Construction audit as a modern instrument of investment and construction process management

Abstract

The problem of methodical approaches formation for implementation and use of the construction audit as a new control instrument in investment and construction projects is discussed in this paper. The authors analyzed and generalized the theory and practical experience of construction and technical as well as economic expert assessments concerning capital construction projects. A complex methodological basis of construction audit adapted for Russian legislation conditions and applied to investment and construction projects of various readiness level is also given in this article. The main reasons defining the relevance of the subject are the increasing requirement and lack of methodical support of this expert activity type in construction providing insufficiency conditions of its standard and legal regulation.