Government standards for building survey, monitoring and reinforcing

Government standards for building survey, monitoring and reinforcing of building structures comprise about twenty federal, local and departmental documents that guide planning, design and research organizations in carrying out works on engineering survey. Some of these documents are mandatory while others serve as guidelines.

It is logical to supplement the list of regulatory documents, most of which are non-mandatory, with instructions and guidelines on surveying and reinforcing buildings (structures), many of which were developed in Soviet times, but are still relevant and are used by design engineers all over Russia and the CIS states.

Every now and then, the existing rules and regulations are revised and amended, and new regulatory documents appear. Design organizations are responsible for maintaining the information on legislative acts governing professional building survey activities up to date; for this purpose, they use juridical consultation systems or special systems of reference information (“Garant”, “Stroykonsultant”, “TechExpert”, “NormaCS”).

As of today, the following regulatory documents and guidelines on building survey are up to date:

1. FEDERAL LAW No. 384 (384-FZ). TECHNICAL REGULATIONS FOR SAFETY OF BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTIONS.
2. GOST 31937-2011 BUILDINGS and CONSTRUCTIONS. RULES OF INSPECTION AND MONITORING OF THE TECHNICAL CONDITION.
3. SP 13-102-2003 RULES OF INSPECTION OF LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURES OF BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTIONS (set of rules).
4. MRR 2.2.07-98 Methods of surveying buildings and structures prior to their reconstruction and redevelopment.
5. MRR 3.2.05.03-05 Guidelines on determining the cost of works on surveying the technical condition of structures of buildings and constructions.
6. VSN 57-88(p) Regulations on technical surveying of residential buildings (departmental building norms).
7. Classification of basic types of defects in construction and building materials industries.
8. VSN 58-88(р) Regulations on reconstruction, renovation and technical surveying of residential buildings, public utility facilities, and facilities used for amusement, entertainment, and recreation (departmental building norms).
9. VSN 53-86(р) Rules for assessment of physical depreciation of residential buildings (departmental building norms).
10. MDS 13-20.2004 Comprehensive methods of surveying and energy auditing the buildings being reconstructed. Design handbook.
11. MDS 12-4.2000 Regulations on failure investigation procedures for buildings and structures, their components and structural elements on the territory of the Russian Federation.
12. MGSN Handbook 2.07-01 Surveying and monitoring in construction and reconstruction of buildings and underground structures.
13. Guidelines on restoration and reinforcement of buildings of large-scale development from the Central Research Institute of Building Structures (TSNIISK) named after V. A. Kucherenko.
14. SNiP Handbook 2.03.11-85 Handbook on inspection of metal structures of buildings and constructions in aggressive environment, conductingsurveys and developing methods to restore corrosion protection cover of building structures.
15. Guidelines on designing reinforced concrete structures of buildings and constructions of the enterprises being reconstructed. Elevated constructions and structures. (Kharkov Research, Design and Technology Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete (NIIZHB) of the USSR Gosstroy). Moscow, Stroyizdat, 1992.
16. Guidelines on surveying building structures from AO “TSNIIPROMZDANIY” (Central Research, Experimental Planning and Design Institute of Industrial Buildings and Structures).
17. Guidelines on on-site examination of reinforced concrete structures. (Research Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, Office of Introduction of New Reinforced Concrete Structures and Concretes, Moscow, 1972). Handbook of Instructions.
18. Guidelines on surveying and assessing the technical condition of large-panel and stone buildings. TSNIISK named after V. A. Kucherenko under the USSR GOSSTROY, 1988.
19. Guidelines on surveying steel constructions of manufacturing buildings. PROEKTSTALKONSTRUKTSIYA Central Research Institute named after Melnikov (under USSR Gosstroy), Moscow, 1988.
20. Guidelines on surveying and monitoring the technical condition of buildings in operation, located near new development or reconstruction sites. MOSKOMARCHITEKTURA Committee under the Government of Moscow, 1998.