SROs In Construction: What Has Changed?

Goltsblat BLP would like to remind you of the significant developments in the laws on self-regulatory organisations ("SRO") involved in construction.

1 July 2017¹ will see Federal Law No. 372-FZ dated 3 July 2016 "On Amending the Town-Planning Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" (the "Law" ) come into force.

The Law will modify the system of construction SROs, introduce closer supervision over their activities and increase their liability for their members' work. The following developments are introduced:

1. The requirement whereby only persons cleared by an SRO could perform works affecting safety of capital structures² is removed. The crux is now who does the work, rather than what type of work is being done (as was the case before this Law was introduced). The Law states that SRO membership is required for engineering surveys to be conducted, design documentation developed or construction/ reconstruction