Tatarstan to setup input quality control of cable products at construction sites
The Republic of Tatarstan will be among the regions implementing a pilot project of organising the input quality control of cable products at construction sites.
The decision to introduce cable quality control at capital construction sites in the Russian regions was taken in December 2017 by the State Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Industrial Products under the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. The list of pilot areas included Mordovia, Chuvashia, Vladimir, Moscow, Samara, Sverdlovsk regions, and later, Tomsk Region.
It is assumed that the input control of cable products at construction sites will be carried out in several stages. Methodical recommendations for documentary checks were even developed for the suppliers’ competitive selection stage: from searching information in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities to analysing products’ certificates of conformity, operating instructions, and technical conditions.
“If at least one of the listed points arouses suspicion, this could be a reason for not allowing the supplier to the tender. At the second stage, the documentation and products that have already been brought to the construction site, their characteristics and labelling, are re-checked. At the third stage, the Electrocable Association, at the developer’s request, can conduct laboratory cable tests”, explained Vladimir Kashkin, coordinator of the Risk-Free Cable Project.