Ministry of Construction, Administration of the Qualifications of Construction Project Quality Supervision Engineers Tentative Provisions

Promulgated: July 25 2001
Effective: as of date of promulgation
Interpreting Authority: Ministry of Construction
Applicability: A "construction project quality supervision engineer" (hereafter, a CQS engineer) is an engineer who supervises construction project quality for a construction project quality supervision institution (Article 2).

Main contents: CQS engineers are classified into 12 categories of specialization (Article 3). Seven of these categories are further classified into two classes; the qualifications of first class CQS engineers are determined by the State Council administrative department in charge of construction and the qualifications of second class CQS engineers are determined by a provincial level construction authority (in the case of building construction and municipal works CQS engineers) or an authority designated by the State Council administrative department in charge of construction (in the case of CQS engineers of other specializations) (Article 5). Applicants for CQS engineer qualifications must meet the conditions set out in the Provisions (Part Two). CQS Engineer Qualifications Certificates are issued to those who have passed the qualification examination (Article 12). Holders of such certificates are subject to re-examination every three years (Article 21).
Related legislation: State Council, Administration of the Quality of Construction Works Regulations, Jan 30 2000, CLP 2000 No.2 p5