DETERMINATION OF THE COST OF TECHNICAL SUPERVISION SERVICES ON THE PUBLIC ROADS AT ALL STAGES OF THE INVESTMENT PROCESS
Authors:   M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise - DerzhdorNDI SE, Kyiv, Ukraine, Bezuglіy Artem , Hresko Ihor ,   M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise - DerzhdorNDI SE, Kyiv, Ukraine, Belska Olena ,   M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE, Kyiv, Ukraine, Bibyk Yuliya ,   M.P. Shulgin State Road Research Institute State Enterprise – DerzhdorNDI SE, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: October 2022

Introduction. The process of new construction, reconstruction and overhaul of the roads requires the contractor to comply with all norms and rules established by regulatory documents and the customer of the works. Such functions are entrusted to the customer, or they can be performed by specialists who are engaged to perform technical supervision at the road works facilities. Technical supervision specialists primarily monitor the process of work at the facility, the measures of which provide for the implementation of a complex of actions to check the quality of work and protect the interests of the customer. Problem Statement. Consideration of this subject is the need to reliably determine the amount of funds for technical supervision of road construction facilities at all stages of the investment process. After all, the performance of technical supervision services includes the involvement of the needed number of specialists and the determination of their functional duties at the facility. The correct determination of the required amount of funds depends of that, who exactly will perform technical supervision works and is important as from the point of view of the customers of road works and services, and from the point of view of the needs of the enterprises themselves, if they are involved in the performance of technical supervision works. Purpose. Given the need for technical supervision and compliance control of all works on the road construction facilities throughout the entire period of their execution, there is a need for a methodology for determining the cost of technical supervision services at the road works facilities when preparing the investor estimate documents, forming contract prices and mutual settlements. Materials and methods. The calculation of costs for the provision of technical supervision services is performed taking into account the stage of road works, the duration of works at the facility, the complexity of these works, and the required number of technical supervision specialists. Results. The article highlights the practical meaning of the term «technical supervision», the conditions that affect the determination of the amount of funds for the implementation of technical supervision, the rules for calculation of technical supervision services cost at all stages of the investment process, and the approximate structure of their cost. Conclusions. Taking into account technical supervision services by the customer at the stage of preparing the investor estimate documentation will allow reducing the costs of road works in the future. The work of technical supervision specialists will contribute to the high-quality implementation of road works by monitoring the contractor’s compliance with project decisions, the scope of works and the quality of materials control. That is why it is needed to calculate correctly the technical supervision services cost, consider the real structure of these costs and the conditions of construction of facilities.