applicant for state construction review – a client, developer, or engineer (engineering organisation) providing engineering services, who has applied to a state construction review body to carry out a state construction review and issue a state construction review opinion.
architectural activity – activity in developing pre-design (pre-investment) and design documentation and in carrying out designer's supervision.
architectural and planning concept of a construction project – a sketch giving a visual idea of the location, physical parameters and aesthetic qualities of the construction project (hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the project), with its main technical and economic indicators, developed at the pre-design (pre-investment) stage.
architectural design – design documentation developed under two-stage development of design documentation that implements the decisions of the pre-design (pre-investment) documentation, as well as of the permit documentation for the development of design documentation, erection, reconstruction or demolition of a project, and repair and restoration works (hereinafter – construction permit documentation).
as-built documentation – a set of documents (as-built drawings, as-built survey and dimension diagrams, results of survey works, certificates of hidden works, work logs and other documentation) recording the actual implementation of design decisions and the actual position of projects and their parts as the works defined by the design documentation are completed.
building lines – conventional lines established by a detailed planning project that separate, within settlements, the territories where projects are to be sited from other territories.
building material – material intended for making building structures and building products and for protective and finishing coatings of a project or its part.
building product – a product intended for use as an element of a building structure of a project or its part.
building structure – part of a project that performs specific load-bearing and enclosing functions and, when exposed, aesthetic functions.
client – a legal entity or individual carrying out construction activity under contracts, with mandatory engagement of a contractor, with or without the engagement of an engineer (engineering organisation).
construction activity (construction) – activity in carrying out survey works, preparing construction permit documentation, providing engineering services, performing commissioning, construction and installation and other works on a construction site (project) during erection, reconstruction, modernisation, technical modernisation, repair or demolition of a project, repair and restoration works, installation of all types of equipment, and mothballing of an unfinished construction project.
construction and installation works – works carried out on a construction site (project) during erection, reconstruction, modernisation, technical modernisation, repair or demolition of a project, repair and restoration works, installation of all types of equipment, and mothballing of an unfinished construction project.
construction design – design documentation that implements the decisions of the pre-design (pre-investment) documentation, the approved architectural design and (or) technical solutions for the project needed to perform construction and installation and commissioning works and to supply the construction with equipment, building products and building materials.
construction permit documentation – documentation issued by local executive and administrative bodies, in the manner set by the legislation on administrative procedures, to the client, the developer, or an engineer (engineering organisation) that has concluded a contract for engineering services in comprehensive management of construction activity.
construction phase – a part of a project defined by the design documentation that can be operated independently and ensure, among other things, operational safety of the project, output of products and provision of services, and from which start-up complexes may be separated where necessary.
construction project – a permanent structure (building, facility) under erection, as well as a permanent structure (building, facility), including linear facilities (roads, elements of the street and road network, railways, metro systems, power lines, communication lines, pipelines, canals), their parts, engineering and transport utilities and their parts, on which architectural and (or) urban planning and (or) construction activity is carried out; unfinished construction projects; and immovable tangible historical and cultural assets on which repair and restoration works are carried out.
construction project in shared-equity construction – one residential building (or several residential buildings) under erection, together with its engineering and transport utilities and other facilities.
construction site – a land plot provided for the construction and (or) servicing of a project, including with the real estate and non-mothballed unfinished construction projects located on it, and the projects or their parts on (in) which construction activity is carried out.
contractor – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur entitled to carry out construction activity that has concluded a construction contract with a client, developer or engineer (engineering organisation) to carry out that activity.
cost estimate documentation (estimate) – interlinked documents forming part of the design documentation that determine the amount of money needed to build a project and (or) a construction phase or start-up complex.
damage to a project or its parts – a defect caused by climatic, mechanical, chemical or other impacts.
demolition – clearing a construction site of projects under construction or in operation, or of their parts, by destroying or dismantling them and (or) removing their structures.
design documentation – interlinked design documents that meet the established formatting requirements, serve as the basis for the erection, reconstruction, modernisation, technical modernisation, major repair or demolition of a project, and consist of the architectural design and (or) the construction design, as well as scientific design documentation for repair and restoration works on tangible historical and cultural assets (hereinafter – scientific design documentation).
design documentation developer – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur engaged by the client or the developer to develop design documentation and entitled to carry out this type of activity.
designer's supervision – supervision by the developer of the design documentation over compliance with the requirements of the design documentation during construction.
developer – a legal entity or individual who finances construction activity, and who also builds projects for its own needs on its own with the engagement of an engineer (engineering organisation), with or without the engagement of a contractor for certain types of work under contracts.
developer in shared-equity construction – a legal entity that raises funds from shared-equity participants to build shared-equity construction projects on its own and (or) with the engagement of third parties by concluding agreements for the creation of a shared-equity construction unit.
distribution engineering infrastructure – utility networks, permanent structures (buildings, facilities), their parts, isolated premises and other facilities that distribute resources from their metering and distribution points to the plots of specific consumers in a residential district (block) and in areas developed with other projects.
distribution transport infrastructure – local streets and the transport facilities located on them.
documentation for standard building structures, building products and building assemblies – a system of design documents for building structures, building products and building assemblies of projects, selected from existing analogues or developed specifically for repeated use in construction.
engineer (engineering organisation) – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur engaged by the client or the developer to provide engineering services.
engineering and transport infrastructure providing the minimum necessary level of engineering equipment of land plots – permanent structures (buildings, facilities), their parts, power supply networks, water supply networks and the street and road network (streets with an improved-surface carriageway and hard-surfaced pedestrian footways).
engineering infrastructure – a set of utility networks and other facilities, their parts and isolated premises that supply resources (water, energy, information and other resources) to consumers and, where necessary, remove used resources.
erection – a set of works and organisational and technical measures resulting in the creation of a project.
factory production control system – a set of organisational and technical measures carried out at all stages of construction work and of the manufacture of building materials, building products and building structures, confirming the ability of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs to perform works and manufacture building materials, products and structures that are not subject to mandatory conformity assessment.
general contractor – a contractor in construction activity who engages other legal entities and (or) individual entrepreneurs under contracts to perform some of its obligations.
general designer – a developer of design documentation who ensures the coordination of the sections of a set of design documentation, including by engaging subcontractors to perform some of its obligations.
individual housing district (block) – part of a settlement's territory allocated for the construction of single-family and terraced houses and outbuildings on the house plot and provided with the corresponding engineering and social infrastructure. The boundaries of an individual housing district (block) are defined by an urban planning project or, in its absence, by the architectural and planning concept of the construction project.
industrial infrastructure – industrial facilities, including engineering and transport utilities, that support the production, storage and sale of goods, performance of works and provision of services.
layout scheme for an individual housing district (block) – a detailed planning project with a limited set of documents (drawings, diagrams, initial data) for the layout of part of a settlement of up to 10 hectares designated for individual housing construction.
maintenance of a project – a set of organisational and technical measures to keep a project or its part in proper technical condition during operation by eliminating minor faults, maintaining the set parameters and operating modes, adjusting and balancing engineering systems, and preparing for the spring–summer and autumn–winter seasons.
major repair – a set of construction and installation works, commissioning works and organisational and technical measures to restore the technical, performance and consumer qualities of a project lost during operation, carried out by restoring (strengthening), improving and (or) replacing individual structures, parts and engineering equipment of the project, including with the use of new materials and technologies.
minimum necessary social infrastructure facilities – pre-school and general secondary education facilities, healthcare facilities (pharmacies and outpatient medical facilities), postal facilities, retail facilities and consumer service facilities.
modernisation – a set of construction and installation works (including new engineering systems and equipment in projects or their parts, relocation and (or) installation of partitions without changing the purpose of projects within their existing dimensions, and engineering and transport utilities), commissioning works and organisational and technical measures aimed at improving the consumer qualities of projects, engineering and transport utilities, their parts and (or) elements, and at bringing performance indicators up to the mandatory requirements of technical regulatory legal acts.
mothballing of an unfinished construction project – a set of works and organisational and technical measures carried out on the basis of a mothballing decision to preserve an unfinished construction project on which construction has been stopped or suspended for more than three consecutive months.
national data bank of analogue projects for construction – an organisational and technical system that includes a database of space-planning, engineering and process solutions, cost and other indicators of projects, both individual for each project and averaged over many.
national design documentation fund – a systematic collection of sets of copies of design documents (standard designs, projects recommended for reuse, documentation for standard building structures, building products and building assemblies, individually developed design documentation).
object of state construction review – an urban planning project or design documentation, including any amendments made to them, subject to state construction review.
operating organisation – a specialised organisation set up to operate and service (keep in working order) engineering and transport infrastructure facilities.
organisational and technical measures – a set of measures aimed at organising the construction of a project and ensuring that work on the project is carried out safely in accordance with technical regulatory legal acts.
permanent structure (building, facility) – a structure (building, facility) firmly attached to the ground or located underground, which cannot be moved without damaging its integrity and (or) its intended function.
pre-design (pre-investment) documentation – a set of documents on the results of pre-investment studies that precede the decision of an investor, client or developer to implement an investment project for the construction of a project, to revise the investment concept or to abandon further implementation of the investment project.
project life cycle – the period during which survey works, development of pre-design (pre-investment) and design documentation, erection of the project, mothballing of an unfinished construction project, operation, repair, reconstruction, modernisation, technical modernisation and demolition of the project are carried out.
project recommended for reuse – developed design documentation for the erection of residential buildings and social, cultural, industrial, agricultural and municipal facilities whose technical and economic indicators meet standard consumer qualities and social standards, recommended for reuse by the Ministry of Architecture and Construction.
public consultation in architectural, urban planning and construction activity (hereinafter – public consultation) – a set of measures carried out by the organiser of a public consultation that inform legal entities and individuals about a developed urban planning project or architectural and planning concept of a construction project, and give the participants an opportunity to express their views on the decisions contained in that project or concept.
reconstruction – a set of construction and installation works, commissioning works and organisational and technical measures aimed at using a project for a new purpose and (or) related to changing its main technical and economic indicators and parameters; for trunk engineering infrastructure, distribution engineering infrastructure, transport infrastructure and the facilities on them – changing their capacity, route and (or) location (replacement of their sections).
recreational and health facilities – real estate intended for recreation, health improvement and leisure, tourist zones, and recreational zones of water bodies (beaches).
red lines – conventional lines established by a detailed planning project that separate, within settlements, public land from territories intended for development or other use provided for by a general planning project.
repair – a set of construction and installation works, commissioning works and organisational and technical measures to restore the technical, performance and consumer qualities of a project lost during operation and to improve its aesthetic qualities, to eliminate damage and faults and to prevent wear, not classed as reconstruction, including with the use of new materials and technologies.
repair and restoration works – a set of works and measures carried out on immovable tangible historical and cultural assets to preserve them, on the basis of scientific design documentation and with regard to the features and requirements set by the legislation on culture.
residential district (block) – part of a settlement's territory allocated for the construction of multi-apartment, single-family and terraced houses and provided with the corresponding engineering and social infrastructure. The boundaries of a residential district (block) are defined by an urban planning project.
routine repair – a set of construction and installation works, commissioning works and organisational and technical measures to prevent wear, eliminate damage and faults and improve the aesthetic qualities of a project, including with the use of new materials and technologies.
safety declaration – a document adopted by the client or the developer for a project whose erection has been completed, before it is accepted for operation, and by the developer of the design documentation for the design documentation for the erection of a project, before it is approved by the client or the developer, confirming that the safety requirements set by the mandatory requirements of technical regulatory legal acts are met.
settlement system – a naturally formed or purposefully shaped network of settlements, united by optimised spatial, economic, social and other links.
shared-equity construction unit – part of a construction project consisting of residential and (or) non-residential premises in a multi-apartment or terraced house, a single-family house and (or) parts of other real estate, together with the share of engineering and transport infrastructure, site improvement and landscaping attributable to them under the law, whose construction is provided for by an agreement for the creation of a shared-equity construction unit and carried out according to the design documentation.
shared-equity participant – a legal entity or individual who has concluded an agreement with a developer for the creation of a shared-equity construction unit in shared-equity construction of projects.
site improvement – a set of works and organisational and technical measures carried out on a construction site to bring the project into a condition fit for operation, to create favourable living conditions for the population and to shape a complete, aesthetically expressive living environment.
social infrastructure – social and household facilities and their parts, including education, culture, healthcare, physical education and sports facilities, retail, catering, consumer service and housing and utility facilities, their parts and other facilities that support the everyday life of individuals.
standard design – design documentation approved by the Ministry of Architecture and Construction for repeated use, which serves as the basis for developing design documentation, including cost estimate documentation (estimate), for a specific project with regard to the engineering-geological conditions of the construction site, engineering and transport infrastructure, the choice of building materials, building structures and equipment, and the requirements of technical regulatory legal acts.
start-up complex – a part of a project defined by the design documentation that serves the main facility, can be operated independently and ensure, among other things, its operational safety.
state construction review contractor – a state construction review body that carries out a state construction review at the request of an applicant for state construction review.
state construction review expert (hereinafter – expert) – an independent individual appointed and (or) engaged by the state construction review contractor who has the necessary special knowledge, experience and qualifications in the relevant field of architectural, urban planning and construction activity, confirmed by a certificate of competence, assesses whether the object of state construction review complies with its subject, and draws up the state construction review opinion.
state construction review of urban planning projects and design documentation (hereinafter – state construction review) – the procedure of assessing whether the object of state construction review complies with its subject.
state support for shared-equity construction – support provided to shared-equity participants who are individuals registered as needing better housing conditions, when they build residential premises, in the form of concessional loans, one-time subsidies, subsidies towards part of the interest on loans and subsidies towards repayment of the loan principal in accordance with legislative acts.
street and road network – a transport infrastructure facility that forms part of the territory of settlements and is intended for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, for organising development and laying utilities, and for providing transport and pedestrian links between the territories of settlements.
subcontractor – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur entitled to carry out certain types of construction activity that has concluded a subcontract with the general contractor to perform certain types of construction and installation works.
subcontractor in the development of design documentation – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur entitled to carry out certain types of architectural activity that has concluded a subcontract with the general designer to develop certain sections (parts) of the design documentation, perform certain types (stages) of design works and (or) carry out designer's supervision over certain sections (parts) of the design documentation and types (stages) of design and survey works.
subject of state construction review – the requirements of regulatory legal acts, including the mandatory requirements of technical regulatory legal acts, in architectural, urban planning and construction activity against which the object of state construction review is assessed.
survey works – engineering surveys that provide architectural, urban planning and construction activity with the results of a comprehensive study of the natural and man-made conditions of territories (water areas). Survey works are carried out at all stages of architectural, urban planning and construction activity.
suspension of construction – a temporary halt of construction and installation works for reasons not related to technological breaks in construction activity, which does not necessarily entail termination of the construction contract.
technical condition of a project or its part – a set of properties that characterise, at the time of inspection, the degree to which a project or its part complies with the mandatory requirements of technical regulatory legal acts and the design documentation.
technical modernisation – replacement of process equipment at a project, including related work on load-bearing foundations for the equipment, laying or replacing individual engineering systems within the boundaries of that project, installing partitions, finishing and other works related to the operation of the process equipment within the load-bearing capacity of the project's structures, ensuring its operational safety.
technical supervision – supervision of whether the works performed and the building materials, products and structures used comply with the mandatory requirements of technical regulatory legal acts and the design documentation.
territory – a bounded space that has one or more elements of the living environment and is intended for architectural, urban planning and construction activity, including the territories of settlements, territories between settlements outside their boundaries (hereinafter – inter-settlement territories), and territories intended for development or other use.
transport infrastructure – a set of transport routes and facilities intended for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, the carriage of passengers, luggage and freight, including products, and for the operation, storage, maintenance and repair of vehicles.
trunk engineering infrastructure – utility networks, permanent structures (buildings, facilities), their parts, isolated premises and other facilities that carry resources in transit to their metering and distribution points in residential districts (blocks) and in areas developed with projects other than multi-apartment, single-family and terraced houses (hereinafter – other projects), and that remove used resources from residential districts (blocks) and from areas developed with other projects.
urban (territorial) planning – development and approval of state programmes in architectural, urban planning and construction activity and of urban planning projects.
urban planning activity – activity in urban (territorial) planning, siting of projects and development of territories, carried out with regard to the historical, cultural, natural and other features of the territories.
urban planning project – a system of design documents consisting of text and graphic materials that defines the directions and conditions of land use in urban (territorial) planning of the development of administrative-territorial units, settlements and their parts, and other territories.
urban planning project developer – a legal entity engaged by the client to develop an urban planning project and entitled to carry out this type of activity.
urban planning regulations – requirements for the development and use of territories established by an urban planning project and registered in the State Urban Planning Cadastre of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the urban planning cadastre).
wear of a project or its parts – the process of deterioration of the performance qualities of a project or its parts over time.
zoning of territories – designation, in urban (territorial) planning, of territorial zones defined by the predominant functional use of the territories of settlements and other administrative-territorial units, with urban planning regulations established for them.