Regulations on the Management of the Survey and Design Qualifications of Construction Engineering
Regulations on the Management of the Survey and Design Qualifications of Construction Engineering
Regulations on the Management of the Survey and Design Qualifications of Construction Engineering
Order of the Ministry of Construction [2007] No. 160
June 26, 2007
The Regulations on the Management of the Survey and Design Qualifications of Construction Engineering was adopted at the 114th Meeting of Standing Committee of the Ministry of Construction on December 20, 2006. It is hereby promulgated and shall be implemented as of September 1, 2007.
Minister of the Ministry of Construction: Wang Guangtao
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 In order to strengthen the supervision and management on the survey and design activities of construction engineering and guarantee the quality of the survey and design of construction engineering, the Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Administrative Licensing Law of the People's Republic of China, the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China, the Administrative Regulations on the Quality Management of Construction Engineering, and the Regulations on the Management of the Survey and Design of Construction Engineering and other laws and regulations.
Article 2 The Regulations apply to the applications for the survey and design qualifications of construction engineering, and the supervision and management of the survey and design qualifications of construction engineering.
Article 3 Any enterprise, which is engaged in the construction engineering survey and design activities, shall apply for the relevant qualification based on its registered capital, professional and technical personnel, technical equipments, survey or design performances and other conditions, and the enterprise may be engaged in the construction engineering survey and design activities within the scope permitted by the qualifications after receipt of the construction engineering survey and design qualifications if it is found qualified through examination.
Article 4 The competent construction department of the State Council is responsible for the unified supervision and management of the national construction engineering survey and design qualifications. The competent railway, transportation, water resources, information industry, civil aviation and other relevant departments under the State council shall cooperate with the competent construction department of the State Council to manage the qualifications for the survey and design of construction engineering in the corresponding industries.
The competent construction departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central governments are responsible for the unified supervision and management of the qualifications for the survey and design of construction engineering in the respective administrative district. The transportation, water resources, information industry and other relevant departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government shall cooperate with the competent construction department of the same level to manage the qualifications for the survey and design of construction engineering in the corresponding industries of respective administrative district.
Chapter II Classification and Grading of Qualifications
Article 5 The qualification for the survey of construction engineering is classified into the comprehensive qualification for the survey of construction engineering, professional qualification for the survey of construction engineering and service qualification for the survey of construction engineering.
The comprehensive qualification for the survey of construction engineering has Grade A; the professional qualification for the survey of construction engineering has Grade A and Grade B, and in accordance with the nature and technical features of construction engineering, part of professional qualification may have Grade C; the service qualification of the survey of construction engineering is not graded.
An enterprise with the comprehensive qualification for the survey of construction engineering may undertake the construction engineering survey businesses of all grades in all specialized fields (except for the survey of ocean engineering); an enterprise with the profession qualification for the survey of construction engineering may undertake the construction engineering survey businesses of the corresponding grades in the corresponding fields; an enterprise with the service qualification for the survey of construction engineering may undertake the construction engineering survey businesses ,such as the management of geotechnical engineering, engineering boring, shafting and other services.
Article 6 The qualification for the design of construction engineering is classified into the comprehensive qualification for the design of construction engineering, the industry qualification for the design of construction engineering, professional qualification for the design of construction engineering and special qualification for the design of construction engineering.
The comprehensive qualification for the design of construction engineering has Grade A; the industry qualification, professional qualification and special qualification of the design of construction engineering have Grade A and Grade B.
In accordance with the nature and technical features of construction engineering, some industry, professional and special qualifications may have Grade C, and the professional qualification of construction engineering may have Grade D.
An enterprise with the comprehensive qualification for the design of construction engineering may undertake the construction engineering design businesses of all grades in all industries; an enterprise with the industry qualification for the design of construction engineering may undertake the construction engineering design businesses of the corresponding grades in the corresponding industries and the special construction engineering design business of the same grade in the corresponding specialized field of the industry (except for the qualification for design-construction integration); an enterprise with the professional qualification for the design of construction engineering may undertake the special construction engineering design businesses of the corresponding grades in the specialized field and the corresponding special construction engineering design business of the same grade (except for the qualification for design-construction integration); an enterprise with the special qualification for the design of construction engineering may undertake the special construction engineering design businesses of the corresponding grades in the specialized field.
Article 7 The standards and categories of the construction engineering survey and design qualifications, and the specific scope of the construction engineering undertaken by graded enterprises shall be formulated by the competent construction department of the State Council or the relevant department of the State Council.
Chapter III Application and Approval of Qualification
Article 8 If an enterprises applies for the Grade A qualification for the survey of construction engineering, Grade A qualification for the design of construction engineering, and Grade C qualification for the design of construction engineering related with the railway, transportation, water resources, information industry, civil aviation and other industries, it shall submit an application to the competent construction department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the central government of the place where the enterprise goes through the procedures for the industrial and commercial registration.
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