The expert denies myths for possible violations of renovation: Law is ensured by law
However, the law provides for a clear liability system: the contractor is responsible for the quality of the work, the maintenance of the construction process – the technical supervisor and the designer. In addition, the owners of the apartments and other premises are guaranteed even if the contractor became insolvent.
Any resident can contribute
If, after the renovation, it turns out that the work was of poor quality, the structure designer, the contractor or the technical supervisor of the construction is responsible for defects during the warranty period – depending on whom the irregularities have caused the defects. Under the Construction Act, the warranty term may not be less than five years for visible work, for ten years hidden elements of the structure and twenty years if the defects were intentionally hidden.
Residents are also protected if the contractor becomes insolvent or bankrupt – the first three years after the renovation is a guarantee and the amount of defect removal must be at least 5 % during this period. the prices of the structure.
Edvardas Petrauskas, an expert at the Modernization Project Division of the Environmental Project Management Agency (APVA), recalls that the quality supervisor responsible for the quality of the work performed. However, residents who see the progress of the renovation daily can also contribute to the smooth and quality project implementation.
« It is important for residents to know what the construction site should look like, properly stored materials. If the defects notes, they must be recorded in the photos, written dates, circumstances and inform the project administrator.
Quality is also valued during renovation
The quality of the works is evaluated not only at the end of the process, but also throughout the renovation. Experts regularly visit objects, check how the measures provided for in the investment plan are implemented and monitors the work of the builders. The most common are minor lesions that are immediately removed: improper material storage, unprotected building materials, missing information stands, non -removable garbage or non -location.
Upon completion of the construction work, the final quality of the work and compliance with the technical project is evaluated by a commission formed by the VTPSI. In the absence of irregularities, the construction completion act shall be signed, which shall be signed by all members of the commission. Before paying state support, APVA specialists further check that all measures provided for in the plan are implemented and assess their quality.
E. Petrauskas emphasizes that the residents are applying for the quality of the work they do – about 30 such reports have been received this year. Mostly this is due to the discomfort, the apartments are replaced by windows, radiators, glazing balconies or renewing engineering systems and delayed work. According to these reports, nine inspections were carried out, mainly due to unfinished or poor quality work – especially in balconies, common spaces and apartments.
The work of the works and the project administrator must first solve the problems that work together with the technical supervisor and the project manager. If the agreement fails, APVA representatives are involved in the process.
It is important to know that the renovation project is considered to be completed only when residents have no reasonable accusations of the quality of the work.
The project « Promotion of Apartment Houses » is funded by the Cohesion Fund.
