The People's Republic of China Ministry of Construction Order

"Construction quality control management approach" was August 23, 2005

by the 71 executive meeting to discuss, is hereby released from

November 1, 2005 implementation.

Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao
September 28, 2005

Construction Quality Inspection Regulations

The first construction project to strengthen quality inspection on the

management, according to "The People's Republic of China Construction

Law", "Construction Quality Control Regulations", to develop this

approach.

The second application involved in buildings and structures the

structural safety of the test blocks, test specimens and related

materials, engineering quality inspection agency qualification, the

implementation of the construction engineering quality supervision and

management of inspection activities, shall comply with these measures.

The term construction quality inspection (hereinafter referred to as

quality testing), is the project quality inspection agency (hereinafter

referred to as testing organizations) entrusted, according to relevant

laws, regulations and mandatory standards for construction, structural

safety of the project involved the sampling detection and access to the

construction site of building materials, components and parts of the

testimony sampled.

Article shall then be responsible for the national quality supervision

and management of testing activities and testing organization

responsible for setting standards for qualification.

Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities shall be responsible

for construction of the administrative area of quality control to

supervise and administer, and is responsible for qualification testing

agency for approval.

City and county government departments responsible for construction of

administrative regions supervise the quality of testing activities.

Article IV testing organization is an independent legal status of

intermediaries. Testing agency in the way the provisions of Annex I to

the quality of testing services, should be based on the way to obtain

the corresponding certificate of qualification.

Testing agency qualification testing in accordance with its commitment

to business intelligence is divided into special inspection agencies

and testing agencies qualified witness sampling. Qualification

standards testing organizations provided in Annex II.

Testing organizations have not achieved the appropriate qualification

certificate, as provided herein shall not undertake quality testing

services.

Article shall apply to qualified institutional test provinces,

autonomous regions and municipalities building department to submit the

following application materials:

(A) "inspection agency qualification application" in triplicate;

(B) Original and photocopy of business license;

(C) application with the corresponding detection range of the

measurement qualification certificate and a copy of the original;

(D) of the main testing apparatus, equipment list;

(E) the titles of technical certificates, identity cards and social

insurance and a copy of the original contract;

(F) testing agency management system and quality control measures.

"Application Form for Qualification testing organization" formulated by

the State Council department in charge of building styles.

Article provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in charge of

construction sector, after receiving the application materials, shall

be made immediately whether to accept the decision, a written

certificate issued to the applicant; application materials are

incomplete or do not meet the statutory form, it should be inform the

applicant within 5 days once all the content needed to make

corrections. Those who do not tell, from the date of receipt of the

application materials shall be accepted.

Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities building department

received an application for qualification, application materials should

be reviewed, the date of acceptance within 20 working days for approval

and completion of a written decision. Meet the qualification standards,

since the decision made within 10 working days from the date of

issuance of "Certificate inspection body" shall be reported to the

State Council in charge of construction for the record.

Article VII, "Qualification testing organization" should indicate the

detection of business, into the original and the copy of the

construction by the State Council department in charge style, is, a

copy of the same legal effect.

Article VIII Qualification testing institution valid for 3 years.

Certificate valid expiry, the analysis organization in the

qualification certificate shall be 30 working days before the

expiration apply for permits.

Testing agencies in the qualification certificate is valid without the

following acts within, the qualification certificate expiry of the

approval of the original examination and approval authority for

approval, no review, qualification certificate valid for 3 years

extension, the original examination and approval authority in their

qualification certificates stamped seal extension ; test the validity

of institutions in the qualification certificate of one of the

following acts, the original examination and approval authority shall

not grant an extension:

(A) exceed the qualification range of activities involved in testing;

(B) Subcontracting detection operations;

(3) Altering, lease, lend or otherwise illegal transfer of

qualification certificates;

(D) is not mandatory according to national standards for the

construction inspection, quality and safety caused by an accident or

incident resulting loss enlarged;

(E) forging test data, test reports, or identification issued by a

false conclusion.

Article qualification testing agency after testing agency no longer

meet the corresponding qualification standards, provinces, autonomous

regions and municipalities in charge of construction department of the

request of an interested party or ex officio, may order its correction

by a deadline; fails to do so, you can withdraw the corresponding

certificate of qualification.

Article No unit or individual shall not be altered, reselling, leasing,

lending or other forms of illegal transfer of certificate of

qualification.

Article inspection agency to change the name, address, legal

representative, technical officer, shall, within 3 months to the

original examination and approval authority for the change.

Article XII of the Regulations of the quality testing services, from

project construction unit entrust qualified testing agency for testing.

The agent and the Client shall sign a written contract.

Test results on the test results to interested parties disputed by both

parties recognized testing organizations recheck, recheck the result by

the proposed parties submitted to the local building department for

filing.

Article XIII of sampling quality control samples should be strict

enforcement of construction standards and state regulations, the

construction unit or units under the supervision of on-site project

supervision sampling. Provide quality testing sample units and

individuals should be responsible for the authenticity of the sample.

Article XIV of the completion of testing organizations test business,

shall promptly issue a test report. Test report signed by the

inspectors, testing agencies or their authorized legal representative,

have signed and affixed seal of inspection agency official seal, or

after the test to be effective. Test report by the construction unit or

project supervision unit confirmed, filed by the construction unit.

Witness the test sample test report should indicate the names of units

and witnesses.

Article XV of any unit or individual may express or implied false

testing report issued by testing organizations shall not be altered or

falsified test reports.

Article XVI testing personnel shall not hold posts in the detection of

two or more agencies.

Inspection bodies and testing personnel shall not recommend or producer

of building materials, components and equipment.

Inspection agency shall not administrative organs, laws and regulations

authorized to administer public affairs organizations, and projects

related to the detection of design units, construction units,

supervision of subordinate units or other interests.

Article XVII testing institution shall not subcontract testing

business.

Testing organizations across provinces, autonomous regions and

municipalities bear the detection of business should be to the works of

the province, autonomous regions and municipalities in charge of

construction for the record.

Article XVIII testing institution shall report on its testing data and

testing the authenticity and accuracy.

Testing in breach of the laws, regulations and mandatory standards

construction, causing losses to others shall bear the corresponding

liability.

Article XIX testing institution shall be found during the inspection of

the construction units, supervision units, the construction unit, in

violation of relevant laws, regulations and mandatory standards in the

construction and test results related to structural failure, and timely

reporting project construction site authorities.

Diershitiao testing institution shall establish records management

system. Detection of the contract, Order, the original records,

inspection reports should be on an annual uniform numbers, numbers

should be continuous, not free pumping removed, altered.

Testing institution shall establish a separate test results failed

projects Ledger.

Article 1 of the local people building departments should strengthen

supervision and inspection of the testing agencies, mainly the

following:

(A) verify compliance with these provisions of the qualification

standards;

(B) whether the scope beyond the qualification in quality inspection

activities;

(C) whether there is altered, reselling, leasing, lending or other

forms of illegal transfer of Certificate of behavior;

(D) whether the requirement to sign the seal in the test report, test

reports are true;

(E) testing whether the provisions of the relevant technical standards

and testing;

(Vi) equipment and environmental conditions are consistent with

measurement certification requirements;

(7) laws and regulations and other matters.

Article 2 The competent construction department to implement

supervision and inspection, the right to take the following measures:

(A) to require testing agency or commission provided by the relevant

documents and information;

(B) to enter the work site testing organizations (including the

construction site) for sampling;

(3) organization to compare test to verify the detection ability of

testing organizations;

(D) found that non-compliance with relevant state laws, regulations and

construction standards of testing behavior, ordered to make

corrections.

Article 3 The competent construction department in the supervision and

inspection requirements for the collection of evidence, can take the

samples and testing data sampling method of collecting evidence; the

evidence obtained may be lost or difficult circumstances, approved by

the department heads can advance registration and preservation of the

samples and test data, and shall promptly make a decision within 7

days, during which the parties or persons concerned may not destroy or

transfer of the sample and test data.

Twenty-four local people's governments above the county level

departments in charge of construction, supervision and inspection on

the problems found in accordance with the prescribed authority for

processing, and timely reporting of qualification examination and

approval authority.

Article 5 The competent construction department should be established

to receive and handle complaints system, public complaint telephone

number, mailing address and e-mail.

Testing agency in violation of state laws, regulations and construction

standards require testing of, any units and individuals have the right

to complaint to the building department. Building department received a

complaint shall be promptly verified and based on this approach to the

testing organization to determine the appropriate treatment, will

address the comments in reply within 30 days of the complainant.

Violation of the provisions of Article 6, without obtaining the

appropriate qualifications, commitment to these Regulations

unauthorized testing business, and its test report is invalid, the

building of local people's governments above the county level shall

order correction and impose more than 10,000 yuan 3 yuan shall be

imposed.

第二 17 inspection agencies to conceal relevant information or provides

false materials in applying for qualification, provinces, autonomous

regions and municipalities building department shall not accept or not

an administrative license, and give a warning, 1-year qualification

shall not apply again.

The 28th bar to fraud, bribery and other illegal means to obtain

qualification certificates, provinces, autonomous regions and

municipalities shall revoke its qualification certificate, shall not

apply again within 3 years qualification certificate; by the

construction of local people's governments above the county level

authorities impose a 10,000 yuan fine of not less than 30,000 yuan;

constitute a crime shall be held criminally responsible.

第二 19 detected to be in breach of the Regulations, one of the

following acts by the building of local people's governments above the

county level shall order correction, may impose a 10,000 yuan fine of

not less than 30,000 yuan; constitute a crime, according to the law

criminal liabilities:

(A) exceed the qualification range of activities involved in testing;

(B) Altering, lease, loan, transfer of the qualification certificate;

(C) does not meet the conditions of testing personnel;

(D) failing to report the discovery of illegal activities and detect

substandard items;

(E) failing to report on the inspection signed and sealed;

(Vi) construction of the project is not mandatory according to national

testing standards;

(7) file management confusion, resulting in test data can not be

retrospective;

(8) Subcontracting detection operations.

The third 10 false test data analysis organization, issued a false

detection or identification of the conclusions of the report,

construction of local people's governments above the county level

authorities to give a warning, impose a fine of 30,000 yuan; cause

losses to others shall be liable for compensation; a crime shall be

investigated for criminal responsibility.

Who, in violation of the Regulations, the Client, one of the following

acts by the building of local people's governments above the county

level shall order to correct, Department for more than 10,000 yuan

30,000 yuan shall be imposed:

(A) commissioned the inspection without obtaining the appropriate

qualification testing agencies;

(B) expressly or implicitly false testing report issued by testing

organizations, altered or falsified test reports;

(C) fraudulent submission of samples.

第三 12 in accordance with these Regulations, the penalty of fine for

testing organizations, the legal representative of the testing

organization and other persons directly responsible to a fine of more

than 5% of the amount of 10% shall be imposed.

33rd People's Government above the county level departments in charge

of construction management staff in the quality inspection work, one of

the following circumstances shall be given administrative sanctions;

constitutes a crime, criminal liability:

(A) does not meet the statutory requirements of the qualification

certificate issued by the applicant;

(B) the applicant meets the statutory requirements of the qualification

certificate shall not be issued;

(C) the applicant meets the statutory requirements are not within the

statutory time limit qualification certificate issued;

(D) the use of his position and power to accept other people's property

or other benefits;

(E) fails to perform its regulatory responsibilities, or not

investigating violations of law.

第三 14 inspection agencies and the Client shall be charged in

accordance with relevant provisions, pay the testing fee. Item no fees

charged by the mutual agreement.

第三 15 water conservancy, railway engineering, road construction and

other projects involved in the structural safety of the test blocks,

test cases and test the materials in accordance with relevant

regulations of the reference to these Measures. Energy detection in

accordance with relevant state regulations.

36th article this provision since November 1, 2005 shall come into

force.

Annex I:

Quality Inspection of Business

First, special test

(A) Foundation Engineering Test

1, the foundation and the static load testing of composite foundation;

2, the bearing capacity of pile testing;

3, pile integrity testing;

4, bolt locking force detection.

(B) detection of the main structure of the project site

1, concrete, mortar, masonry strength of field testing;

2, steel cover thickness testing;

3, precast concrete structure, performance testing;

4, post-embedded parts of the mechanical performance testing.

(C) Curtain Wall Engineering Test

1, building walls of air tightness, water tightness, wind pressure

distortion performance, interstory drift performance testing;

2, silicone rubber compatibility testing.

(D) of the steel structure detection

1, non-destructive testing of welding quality;

2, coating steel corrosion and fire detection;

3, Steel Structure, mechanical connection of standard parts and bolt

fastening mechanical performance testing;

4, steel grid structure of the deformation test.

Second, testimony sampled

1, testing physical and mechanical properties of cement;

2, steel (including welding and mechanical connections) mechanical

performance test;

3, sand, stone regular inspection;

4, concrete, mortar strength test;

5, simple soil test;

6, concrete mixing agent testing;

7, prestressed steel strand, anchor test fixture;

8, asphalt, asphalt mixture testing.

Annex II:

Qualification standards testing organizations

First, special inspection agencies and testing agencies should witness

sampling to meet the following basic conditions:

(A) of the special inspection agency's registered capital of not less

than one million yuan to witness sampling inspection agency no less

than 800,000 yuan;

(B) the qualification test for the corresponding items should be

certified through the measurement;

(C) quality inspection, construction or design experience, and received

training in detection technology related professional and technical

personnel of not less than 10; remote counties (districts) of

professional and technical personnel can not be less than 6;

(D) to carry out testing work in compliance with the necessary

instruments, equipment and workplace; which use subject to compulsory

verification of measuring instruments, metrological verification to

pass through only after use;

(E) sound technology management and quality assurance system.

Second, the exception of special inspection agencies to meet basic

requirements, the need to meet the following conditions:

(A) Foundation Engineering Test Class

Professional and technical personnel engaged in the work of pile

testing more than 3 years and in senior or intermediate professional

titles no less than four, of which 1 shall have qualified registered

geotechnical engineer.

(B) of the main structural engineering analysis categories

Professional and technical personnel engaged in structural engineering

and testing work for more than 3 years with high or intermediate grade

of not less than four, of which 1 shall have two registered structural

engineer status.

(C) building curtain wall engineering analysis categories

Professional and technical personnel engaged in inspection work

building walls more than 3 years and in senior or intermediate

professional titles no less than four.

(D) of the steel structure analysis categories

Professional and technical personnel engaged in steel mechanical

connection detection, detection of structural deformation of steel grid

work of more than 3 years and in senior or intermediate professional

titles no less than four, of which 1 shall have two registered

structural engineer status.

Third, witness the exception of sample testing organization to meet the

basic requirements, professional and technical personnel engaged in

inspection work of more than 3 years and in senior or intermediate

professional titles no less than three; remote counties (districts) can

not be less than 2.