Among some customers and even builders there is a misconception that construction control is necessary only for the further simplicity of delivery of the finished object to the state supervisory authorities. Simply, there should be no pressure "from above". This is not quite true! Construction control is necessary not only for the subsequent delivery of the construction object, control is required for the entire life cycle of construction. For example, if you build a poor quality road and "pass" it in this form to the customer and the supervisory authorities, the pressure "from above" can be avoided. But soon this road will either sag due to insufficient compaction of the lower layers or give depressions. At this point, the developer will face pressure "from below", in the form of complaints from motorists. This can also be seen in the example of low-quality construction of residential real estate, when the owners of new apartments "flood" the builder's company with statements.

The reason for the low quality of construction may not be negligence or qualification of workers. There can be many of them. For example, a road may be poorly constructed because its design process was "crumpled" and took place in one stage. All the necessary documents were "made" in a hurry, and this can not but affect the level of detail and elaboration of design decisions. It is difficult to list the number of possible problems in one article. Therefore, construction control should be carried out during the entire construction cycle, not a single part of it and not before its delivery.

The provision states: "The main tasks of construction control are: control over compliance with design decisions, construction deadlines and regulatory requirements, including the quality of construction work, compliance with the cost of construction, reconstruction, expansion, technical re-equipment of enterprises (facilities ) approved in the prescribed manner projects and estimates. "

Along with the above, it is very important not only how but also who will control the quality of construction work. The controller may be the builder or the customer himself or a third-party organization involved in the customer's interests. Which of the possible options to choose is up to the customer.

We will describe the nuances that should be considered when choosing a company for quality control of construction work.

Of course, the easiest way to put this control on the "shoulders" of the builder. Moreover, the general contractor in accordance with the norms of the Urban Development Code must have its own quality control department. You can trust him, and it will be cheaper. But, this option is acceptable if the developer is very well able to prove himself earlier and his work is beyond doubt. In most cases, it should be borne in mind that the developer's goal is to build and earn as soon as possible. However, with this option, it is likely that each stage of construction will be monitored by different people. After all, usually the foundation is laid by some, and the roof is covered by others. And when a clear marriage is detected, some will "blame" others. Who is to blame, "you will not find the end."

Together with it it should be understood that the person exercising control must notify the customer of all problematic and / or emergencies occurring at the construction site.

What Builder Will Tell Himse lf About His Marriage Or Defects?

Therefore, there are two options, either to monitor yourself or to involve outside experts. In the first case, everything is clear, in the event that the customer is a professional in the field of construction or has its own quality control department. After all, many nuances are visible only to a specialist and with proper examination, and the "naked" eye, some types of marriage can simply not be seen. Or you can see, but not immediately, but when, for example, the crack is already quite large. And the builders will either mask the marriage or start blaming anything / anyone. The material was imported not the one in the documentation, but we worked on it, and. etc., can be listed for a very long time.

Also a frequent mistake of the customer is the request to monitor the quality of a familiar builder. You can talk to him sincerely, and buy materials together, and generally listen to advice on how to and should not.

Maybe you will be lucky, and there may be a situation when you have to spend a lot of time and money to recycle the marriage. Then immediately it will not be a friendly relationship.

It remains an option to contact an organization engaged in independent construction control. This entails an increase in the estimate, but in the vast majority of cases the estimate increases much more when the shortage has to be reworked. It should be added that when builders know that their work is monitored by specialists not under their control, they simply can not do badly, in turn, the customer will always know who to ask. The inspection organization will not keep silent about the marriage, because it will be asked later.

In conclusion, it should be noted that properly conducted construction control primarily saves time, nerves and financial costs, so it is clearly not necessary to save on it.