The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a document: It is strictly forbidden to blindly grab the construction period to catch up with the progress

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a notice on strengthening the quality and safety of municipal housing projects during the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic on the 5th, which requires that it is strictly forbidden to blindly grab the construction period and catch up with the progress. It is necessary to fully consider the impact of the epidemic on the construction period, scientifically determine the reasonable time required for the construction period and each stage, and strictly implement the reasonable construction period.

The notice made it clear that all localities should formulate differentiated prevention and control strategies according to the situation of epidemic prevention and control, and implement accurate measures for starting work and returning to work in different districts and grades. In low-risk areas, enterprises and engineering projects should be comprehensively promoted to start and return to work, and quality and safety inspections should be intensified; Under the premise of strict prevention and control of epidemic situation, medium-risk areas should promote enterprises and engineering projects to resume work in stages and at wrong times in an orderly manner, and reasonably determine the inspection frequency; In high-risk areas, it is necessary to ensure that the epidemic situation is effectively prevented and controlled, and gradually expand the scope of the project in an orderly manner. In principle, the method of "Internet plus supervision" is adopted for spot checks. If any violation of laws and regulations is found in the inspection and spot check, it shall be severely punished according to law.

The notice requires that all localities should strictly abide by the relevant regulations on epidemic prevention and safety of resumption of work, rationally arrange plans for resumption of work, and give priority to the resumption of major construction projects and key projects involving the national economy and people's livelihood; Establish an epidemic prevention and control management system for returning to work, work out an epidemic prevention and control work plan, formulate an emergency plan for prevention and control, monitor epidemic changes at any time, and report health information in a timely manner. Do "early detection, early isolation, early treatment", prevent clustered infections, and resolutely put an end to clustered epidemic events.

Notice requirements, and resolutely prevent blind grab time limit for a project. All localities should urge the construction unit to effectively ensure the reasonable construction progress of the project, and it is strictly forbidden to blindly grab the construction period and catch up with the progress. It is necessary to fully consider the impact of the epidemic on the construction period, scientifically determine the reasonable time required for the construction period and each stage, and strictly implement the reasonable construction period. If it is really necessary to adjust the construction period, it must be fully demonstrated and corresponding measures should be taken to ensure the quality and safety of the project by increasing investment and optimizing construction organization.

The circular requires that all localities should urge the construction, construction and supervision units to improve the project quality assurance system, implement the quality responsibility system, and strictly control the "quality control, material testing, process control and quality acceptance", and must not relax the quality requirements or lower the quality standards. We should focus on strengthening the quality inspection of concrete, steel bars and other building materials, prevent cutting corners and using substandard materials due to rising prices, and effectively ensure the quality of the project.

The notice proposes to use information supervision. All localities should strictly control the on-site inspection of enterprises and construction sites. In addition to the necessary inspections involving epidemic prevention, safety, quality, fire control, etc., in principle, on-site inspections of enterprises and construction sites will not be carried out during the epidemic. Improve the information system for investigation and management of potential safety hazards, and replace manual statistics with automatic analysis reports. Self-examination, self-reporting and self-correction of potential safety hazards, focusing on online tracking and guidance services. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)