Construction Industry Act Article 7

General construction business (or synthetic construction business, (hereinafter referred to as general construction business) is classified into three grades of A, B and C which shall possess the following conditions:1.Having a minimum of one full-time professional engineer who have (has) held professional engineer certificates or architect certificates for civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, surveying, environmental engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering or soil and water conservation engineering and such certificate holders should have studied civil architecture related curricula and earned a certain number of credits before obtaining such certificates through successfully passing the examination and who have (has) accumulated hands-on experience in civil architectural engineering for a minimum of two years.2.Holding capital above the specified amount.Where the full-time engineer specified in Subparagraph I of the preceding paragraph is a professional engineer, such engineer shall join the local Professional Engineer Association where the business is located before being hired to serve with the general construction business. In the event that a professional engineer had joined the respective Professional Engineer Association(s) of Taiwan Province before the change of the county (city) into a special municipality or its merger with other special municipality or county / city administrative district in accordance with Article 7-1 of the Local Government Law, he or she may continually join that Professional Engineer Association(s) of Taiwan Province while he or she may be hired to serve with the general construction business in the municipality or county / city administrative district after reorganization in accordance with Article 7-1 of Local Government Law.The civil construction related curricula and number of credits specified in Paragraph I, Subparagraph I, and the amount under Subparagraph II shall be determined by the Central Government level competent authority.In case of a change in the curricula and number of credits specified in the preceding paragraph, a full-time professional engineer having been hired to serve with the general construction business shall provide the certificate verifying the additional training programs within two years after the change. Should a professional engineer fail to complete the additional credit within the specified time limit, the competent authority shall order him or her to discontinue service as a full-time engineer for the general construction business.A Grade B general construction business shall be a Grade C general construction business which has been in hands-on business for three years, and has successfully completed and undertaken projects amounting to over NT$200 million in five years and has been evaluated in the first degree in two years.A Grade A general construction business shall be a Grade B general construction business which has been involved in hands-on business for three years, and has successfully completed and undertaken projects amounting to over NT$300 million in five years and has been evaluated in the first degree in three years.