City Hall
Within 30 days of work completion, the contractor must send a letter signed by the building company in which the architect declares completion of the construction. This document must also be included in the building permit application.
1 day
no charge
Visit by building inspectors to 8 obtain compliance certificate
City Hall or Equipment Department al Directorate
Upon completion of the construction, an officer from City Hall or the Equipment Departmental Directorate goes to the site to verify that the structure conforms to building permit specifications. The compliance certificate attests that completed project meets the building permit requirements. It is issued within 3 months of the application.
1 day
no charge
Obtain 9 water connection
Eaux de Paris Agency
Water and sanitation networks connected to the construction.
30 days
4,000
184,5
4, 070.11
Declare completion 7 of the construction
Total
Table 4: Process for Constuction of a building In the FCORs, more specifically, one of the key indicators of the state of the construction sector and hence related services like architecture and engineering is the volume of cement sales. Cement sales show a negative evolution from 2009 to 2013, declining by more than one-third during this period26. One of the main challenges on the French West Indian construction market comes from the fact that it is 60% dependant on public procurement and programmes. Meanwhile, the construction sector was the largest employer exhibiting a strong growth performance, providing more than 9.2% of employed jobs in the trading sector. After the decline between 2009 and 2011, a marked phase of improvement occurred in 2011 thanks to large-scale real estate developments. This improvement nonetheless did not reach the levels of the period before 2009.
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Regional Council of Martinique
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