CONSTRUCTION LABOR UNIT PRICES SHALL BE DETERMINED DUE TO SKILLS, AREA
Scheme on improvement of the system of construction norms and prices is approved at the Decision No. 2038/QD-TTg dated December 18, 2017 by the Prime Minister.
There are some targets in this Scheme such as: By 2018, completing the review of the announced norms to address shortcomings in application and technology explanations provided in different decisions, including: The system of construction cost estimation and urban public service price norms announced by the Ministry of Construction; The systems of specialized cost estimation norms announced by the line ministries and provincial-level People's Committees.
According to this Scheme, every norm must has a code, a title and a unit of calculation and specify jobs to be performed, technology to be applied, conditions to be met and numeric value. Concurrently, construction norms used for determining construction unit prices shall be changed from cost estimation norms to labor productivity norms, including material consumption norm, labor productivity norm and construction machinery productivity norm. Construction labor unit prices shall be determined according to jobs, skills and construction locations. Construction machinery and equipment unit prices shall be determined according to hour, day, week, month and year suitable to each type of machinery and technology; labor, energy and fuel costs shall be separated from machinery shift prices.
This Decision takes effect on the signing date
