Entry in the register of certified architects

Candidates must have:

• formal qualifications acquired through second-cycle study programmes in accordance with the act governing higher education, or
• formal qualifications corresponding to the level of education acquired through second-cycle study programmes, which provide knowledge and skills in the management and elaboration of spatial planning documents.

Evidence

For formal qualifications acquired in Slovenia: 

• Diploma or certificate – in the original, in a certified copy or in an uncertified copy with the original for inspection.

For formal qualifications acquired in the EU:

• Diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications acquired in the EU – in a certified copy in Slovenian translation.
• Evidence of the content and course of the study, indicating the duration of the study programme and the study curriculum, which must show the number of hours or credits granted to individual subjects – in the original.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Links

• Higher Education Act

Through work under the mentorship, the candidate learns all the tasks necessary for independent work.

Practical experience must be gained over a period of at least two years after having obtained a qualification.

Practical experience is gained under the mentorship of a certified architect and engineer. Practical experience is appropriate if it provides the candidate for a certified architect and engineer with the expertise necessary to carry out the tasks in the professional field for which the professional title is acquired.

The mentor must be entered in the registerof certified architects and engineers without suspension and must have at least five years of work experience following entry in the register of certified architects and engineers in the professional field for which such a candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience. The mentor monitors, directs and supervises the work of the candidate for a certified architect and engineer and comprehensively trains them to perform their professional tasks independently in the professional field for which such a  candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience, and to take the professional examination.

At the time of obtaining practical experience under the provisions of this Article, a candidate for a certified architect and engineer may not independently and on their own behalf engage in the profession of a certified architect and engineer.

In gaining practical experience, the candidate for a certified architect and engineer must comply, in gaining practical experience, with the provisions of the professional code of certified architects and engineers.

Evidence

• A written confirmation of the mentor that the candidate for a certified architect and engineer has gained the required practical experience and
• the description of the type of experience gained.

Experience gained in the EU:

• passed professional examination,
• membership of a professional chamber

The competent authority may invite the applicant to provide additional information on the training module if this is necessary to identify possible substantive differences with regard to national requirements. If the applicant is unable to provide such information, the competent authority shall obtain it from the relevant competent authority in the Originating Contracting Party.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

By way of professional examination it is verified whether the candidate is qualified to perform the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination, and whether they master the basic methods and techniques for performing the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination:

• Certified architect (PA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified landscape architect (PKA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified spatial planner (PPN) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti – ZAID)

A candidate who, in addition to the prescribed formal qualifications, has also gained practical experience in the last 15 years before taking the professional examination and who submits a complete application at least 60 days before the scheduled date, may be admitted to the professional examination.

The professional examination is not public and is in principle taken orally in the Slovenian language before the examination commission. 

The professional examination consists of a general part identical for all candidates and a special part adapted to the professional field for which the professional title is acquired and to the candidate's practical experience gained under the mentorship.

A decision on whether the candidate has passed the relevant part of the professional examination or not is taken and issued by the examination commission jointly with the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The candidate must enclose with the application submitted to the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) the following:

• a copy of identity document,
• evidence of adequate formal qualifications,
• mentor’s certificate on practical experience gained, and
• three reference works in the professional field in which they are taking the professional examination that meets the criteria set out in the examination programme.

Upon successful verification of having met the requirements for being admitted to the professional examination, the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) informs the candidate thereof and sends them an invoice to pay the costs of professional examination, which must be paid within eight days.

Costs:

• professional examination fee: EUR 700.00
• resit examination fee: EUR 350.00

The amount of professional examination costs is indexed and published on the website of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The costs are to be paid to the bank account  SI56 6100 0001 8357 306, open with Delavska hranilnica d.d.

Evidence

• Certificate of passed professional examination – copy.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners

May be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers any person that is not subject

• to a security measure prohibiting the practice of a profession or 
• to a disciplinary sanction of removal from a register of certified architects and engineers imposed by a final court decision, unless the prohibition or sanction has already expired.

Evidence

In recognising professional qualifications obtained abroad, the competent authority shall consider as sufficient evidence the  certificates issued in the Contracting Party of origin or in the Contracting State from which the applicant is coming, certifying that the requirements have been met.

Where the country referred to in the preceding paragraph does not issue such a document, a declaration made by the applicant before the competent authority of that country which attests to the authenticity of the declaration shall suffice for the requirements to be deemed fulfilled.

Where there is reason to doubt the validity of the earlier documents, the competent authority may require that the evidence is not older than three months.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Disciplinary rules of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia
• Disciplinary rules of the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Certified architects and engineers perform their professional tasks independently and must be personally present in all the professional tasks they perform. 

Professional tasks shall be performed continuously and permanently in one or more of the following manners:

• as a sole proprietor or a self-employed person,
• on the basis of an employment relationship in an economic operator that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act,
• on the basis of another legal relationship associated with the performance of work for a company that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act, if the certified architect or engineer is a partner,
• on the basis of employment relationship as public employee, in the name and on behalf of the body or legal entity governed by public law in which they are employed, with the exception of certified land surveying engineers,
• on the basis of an employment relationship with a natural person or a legal person governed by private law that  builds structures exclusively for its own use and whose activity is not construction for the market or services in the sale of real estate, on their behalf and for their account.

The manner in which the tasks are performed shall be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers.

Exception:

A certified architect and engineer, with the exception of a certified land surveying engineer and a certified engineer in transport engineering, may perform professional tasks in their professional field outside the manner in which  the professional tasks are performed under this Article, provided they are performed for their own needs.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)

Insurance against liability for damages that might be incurred by an investor or a third party in connection with the pursuit of architectural and engineering activities may be concluded as:

• a comprehensive guarantee, which shall be renewed annually; or
• as collateral for a particular transaction falling within the scope of the economic operator’s activity.

The insurance shall cover the liability for negligence resulting in damage or material defect and including among direct material damage (damage and destruction) also the costs directly required for the elimination or prevention of damage without the occurrence of any actual damage.

The damage that must be covered by insurance also includes:

• damage in the form of a reduction in the value of the business transaction or construction, and
• other damage resulting from a claim made by an investor or a third party.

The liability insurance must cover the damage for actions taken during the period of insurance or for actions for which a loss event notice has been filed during the period of the insurance.

The insurance amount for all insurance cases in a given year or for an individual transaction, if the insurance is taken out for a particular business operation, shall not be less than EUR 50,000.

The insurance policy must contain the following:

• the names of the certified architects and engineers covered by the insurance, or
• the general clause that the liability insurance covers all certified architects and engineers in the economic operator.

Insurance may also take the form of collective insurance through the Chamber.

Evidence

Proof of liability insurance shall be a document showing that liability insurance was established in the Republic of Slovenia or in a state party, under the condition that such insurance covers any damage caused in the Republic of Slovenia.

The competent authority shall accept as sufficient evidence a certificate to that effect issued by a bank or insurance undertaking of the Contracting State of origin. Where the competent authority has reasonable doubt as to the validity of older evidence, it may request that evidence not be older than three months.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Building Act (GZ-1)

Candidates must have:

• formal qualifications acquired through second-cycle study programmes in accordance with the act governing higher education, or
• formal qualifications corresponding to the level of education acquired through second-cycle study programmes, which provide knowledge and skills in the management and elaboration of spatial planning documents.

Evidence

For formal qualifications acquired in Slovenia: 

• Diploma or certificate – in the original, in a certified copy or in an uncertified copy with the original for inspection.

For formal qualifications acquired in the EU:

• Diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications acquired in the EU – in a certified copy in Slovenian translation.
• Evidence of the content and course of the study, indicating the duration of the study programme and the study curriculum, which must show the number of hours or credits granted to individual subjects – in the original.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Links

• Higher Education Act

Through work under the mentorship, the candidate learns all the tasks necessary for independent work.

Practical experience must be gained over a period of at least two years after having obtained a qualification.

Practical experience is gained under the mentorship of a certified architect and engineer. Practical experience is appropriate if it provides the candidate for a certified architect and engineer with the expertise necessary to carry out the tasks in the professional field for which the professional title is acquired.

The mentor must be entered in the registerof certified architects and engineers without suspension and must have at least five years of work experience following entry in the register of certified architects and engineers in the professional field for which such a candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience. The mentor monitors, directs and supervises the work of the candidate for a certified architect and engineer and comprehensively trains them to perform their professional tasks independently in the professional field for which such a  candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience, and to take the professional examination.

At the time of obtaining practical experience under the provisions of this Article, a candidate for a certified architect and engineer may not independently and on their own behalf engage in the profession of a certified architect and engineer.

In gaining practical experience, the candidate for a certified architect and engineer must comply, in gaining practical experience, with the provisions of the professional code of certified architects and engineers.

Evidence

• A written confirmation of the mentor that the candidate for a certified architect and engineer has gained the required practical experience and
• the description of the type of experience gained.

Experience gained in the EU:

• passed professional examination,
• membership of a professional chamber

The competent authority may invite the applicant to provide additional information on the training module if this is necessary to identify possible substantive differences with regard to national requirements. If the applicant is unable to provide such information, the competent authority shall obtain it from the relevant competent authority in the Originating Contracting Party.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

By way of professional examination it is verified whether the candidate is qualified to perform the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination, and whether they master the basic methods and techniques for performing the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination:

• Certified architect (PA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified landscape architect (PKA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified spatial planner (PPN) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti – ZAID)

A candidate who, in addition to the prescribed formal qualifications, has also gained practical experience in the last 15 years before taking the professional examination and who submits a complete application at least 60 days before the scheduled date, may be admitted to the professional examination.

The professional examination is not public and is in principle taken orally in the Slovenian language before the examination commission. 

The professional examination consists of a general part identical for all candidates and a special part adapted to the professional field for which the professional title is acquired and to the candidate's practical experience gained under the mentorship.

A decision on whether the candidate has passed the relevant part of the professional examination or not is taken and issued by the examination commission jointly with the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The candidate must enclose with the application submitted to the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) the following:

• a copy of identity document,
• evidence of adequate formal qualifications,
• mentor’s certificate on practical experience gained, and
• three reference works in the professional field in which they are taking the professional examination that meets the criteria set out in the examination programme.

Upon successful verification of having met the requirements for being admitted to the professional examination, the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) informs the candidate thereof and sends them an invoice to pay the costs of professional examination, which must be paid within eight days.

Costs:

• professional examination fee: EUR 700.00
• resit examination fee: EUR 350.00

The amount of professional examination costs is indexed and published on the website of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The costs are to be paid to the bank account  SI56 6100 0001 8357 306, open with Delavska hranilnica d.d.

Evidence

• Certificate of passed professional examination – copy.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners

May be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers any person that is not subject

• to a security measure prohibiting the practice of a profession or 
• to a disciplinary sanction of removal from a register of certified architects and engineers imposed by a final court decision, unless the prohibition or sanction has already expired.

Evidence

In recognising professional qualifications obtained abroad, the competent authority shall consider as sufficient evidence the  certificates issued in the Contracting Party of origin or in the Contracting State from which the applicant is coming, certifying that the requirements have been met.

Where the country referred to in the preceding paragraph does not issue such a document, a declaration made by the applicant before the competent authority of that country which attests to the authenticity of the declaration shall suffice for the requirements to be deemed fulfilled.

Where there is reason to doubt the validity of the earlier documents, the competent authority may require that the evidence is not older than three months.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Disciplinary rules of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia
• Disciplinary rules of the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Certified architects and engineers perform their professional tasks independently and must be personally present in all the professional tasks they perform. 

Professional tasks shall be performed continuously and permanently in one or more of the following manners:

• as a sole proprietor or a self-employed person,
• on the basis of an employment relationship in an economic operator that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act,
• on the basis of another legal relationship associated with the performance of work for a company that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act, if the certified architect or engineer is a partner,
• on the basis of employment relationship as public employee, in the name and on behalf of the body or legal entity governed by public law in which they are employed, with the exception of certified land surveying engineers,
• on the basis of an employment relationship with a natural person or a legal person governed by private law that  builds structures exclusively for its own use and whose activity is not construction for the market or services in the sale of real estate, on their behalf and for their account.

The manner in which the tasks are performed shall be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers.

Exception:

A certified architect and engineer, with the exception of a certified land surveying engineer and a certified engineer in transport engineering, may perform professional tasks in their professional field outside the manner in which  the professional tasks are performed under this Article, provided they are performed for their own needs.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)

Liability insurance for damages must include liability for damages that could be incurred by the investor or a third party in connection with the carrying out of their activities and must cover damage resulting from negligence, error or omission of the duties of the contractor and their employees, with the amount of the annual insurance premium not less than 50.000 EUR.

If the contractor has taken out liability insurance for damages abroad, the insurance must cover the damage incurred in the Republic of Slovenia.

Evidence

• An insurance contract entered into in the Republic of Slovenia or in a Contracting State, provided that this insurance contract covers damage caused in the Republic of Slovenia.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Building Act (GZ-1)

Candidates must have:

• formal qualifications acquired through second-cycle study programmes in accordance with the act governing higher education, or
• formal qualifications corresponding to the level of education acquired through second-cycle study programmes, which provide knowledge and skills in the management and elaboration of spatial planning documents.

Evidence

For formal qualifications acquired in Slovenia: 

• Diploma or certificate – in the original, in a certified copy or in an uncertified copy with the original for inspection.

For formal qualifications acquired in the EU:

• Diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications acquired in the EU – in a certified copy in Slovenian translation.
• Evidence of the content and course of the study, indicating the duration of the study programme and the study curriculum, which must show the number of hours or credits granted to individual subjects – in the original.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Links

• Higher Education Act

Through work under the mentorship, the candidate learns all the tasks necessary for independent work.

Practical experience must be gained over a period of at least two years after having obtained a qualification.

Practical experience is gained under the mentorship of a certified architect and engineer. Practical experience is appropriate if it provides the candidate for a certified architect and engineer with the expertise necessary to carry out the tasks in the professional field for which the professional title is acquired.

The mentor must be entered in the registerof certified architects and engineers without suspension and must have at least five years of work experience following entry in the register of certified architects and engineers in the professional field for which such a candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience. The mentor monitors, directs and supervises the work of the candidate for a certified architect and engineer and comprehensively trains them to perform their professional tasks independently in the professional field for which such a  candidate for a certified architect and engineer is obtaining practical experience, and to take the professional examination.

At the time of obtaining practical experience under the provisions of this Article, a candidate for a certified architect and engineer may not independently and on their own behalf engage in the profession of a certified architect and engineer.

In gaining practical experience, the candidate for a certified architect and engineer must comply, in gaining practical experience, with the provisions of the professional code of certified architects and engineers.

Evidence

• A written confirmation of the mentor that the candidate for a certified architect and engineer has gained the required practical experience and
• the description of the type of experience gained.

Experience gained in the EU:

• passed professional examination,
• membership of a professional chamber

The competent authority may invite the applicant to provide additional information on the training module if this is necessary to identify possible substantive differences with regard to national requirements. If the applicant is unable to provide such information, the competent authority shall obtain it from the relevant competent authority in the Originating Contracting Party.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

By way of professional examination it is verified whether the candidate is qualified to perform the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination, and whether they master the basic methods and techniques for performing the professional tasks of a certified engineer in the professional field in which they are taking the examination:

• Certified architect (PA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified landscape architect (PKA) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti - ZAID)
• Certified spatial planner (PPN) under the Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (Zakon o arhitekturni in inženirski dejavnosti – ZAID)

A candidate who, in addition to the prescribed formal qualifications, has also gained practical experience in the last 15 years before taking the professional examination and who submits a complete application at least 60 days before the scheduled date, may be admitted to the professional examination.

The professional examination is not public and is in principle taken orally in the Slovenian language before the examination commission. 

The professional examination consists of a general part identical for all candidates and a special part adapted to the professional field for which the professional title is acquired and to the candidate's practical experience gained under the mentorship.

A decision on whether the candidate has passed the relevant part of the professional examination or not is taken and issued by the examination commission jointly with the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The candidate must enclose with the application submitted to the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) the following:

• a copy of identity document,
• evidence of adequate formal qualifications,
• mentor’s certificate on practical experience gained, and
• three reference works in the professional field in which they are taking the professional examination that meets the criteria set out in the examination programme.

Upon successful verification of having met the requirements for being admitted to the professional examination, the relevant service of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS) informs the candidate thereof and sends them an invoice to pay the costs of professional examination, which must be paid within eight days.

Costs:

• professional examination fee: EUR 700.00
• resit examination fee: EUR 350.00

The amount of professional examination costs is indexed and published on the website of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS).

The costs are to be paid to the bank account  SI56 6100 0001 8357 306, open with Delavska hranilnica d.d.

Evidence

• Certificate of passed professional examination – copy.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• General Legal Act on the certification examination for chartered architects, chartered landscape architects and chartered spatial planners

May be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers any person that is not subject

• to a security measure prohibiting the practice of a profession or 
• to a disciplinary sanction of removal from a register of certified architects and engineers imposed by a final court decision, unless the prohibition or sanction has already expired.

Evidence

In recognising professional qualifications obtained abroad, the competent authority shall consider as sufficient evidence the  certificates issued in the Contracting Party of origin or in the Contracting State from which the applicant is coming, certifying that the requirements have been met.

Where the country referred to in the preceding paragraph does not issue such a document, a declaration made by the applicant before the competent authority of that country which attests to the authenticity of the declaration shall suffice for the requirements to be deemed fulfilled.

Where there is reason to doubt the validity of the earlier documents, the competent authority may require that the evidence is not older than three months.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Disciplinary rules of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia
• Disciplinary rules of the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers
• Act Regulating the Procedure for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications for Practising Regulated Professions (ZPPPK)

Certified architects and engineers perform their professional tasks independently and must be personally present in all the professional tasks they perform. 

Professional tasks shall be performed continuously and permanently in one or more of the following manners:

• as a sole proprietor or a self-employed person,
• on the basis of an employment relationship in an economic operator that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act,
• on the basis of another legal relationship associated with the performance of work for a company that meets the requirements for performing architectural and engineering activities pursuant to the provisions of this act, if the certified architect or engineer is a partner,
• on the basis of employment relationship as public employee, in the name and on behalf of the body or legal entity governed by public law in which they are employed, with the exception of certified land surveying engineers,
• on the basis of an employment relationship with a natural person or a legal person governed by private law that  builds structures exclusively for its own use and whose activity is not construction for the market or services in the sale of real estate, on their behalf and for their account.

The manner in which the tasks are performed shall be entered in the register of certified architects and engineers.

Exception:

A certified architect and engineer, with the exception of a certified land surveying engineer and a certified engineer in transport engineering, may perform professional tasks in their professional field outside the manner in which  the professional tasks are performed under this Article, provided they are performed for their own needs.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)

Liability insurance for damages must include liability for damages that could be incurred by the investor or a third party in connection with the carrying out of their activities and must cover damage resulting from negligence, error or omission of the duties of the contractor and their employees, with the amount of the annual insurance premium not less than 50.000 EUR.

If the contractor has taken out liability insurance for damages abroad, the insurance must cover the damage incurred in the Republic of Slovenia.

Evidence

• An insurance contract entered into in the Republic of Slovenia or in a Contracting State, provided that this insurance contract covers damage caused in the Republic of Slovenia.

Legal basis

• Architecture and Civil Engineering Act (ZAID)
• Building Act (GZ-1)