Among the events dedicated to the transition of the construction industry to self-regulation, it should be noted the seminar «The system of self-regulation in construction. Basic provisions, requirements and documents. Supervision over the activities of SROs and their members «, conducted on June 15 by the North-West Institute for Advanced Studies with the support of Rostekhnadzor of Russia, the All-Russian public organization» Business Russia «, SRO» Interregional Association of Builders «.
Opening the seminar, Mikhail Viktorov, general director of the self-regulatory organization Interregional Association of Builders, stressed that initially there were “a lot of questions” around the topic of self-regulatory organizations. However, as practice has shown, many of the «fears» that the press wrote about six months ago and even a month ago turned out to be exaggerated; now they are dispelled, builders have realized the need for self-regulation. Although at the beginning of the year there were heated discussions: whether or not the licensing will be extended, whether they will back down. Mikhail Viktorov noted that the SRO Law was signed by the President and the Prime Minister; the main provisions of the Law are known to the top leadership of the country.
Answering the question: how many construction SROs have already been registered on the territory of Russia, Mikhail Viktorov said: twelve construction SROs were registered in the state register of self-regulatory organizations (as of June 15). Of these, three are from Moscow, three from St. Petersburg, one from Barnaul, one each in the Voronezh and Vologda regions, in the Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar regions; at the beginning of June 2009, the head of Rostekhnadzor signed an order on the inclusion in the state register of self-regulatory organizations “Builders of the Belgorod Region”. So, territorially new SROs are formed evenly; There are no “bias” in favor of any region.
As for the «Interregional Association of Builders», as of June 15, the organization includes 135 enterprises that have already received permits; documents from about 60 companies are under review and verification.
What are the requirements for candidates for the Interregional Association of Builders? What are the criteria for checking the level of their compliance?
According to the general director of the self-regulatory organization Interregional Association of Builders, the issue of the procedure for checking the professionalism of enterprises (legal entities) wishing to join an SRO has been discussed throughout the last year. The minimum requirements for the bar that an applicant must meet is defined in the Federal Law on SROs, but for a number of applicants, even these starting requirements turned out to be too high. For example, you should «present» at least three officially registered employees with professional profile education, work experience of at least three years and completed courses for advanced training; these requirements are no different from the requirements of the authorities that previously licensed construction activities. However, when licensing construction activities, they were usually limited to documentary verification, which made it possible to collect fictitious packages of documents for the performance of construction work, including those of increased complexity. Currently, in addition to documentary verification, they check «live» work books and diplomas of employees, as well as conduct selective interviews.
«Part-time» is not allowed.
Mikhail Viktorov cited a curious fact: when checking a construction company, it turned out that its general director, a «part-time worker», was on a long «business trip». Later it was established that in fact he is in places of deprivation of liberty..
Cases of filing fictitious packages of documents have also been recorded. This practice can also be classified as a criminal one, according to the specialists of the ACROS Group..
According to the results of inspections, lists of «refuseniks» are formed. The checks will also include the exchange of information on «refuseniks» so that a company that has received a refusal in one or another SRO, say, in Moscow, could not receive a positive decision in an SRO in Voronezh, Barnaul, or vice versa.
In addition to the compliance of the documentary and actual work of enterprises in the preparation of documents for joining an SRO and issuing permits, the material and technical base of companies plays an important role; to perform the work indicated by the applicant in his application, he must have the appropriate construction equipment. The legal form of ownership of the equipment does not play a role, but companies must have earth-moving machines for excavation work, and lifting equipment for multi-storey buildings and structures. This is how companies are assessed in terms of their ability to perform all types of work declared in their admission. Mikhail Viktorov noted that often the company declares fifteen types of work, and receives permission for three types of work. So we propose to narrow down the responsible specialization, outlining the main directions of the real activities of the companies that are part of our SRO. In the near future, all this will give us an increase in the quality of work and a decrease in risks to bear individual and collective responsibility to the client..
