Attributions and Specific Functions
The Ministry of Construction,
besides the common functions to all Government Administration entities, has the following
attributions and specific functions:
To lead the elaboration,
approve and control the application of standards and technical procedures for the
activities of geological-engineering research applied to construction; the elaboration of
designs for the activities of civil construction and assembly; the civil and industrial
assembly; the maintenance and rehabilitation of housing and city planning, and the
maintenance of constructions; the exploitation of civil, Industrial, and road
constructions, and docking and dredging up works of State interest; the industrial
production of hydraulic and asphalt concrete; the production of concrete prefabricated
elements, and the production and commercialization of construction products and materials,
except cement.
To prepare and propose
guidelines for the technical development of the construction sector and the introduction
of new technologies, as well as to control its fulfillment within the limits of its
activities.
To control that the building
systems and the national production of materials and construction products fulfill the in
force regulations, evaluating the technical and economical indexes and generalizing the
best experiences in the whole sector.
To guide, control and/or
participate, as corresponds, in the development of the tasks associated to research,
production, elaboration of technical and consumption standards, the design and attainment
of production technologies referred to hydraulic and asphalt concrete, prefabricated
concrete elements, red and white ceramic and other materials and building products. In the
case of cement, it will take part in the research works and in the elaboration of
technical standards, and will prepare the standards of consumption and design.
To lead the elaboration and to
propose the application of the basic products consumption rates to the construction works
financed by the State.
To elaborate, approve and
control the corresponding national standards about tendering and projecting processes and
other building related works.
To evaluate, register and grant
a license to Cuban and foreign juristic and individual persons expecting to act as a
contractor, subcontractor, constructor, designer, consultant, project managers, to develop
engineering researches, to construct or to participate in the construction of any project
or service related to construction in the Republic of Cuba.
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