The Forensic expert kollegium conducts expertise of construction services in pre-trial and judicial procedures.

Expertise of construction services in the pre-trial procedure is carried out in the following cases:

• acceptance of apartments in new buildings (upon transfer from the developer to the shareholder);
• participation in a commission during the transfer of an apartment from the developer to the shareholder;
• participation in a commission when drawing up the commissioning act of a construction object;
• determination of the volume and quality of construction and repair works both in general and by individual types;
• upon applying to the Forensic expert kollegium by representatives of the contractor (general contractor and subcontractor organizations), the shareholder (member of a housing construction cooperative, partnership);
• upon applying to the Forensic expert kollegium by representatives of the developer (department/administration of capital construction of state and private legal entities);
• upon applying to the Forensic expert kollegium by representatives of investment holdings;
• upon applying to the Forensic expert kollegium by representatives of operating organizations (associations of homeowners, housing and construction consumer cooperatives, housing and maintenance services, housing repair and maintenance associations).

Conducting expertise of construction services in the pre-trial procedure:

• provides for specification of the presented requirements (forms and determines inconsistencies and defects in accordance with established technical requirements);
• reduces the time required for conducting the examination;
• provides for an extended full analysis of a specific object of examination;
• covers a wider range of work in terms of the scope of examinations.

 According to the analysis of expert practice of the Forensic expert kollegium, the following subtypes of construction and technical expertise are most often ordered:

• design works expertise;
• general construction works expertise;
• electrical works expertise;
• sanitary technical works expertise;
• heating system installation works expertise;
• water supply and sewerage system installation works expertise;
• roofing works expertise;
• commissioning works expertise;
• restoration works expertise;
• landscaping works expertise;
• pavement and road construction works expertise;
• installation of engineering ventilation systems expertise;
• thermal insulation installation works expertise;
• installation of gravestone elements (monuments) expertise.

 The algorithm of interaction with clients when conducting expertise of construction services in a pre-trial procedure consists of the following stages:

1. Applicant's appeal to the Forensic expert kollegium.
2. Formulation and description of the problem by the applicant.
3. Preliminary study of the documentation provided by the applicant.
4. Determination and formation of the need for additional documentation for conducting the examination.
5. Preliminary visit of a specialist to the object of examination, if necessary.
6. Conclusion of a contract for the provision of services/conducting the examination.
7. Visit of a specialist to the object of examination, conducting inspection and measurement works with recording of results on site.
8. Processing of data obtained as a result of inspection, conducting the examination based on the obtained data with preparation of an expert conclusion.
9. Formulation of specific conclusions.
10. Transfer of the conclusion to the applicant with provision of consultation.
11. Representation of the specialist in court with provision of explanations on the prepared conclusion, if needed.

The general specificity of expertise conducted in the pre-trial procedure lies in the fact that the questions to be resolved during the expertise are formulated directly by the expert organization within contractual relations with the client and in a free form, whereas in forensic expertise the questions to be resolved are determined directly by the court.

You may contact the Forensic expert kollegium for consultation regarding construction services expertise at: Minsk, Zhukovskaga St., 11A, 4th floor

or by phone: +375 (17) 317 04 71; +375 (17) 317 04 72; +375 (17) 317 04 73; +375 (17) 317 04 74; +375 (17) 317 04 76; +375 (29) 109 60 11; +375 (44) 588 60 11.