Real Estate Regulator Hunts for Clandestine Building Sites

31 August 2018

The concession of permits for construction companies has been tightened. The new law obliges companies to comply with a series of requirements. The IMPIC – Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction – which regulates the sector, is reinforcing its supervisory activities on the ground, through the unofficial monitoring of companies, through agreements with several institutions, among including AICCOPN – Association of Civil Construction and Public Works Industries.

The objective is to combat clandestine building activities, at a time when “the elevated number of private works that are not subject to the municipal licensing process contributes to a significant increase in unfair competition”, according to a statement by AICCOPN.

To that end, the IMPIC is preparing to verify the fulfilment of the requirements regarding good standing, possession of work accident insurance and the technical and financial capacity of construction companies.

AICCOPN, for its part, says that “clandestine work is a problem that must be tackled,” declaring that “it cannot accept the proliferation of unfair competition by companies that act outside the official market, and which fail to comply with such basic requirements as the possession of construction permits and submitting to obligations with labour, safety and health, fiscal, environmental and waste management.”

Original Story: Idealista

Photo: Gtres

Translation: Richard Turner