Legal and Regulatory Framework of Quality Management in Construction: International Norms and Ukrainian Realities

Abstract

problem statement. Further effective development of the construction industry in Ukraine and attracting investments in this field are associated by most experts nowadays with the implementation of international construction standards FIDIC and the involvement of FIDIC consulting engineer, which entails the need to analyze the compliance of the rights and responsibilities of consulting engineer under Ukrainian law to world standards embodied in standard forms of international standards developed by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). The purpose of the work is to substantiate proposals to achieve compliance of the rights and responsibilities of consulting engineer in Ukraine to international standards (including FIDIC); introduction of professional engineering supervision in Ukraine; substantiation of directions of creation of an effective quality management system in construction taking into account requirements of the international standards. Methods. To solve the problems of research, the following scientific methods were used: historical and legal during the study of the history of formation and development of international building standards; comparative and legal – in the course of comparative analysis of approaches to the role of FIDIC consulting engineer in the system of construction quality control under Ukrainian law and consulting engineer in the quality management system under international standards; formal and logical during the analysis of the current legislation, which establishes the legal status of a consulting engineer; dialectical and modeling to substantiate proposals to take into account key approaches to world best practice in the field of regulation of relations between participants in investment and construction activities. Result. It is established that despite certain legislative initiatives, the current legislation of Ukraine does not fully take into account the key approaches of the best world practice in the field of regulation of relations between ...