Construction Business Service Classification and Qualification

The Minister of Public Works has issued Regulation No. 08/PRT/M/2011 on Subclassification and Subqualification for Construction Service Businesses (“Regulation”). The Regulation was enacted to provide guidance for issuing construction service business certificates. It is also aimed at aligning national construction service subclassifications with international subclassifications (Article 2). The Regulation covers the subclassification and subqualification of construction services and planning, supervision, and implementation (Article 3).

Article 1 defines key terms that are used throughout the Regulation, such as “registration” (elaborated on in Article 1 (2)); “contractor” (elaborated on in Article 1 (4)); “classification” (elaborated on in Article 1 (6)); “qualification” (elaborated on in Article 1 (7)); and other terms. Construction services, as defined in Article 1 (1) includesplanning, implementation/execution, and supervision. The Regulation refers to the Minister of Public Works as “Minister”.