing loaded multiple-action test runs

1. The equipment system inspected includes: (specify the equipment system and testing time (starting and ending time), the position in the construction or construction item)

3. Time of acceptance inspection:

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

4. Assessment of the loaded multiple-action test runs performed:

5. Conclusion: (specify the following contents)

6. Participants in the acceptance inspection: (signatures, full names, positions, and stamp)

The dossier of acceptance inspection of equipment undergoing loaded multiple-action test runs comprises:

Annex K

(Regulation)

Form of the record of acceptance inspection finished constructions or construction items for putting into use.

ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION OF FINISHED CONSTRUCTIONS OR CONSTRUCTION ITEMS FOR PUTTING INTO USE

Starting:

Ending:

At: .......................................

The dossier of acceptance inspection comprises:

Annex L

(Regulation)

The form of the List of changes compared to the approved design

LIST OF CHANGES COMPARED TO THE APPROVED DESIGN

Annex M

(Regulation)

List of unfinished works

LIST OF UNFINISHED WORKS

Annex N

(Regulation)

List of quality defects

LIST OF QUALITY DEFECTS

Annex P

(Regulation)

List of documents serving the acceptance inspection of construction or construction item for handing over and putting into use

LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING THE ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION ITEM FOR HANDING OVER AND PUTTING INTO USE

Annex Q

(Regulation)

A. Legal documents

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