CONSTRUCTION

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In order to start design-construction activities in Georgia, it is first of all necessary to get permission for construction. Persons interested in getting the mentioned permissions should apply to Tbilisi Urban Planning Service.

Along with the application to the corresponding body and the document confirming the payment of the permission duty, a person wishing to get permission for construction should submit the architectural design and project documentation (three copies), including:
architecture-plan task; a task for designing; cadastral documentation of the plot; engineering-geological estimation and topographic substantiation; permission from the environmental protection agency; coordinated technical requirements; construction organization project; necessary expert’s report; work documentation;
Issuance of permission for construction is carried out in three stages:
Stage I – establishment of the city building up specifications (30 days);
Stage II – co-ordination of the architectural-construction project (20 days);
Stage III – issuance of permission for construction (10 days).
As a rule, an independent administrative case is conducted at each stage. An applicant for permission can ask for beginning of the following stage’s administrative case only after the completion of the administrative case envisaged by the preceding stage and meeting of the request.
The first stage envisages submission of the application for issuance of the city building-up specifications. An applicant for permission is obliged to submit the application to the corresponding body in 4 copies.
The mentioned application should contain information on the kind of construction activities the applicant is planning to implement. It should be enclosed with: the plot’s cadastral map and an extract from the Public Register, but if the plot is public property – the decision of the local government body concerning the unit’s placement; situation plan of the project territory with explication – 1:2000 scale model; topographic substantiation; plan of the project territory – 1:500 scale model; layout of the unit territory’s arrangement; technical specification of constructions and buildings, which includes their purpose, dimensions, capacity – for production buildings, number of places – for public buildings, number of flats – for dwelling buildings.
At the second stage, besides the mentioned documentation, an applicant for permission should submit: an explanatory card in which compliance of project documentation with the city building-up specifications should be substantiated in details, as well as the design statement, engineering-geological estimation, topographic plan materials, project of buildings and constructions to be erected, organizational management project.
At the third stage the following is necessary for getting permission for a unit of special importance: carrying out of the obligatory state complex expert examination along with the document confirming the payment of the expert examination’s cost.
It should be mention here what units are of special importance. In particular, the are as follows: oil-trunk pipelines and gas-main pipelines; facilities for storage of oil, oil products and liquefied gas – terminals; highways of international and domestic importance, railway with bridges and tunnels located on it; high-voltage electric power stations, underground; water reservoirs with capacity of 100 m3 and more; regional and city head water intake stations and water mains; melioration and irrigation systems; airport buildings, airports, railway stations, ports and marine passenger terminals; administrative buildings of the country’s legislative, executive and judicial powers; nuclear and radiation units.
However, there are types of constructions, for which permissions are not issued. They are as follows: construction of one-storied dwelling houses with the volume of up to 100 m3 on construction plots, except for construction in the territories of resort, recreational, urban and borough settlements specified by the legislation; placement of household constructions on personal plots; setting up of small architectural forms, open sports and playing grounds and parking lots; placement of temporary constructions that are necessary for arrangement of performances, festivals and fairs; placement of advertisement constructions, the size of which does not exceed 27 m2; implementation of communication networks’ repairs.
Construction permission is issued for the period necessary for completion of the construction envisaged by the project documentation, but if construction of the buildings is not completed within the fixed period, the customer is obliged to apply to the permission issuing body for prolongation of permission for construction.
According to the requirements envisaged by the law, within the period of preparation of architectural-planning task a construction company is obliged to place in the outstanding spot of corresponding plot a board with indication of information on the construction and its functional purpose. The following should be indicated on it:
The customer’s personality and functional purpose of the construction; name of the body that issued permission; expected term of beginning and completion of the construction; number of floors in the building and its dimensions; expected term of submission of an application for construction; information that within 20 days after accepting of the application interested persons have the right receive explanations in the permission issuing body and submit their considerations to it; the customer’s address, phone number, etc.
According to the order envisaged by the Georgian legislation, within three working days after taking the decision on issuing permission for construction the body that issues permissions for construction is obliged to give the construction permission certificate and one set of verified project documentation to the customer, and to the corresponding service of the architecture-construction inspection – a copy of the construction permission certificate with the purpose of implementation of the state supervision over the construction as well as one set of verified project documentation.
Duty rates for project-construction activities are as follows:
Engineering-research works – 100 GEL
City planning – 100 GEL
Designing of buildings and constructions having dwelling, civil and public purposes – 100 GEL
Designing of buildings and constructions having industrial, production and agricultural purposes – 100 GEL
Designing of transport units – 100 GEL
Designing of energy, hydroengineering and melioration units – 100 GEL.
Designing of water industry, engineering systems and networks – 100 GEL
Expert examination of construction projects – 100 GEL
Conservation, restoration-reconstruction, adaptation of historical and cultural monuments – 200 GEL
Production of building constructions – 200 GEL
Construction of buildings and constructions having dwelling, civil and public purposes – 200 GEL
Construction of energy units – 200 GEL
Construction off engineering systems and communications – 200 GEL
Construction of transport units – 200 GEL
Construction of bridges and tunnels – 200 GEL
Construction of cable lines, radio-telephone and television-relay lines, radio stations – 200 GEL
Construction of units having agricultural purposes – 200 GEL
Hydroengineering and melioration construction – 200 GEL
Installation and enabling of technological devices and communications – 200 GEL
Persons wishing to get permission should apply to Tbilisi Urban Planning Service:
89/24 Aghmashenebeli av., Tbilsi
Tel.: (+995 32) 96-91-21
Fax: 96-91-22
Here are the addresses and contact information of some Georgian architecture-construction companies:

“Arsi” company – 21 Abuladze str.
Tel.: 25-19-14
Fax: 25-14-56
E-mail: info@arsi.ge

“Axis” company – 25 Petriashvili str.
Tel.: 91-25-34
Fax: 91-25-34
E-mail: info@axis.ge

“Tbilsi” company – 39 Saburtalo str.
Tel.: 38-21-13
Fax: 33-01-09
E-mail: jsc_tbilisi@gob.ge

“Kid Architecture” company – 28 Vazha-Pshavela av.
Tel.: 50-55-55
Fax: 50-88-18
www.cid.ge

“Center-Point” company – 50 Chavchavadze av.
Tel.: 25-57-77
www.centerpoint.ge