Digital Monitoring as a Way to Protect the Construction Products Market from Falsification

At present, in order to protect the construction market from falcified products, it is proposed to introduce strict regulatory measures by amending the legislation on technical regulation and expanding the list of products subject to mandatory conformity assessment. However, the introduction of new measures of influence by the state may lead to the opposite effect, since mandatory certification in modern market conditions is a rather burdensome procedure. At the same time, one of the proposed directions of modernization of the construction control system will provide support to bona fide manufacturers of building materials. So, focusing attention on the entrance control procedures, it is necessary to pay special attention to the problem of the absence of a complete package of accompanying documents or their forgery (falsification). The solution of this issue will be facilitated by the development of clearer requirements contained in SP 48.13330.2019 “Code of Rules. Organization of Construction”, and provisions on simultaneous digital marking of shipping documents. Such an approach will stimulate an increase in the “transparency” of the construction products market, develop fair competition, and meet modern challenges in the field of digital transformation of the industry. Taken together, the proposed measures will ensure a reduction in the volume of falsification in the construction market. At the same time, as a result of the multiplicative effect, a “reset” of the certification market is also predicted, which is currently characterized by a low level of confidence on the part of the professional community both in the conformity assessment procedures themselves and in their results (especially in the form of voluntary certificates).

Yu.V. PUKHARENKO, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Corresponding Member of RAACS (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
V.D. STAROVEROV, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), Advisor of RAACS(Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
A.L. DMITRIEV, Engineer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering(4, Vtoraya Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, Saint-Petersburg, 190005, Russian Federation)

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