THE GOVERNMENT
Decree No. 15/2013/ND-CP dated February 6, 2013 of the Government on construction works’ quality management
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Construction dated November 26, 2003;
Pursuant to the Law on adjustment and amendment of some articles of Laws related to basic construction investment, dated June 19, 2009;
Pursuant to the Law on the Quality of Products and Goods, dated November 21, 2007;
At the proposal of the Minister of Construction;
The Government promulgates the Decree on quality management of construction works,
Chapter 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of adjustment
1. This Decree provides regulations on the quality management of construction works in survey, design, construction execution and acceptance of construction works; on safety management, handling of incidents during construction execution, exploitation and use of construction works; and on warranty of construction works.
2. In cases where an international treaty which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is signatory or acceded to contains provisions that are different from those in this Decree, the provisions of such international treaty shall prevail.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. This Decree shall apply to domestic and foreign investors and contractors, State authorities on construction and other organizations and individuals related to the quality management of construction works in the Vietnamese territory.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the following terms and phrases shall be construed as follows:
1. Technical specification is a set of technical requirements formulated based on the national technical codes and standards applied to works and will be used to guide and stipulate the materials, products, equipment used for works; construction execution, supervision and acceptance of construction works.
2. As-built drawing is a drawing of completed construction parts and works prepared on the basis of the approved construction design drawings with demonstration of actual dimension of the works.
3. Construction completion dossier is a set of documents related to investment and construction of works, including investment policy; construction investment projects or economic-technical report of works; construction survey report; construction design dossier; quality management dossier during the construction process; and other documents which are necessary to be kept after works are put to use.
