It is mandatory to comply with the building process, understood as the action and result of constructing a permanent, public or private building. The fixed installations and equipment, as well as the urbanization elements that remain attached to the building, are considered to be included in the building.

It applies to:

• - New plant works, except those constructions of low construction entity and technical simplicity that do not have, temporarily or permanently, a residential or public character and are developed on a single floor.

• - extension, modification, reform or rehabilitation works that alter the architectural configuration of the buildings, understood as those that have a total intervention character or partial ones that produce an essential variation of the general exterior composition, the volumetry, or the entire structural system, or are intended to change the characteristic uses of the building.

• - Works that have the character of total intervention in listed buildings or that have some type of protection of an environmental or historical-artistic nature, regulated through a legal standard or urban planning document and those others of a partial nature that affect the elements or parts subject to protection.

Three groups of uses are defined for buildings:

Depending on these uses, Project and Construction Management tasks are reserved for some degrees or others. Thus, for example, Group A buildings can only be designed and directed by Architects.

The law defines 8 agents, each with their obligations and responsibilities:

• - Promoter "Promoter (building agent)"): decides, promotes, programs and finances the work. It is also usually called The Property.

• - Designer "Designer (building agent)"): prepares the project documents.

• - Builder "Builder (building agent)"): assumes the commitment to execute the work. It is also usually called Contractor.

• - Construction Director (DO): Directs the development of the work in its aesthetic, technical and urban planning aspects.

• - Work execution director: Directs the material execution of the work. Together with the construction director and the health and safety coordinator, they make up the project management.

• - Quality control entities and laboratories"): provide technical assistance in verifying the quality of the project, the materials and the work executed.

• - Product supplier: manufacturers, stockists, importers or sellers of construction products.

• - Owners and users.

The law establishes the qualifications required to be able to perform each of the functions, according to the use of the building:

• - For type a buildings):

• Designer: Architect.

• Construction director (DO): Architect (does not have to be the same as the designer).

• Work execution director (DEO): Technical architect.

• - For type b buildings):

• Designer: Architect, engineer or technical engineer, determined by the legal provisions in force for each profession.

• Construction director (DO): The above (according to their competencies). If you are an architect, the DEO must be a technical architect.

• Work execution director (DEO): All (according to their competencies).

• - For type c buildings):

• Designer: Architect, Technical Architect, Engineer or Technical Engineer.

• Construction director (DO): All (according to their competencies).

• Work execution director (DEO): All (according to their competencies).

• - Technical Building Code (Spain) "Technical Building Code (Spain)").

• - Charging station.

• - Consumer and User Defense Law.

• - Full text of Law 38/1999, on Building Planning, BOE No. 266, of November 6.

It is mandatory to comply with the building process, understood as the action and result of constructing a permanent, public or private building. The fixed installations and equipment, as well as the urbanization elements that remain attached to the building, are considered to be included in the building.

It applies to:

• - New plant works, except those constructions of low construction entity and technical simplicity that do not have, temporarily or permanently, a residential or public character and are developed on a single floor.

• - extension, modification, reform or rehabilitation works that alter the architectural configuration of the buildings, understood as those that have a total intervention character or partial ones that produce an essential variation of the general exterior composition, the volumetry, or the entire structural system, or are intended to change the characteristic uses of the building.

• - Works that have the character of total intervention in listed buildings or that have some type of protection of an environmental or historical-artistic nature, regulated through a legal standard or urban planning document and those others of a partial nature that affect the elements or parts subject to protection.

Three groups of uses are defined for buildings:

Depending on these uses, Project and Construction Management tasks are reserved for some degrees or others. Thus, for example, Group A buildings can only be designed and directed by Architects.

The law defines 8 agents, each with their obligations and responsibilities:

• - Promoter "Promoter (building agent)"): decides, promotes, programs and finances the work. It is also usually called The Property.

• - Designer "Designer (building agent)"): prepares the project documents.

• - Builder "Builder (building agent)"): assumes the commitment to execute the work. It is also usually called Contractor.

• - Construction Director (DO): Directs the development of the work in its aesthetic, technical and urban planning aspects.

• - Work execution director: Directs the material execution of the work. Together with the construction director and the health and safety coordinator, they make up the project management.

• - Quality control entities and laboratories"): provide technical assistance in verifying the quality of the project, the materials and the work executed.

• - Product supplier: manufacturers, stockists, importers or sellers of construction products.

• - Owners and users.

The law establishes the qualifications required to be able to perform each of the functions, according to the use of the building:

• - For type a buildings):

• Designer: Architect.

• Construction director (DO): Architect (does not have to be the same as the designer).

• Work execution director (DEO): Technical architect.

• - For type b buildings):

• Designer: Architect, engineer or technical engineer, determined by the legal provisions in force for each profession.

• Construction director (DO): The above (according to their competencies). If you are an architect, the DEO must be a technical architect.

• Work execution director (DEO): All (according to their competencies).

• - For type c buildings):

• Designer: Architect, Technical Architect, Engineer or Technical Engineer.

• Construction director (DO): All (according to their competencies).

• Work execution director (DEO): All (according to their competencies).

• - Technical Building Code (Spain) "Technical Building Code (Spain)").

• - Charging station.

• - Consumer and User Defense Law.

• - Full text of Law 38/1999, on Building Planning, BOE No. 266, of November 6.