March 24, 2022

Construction of Roads in Uzbekistan

Today 98 percent of all cargo and 88 percent of passengers are transported by road. Accordingly, the development of road infrastructure is a priority. Road construction investment projects are funded by major international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the European Bank for reconstruction and development, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Saudi Development Fund and the Kuwait Fund for Arab economic development. In this article, we provide an overview of road construction.

  1. Relevant legal acts
    • Urban Development Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
    • Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On approval of the Regulations on the Committee for Roads under the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan” dated May 19, 2020 No. 295;
    • Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On approval of the Regulations on the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its structural subdivisions, as well as republican and territorial architectural and urban planning councils” dated July 31, 2018 No. 603;
    • Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On approval of the Regulations on the Committee for Roads under the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan” dated May 19, 2020 No. 295;
    • Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan“On the organization of the Civil Aviation Agency, the Inspection for Supervision of the Safety of Railway Transport andthe Inspection for quality control of road building works under the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan” dated April 19, 2019 No. 337.
  2. Road construction regulatory bodies

The regulatory bodies in the field of road construction are the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as The Committee for Roads under the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

An overview of the construction industry in Uzbekistan can be found here.

An overview of licensing in Uzbekistan can be found here.

An overview of tenders in Uzbekistan can be found here.

  1. Road construction controlling bodies

The Inspection for Quality Control of Road Building Works under the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred as to “Uzroadinspection”) is a government body exercising control over the compliance by legal entities and individuals with the requirements of the legislation on urban planning and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation in the sphere of design, construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and operation of roads and artificial structures, as well as the production of road building materials , products and designs. Uzroadinspection carries out its activities on the basis of the Regulations on the Inspection for quality control of road building works under the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan (RCM dated April 19, 2019 No. 337), according to which it:

monitors the adopted technical solutions in design documentation for the construction, reconstruction and overhaul of highways, as well as supervision over the quality of their development;

ensuring control over the compliance of the changes made to the design and estimate documentation in the process of road construction with the requirements of regulatory documents in terms of technical regulation in the field of road construction;

provides control over the quality of construction and installation works, their compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents in terms of technical regulation in the field of road construction and design and estimate documentation;

conducts control tests, measurement of road building materials, products and structures used at the road construction facility;

conducts constant monitoring of technical and author’s supervision, as well as test road construction laboratories;

applies administrative measures in violation of the requirements of the legislation on urban planning and regulatory documents in terms of technical regulation in the field of road construction, production of road building materials, products and constructions;

submits proposals to the authorized state body on the suspension or termination of the issued licenses in the field of the road industry;

examines the completeness and quality of the construction and installation works performed in accordance with the approved design and estimate documentation, as well as their compliance with the bill of quantities;

examines the compliance of the executive documentation with the current regulatory documents;

conducts additional laboratory tests if necessary;

participates in the organization and development of public-private partnerships in the field of road construction;

conducts state examination of project documentation in the field of road construction on a contractual basis;

conducts laboratory tests on a contractual basis;

conducts inspection, diagnostics of the technical condition of existing roads and artificial structures on a contractual basis.

  1. Road Construction Standards

In the construction of roads, the following urban planning norms and rules are applied:

  1. ШНК05.02-07 “Roads”;
  2. O’zDSt 3074 “Mixtures of concrete and concrete rolled for coating and base”.

However, according to para. 1 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On additional measures to deepen reforms in the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan” dated March 13, 2020No. UP-5963, until December 31, 2028 on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan foreign technical regulation documents in the sphere of urban planning (see below) can be applied along with national regulatory documents, including at the stage of examination of project documentation, on condition:

adaptation of project documentation prepared on the basis of foreign regulatory documents with the development of special technical conditions that provide compensatory measures in terms of discrepancies with national regulatory documentswith the involvement of local design and survey organizations;

covering of the costs by the customer (investor) of paying for the services of independent foreign specialists and consultants, attracted, if necessary, by the authorized body when considering the adapted project documentation, regardless of the result of such consideration.

LIST

of foreign technical regulation documents in the field of urban planning, which are allowed for use on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan simultaneously with national normative documents

№ Name of regulatory documents State
1. EuropeanCodes, EС European Union
2. BritishStandards, ВS Great Britain
3. GB, CJ, JC, JG and others People’sRepublicofChina
4. Koreanbuildingcode, КВС TheRepublicofKorea
5. СНиП RussianFederation
6. Internationalbuildingcode, IBC USA
7. Japanese Industrial Standards, JIS Japan