1. Background
Public works projects refer to all bridge, road, railway, earthmoving, sanitation, airport, pipeline, power line, and other projects carried out on behalf of public and private clients.
Public works differ from buildings (housing, offices, schools, hospitals, warehouses), which are designed to shelter people or goods.
Public works companies, which are generally organized in a decentralized manner (parent holding company, regional divisions, subsidiaries, agencies, construction sites), consider construction sites to be their products. They sell them and then build them, unlike manufacturers, who produce before selling. Several thousand public works projects can be carried out by a single company each year in France. Peugeot and Renault manufacture cars... public works companies produce construction...
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Standards and norms
ISO 9000 (Quality) and ISO 14000 (Environment) standards from the International Organization for Standardization.
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National collective agreement for ETAM employees in public works, national collective agreement for executives in public works.
Article 1792 of the Civil Code.
Articles 1382 and 2262 of the Civil Code.
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ETI: Product – Construction sites – Practical guide to construction sites. Preparing the organization of the construction site
http://www.eti-construction.fr/fiche/chantiers/guide-pratique-du-chantier/
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