What is a construction consultant?
Updated: July 2024, 3
Persons who provide technical services such as planning, planning, investigation, design, and implementation of construction projects.Refers to.
Specifically, the companies that register are:Civil engineering construction industry, surveying industry, geological survey industry, architect office, etc..
There are 21 registered departments, mainly related to civil engineering, and it is a system in which those operating in all or part of these departments can receive registration from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism if they meet certain requirements.
21 registered departments
| registration department | Services | |
| 1 | Rivers, erosion control and coasts | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment, or advice regarding flood control plans, erosion control plans, or coastal conservation plans, or design or supervision of construction related to rivers (including dams), erosion control (including landslide prevention), or coasts and oceans. |
| 2 | ports and airports | Research, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding port planning or airport planning, or design or supervision of construction related to ports or airports. |
| 3 | power civil engineering | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding power development plans, or design or supervision of construction related to power generation dams, waterway structures, etc. |
| 4 | 道路 | Research, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding road planning, or design or supervision of road construction. |
| 5 | Train | Research, planning, drafting, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding railway planning, or design or supervision of construction related to railways (including steel cable railways). |
| 6 | Water supply and industrial water supply | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding water supply plans or industrial water supply plans, or design or supervision of construction related to water supply or industrial water supply plans. |
| 7 | Sewer | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding sewerage plans, or design or supervision of construction related to sewerage systems |
| 8 | agricultural civil engineering | Investigation, planning, drafting, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding plans for irrigation and drainage, farmland maintenance, farmland conservation, etc., or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
| 9 | forest civil engineering | Research, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding plans for forest conservation, forest roads, forest environmental conservation, etc., or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
| 10 | Fisheries civil engineering | Research, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding fishing port planning or coastal fishing ground planning, or design or supervision of construction related to fishing ports or coastal fishing grounds. |
| 11 | waste | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding waste treatment plans, or design or supervision of construction related to waste treatment facilities. |
| 12 | Landscaping | Investigation, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding park and green space planning, or design or supervision of construction related to park and green space. |
| 13 | Urban and regional planning | Research, planning, planning, environmental impact assessment or advice regarding urban planning or local planning, or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
| 14 | Geology | Investigation, planning, planning, or advice regarding geology related to each business department |
| 15 | Soil quality and foundation | Planning, planning, or advice on soil quality surveys related to business divisions, planning, planning, or advice regarding foundations of structures or earth structures related to business divisions, or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
| 16 | steel structure and concrete | Investigation, planning, planning, or advice regarding steel structures, reinforced concrete structures, concrete, or concrete structures related to business divisions, or design or supervision of related works. |
| 17 | tunnel | Investigation, planning, planning, or advice regarding tunnel structures related to each business department, or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
| 18 | Construction plan, construction equipment and cost estimation | Research, planning, planning or advice regarding construction implementation in each business department, supervision of construction implementation, or investigation, design, cost estimation or construction management for construction implementation. |
| 19 | built environment | Research, planning, planning, or advice regarding the conservation and creation of the natural environment and living environment, and environmental impact assessment, or design or supervision of construction work related to the conservation and creation of the natural environment and living environment, related to business divisions other than 11 to XNUMX above. |
| 20 | machine | Investigation or design of machinery for carrying out construction work in business divisions, or investigation, design or supervision of machinery necessary for business divisions. |
| 21 | Electricity/electronics | Research, planning, planning, or advice regarding telecommunications related to business divisions, or design or supervision of construction related to these. |
Registration period
The standard processing period is approximately 90 days after all the necessary documents are prepared and the application is received by the Regional Development Bureau.
Also, it will take at least two weeks to prepare the application documents, so you will need to work backwards from the time you plan to start your business.
