LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIES

1. LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIES CONSULTING INDUSTRY IN LITHUANIA May 24, 2013 RIGA, LATVIA PRESENTATION OF THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIES Dipl. Civ. Eng. R. PRANAITIS, Managing Director

3. INDICATORS OF THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIESNUMBER OF COMPANIES OF THE ASSOCIATION INDICATORS OF THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIES NUMBER OF COMPANIES AT THE ASSOCIATION INDICATORS OF THE LITHUANIAN ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING COMPANIES NUMBER OF COMPANIES AT THE ASSOCIATION

4. NUMBER OF DESIGNERS / CONSULTANTS IN COMPANIES

5. TURNOVER IN MLN LT/MLN EURO

6. Composition of the Association companies: •          According to number of employees: •                  3 large companies    (100 >… <214 employees) •                 18 middle companies (20 >…<70 employees) •                    2 small  companies    (6 >… <20 employees) • Number of employees in Association companies ( 1250) makes 42 % of total number of employees in Lithuanian consulting industry • The total turnover of companies in Association (  38,8 Mln.Euro in 2012) makes 2,00 % of total turnover  of the Lithuanian construction industry (1949,3 Mln. Euro in 2012) • or  66 % of total turnover in all Lithuanian consulting industry

9. There are 21 page of Guidelines for the Public Procurement of the Design Serviceson the Quality Based Consultants’ Selection and short firms’ listing bases and guidelines : Main initiatives of LACC in 2012/2013 – 1 quarter

10. Proposals for improvement of the Digital Information System “Infostatyba” for : -provision of Public services: - acceptance of applications; - issue of set with conditions for design; - issue of Building Permission; - issue of Permission for continuation of construction after it was stopped; - issue of Document on Acceptance of Building completed for use - issue of Documents on uncompleted construction - Preparation of Model for Scopping of Services (Detailed Task Description on Technical Project preparation)

11. -Appeal to Seimas (Parliament) on Correction of an Civil Engineer Definition into Law on Construction • - Appeal to Seimas (Parliament) on Compulsory Insurance of Design and Building Supervision Firms • Appeal to Chanselor of Government on Taking a Land for the Public Demand • Appeal to Chanselor of Government on Effectiveness of Public Procurement of Design Services • Appeal to Ministry of Environment on Qualification Requirements for Project Expertize • Appeals to Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Communication, etc. on various problems – 35

12. DIRECTIONS OF LACC ACTIVITY IN 2013 Questions that should be incorporated in the LACC events and initiatives d) Raise of the Association visibility and reputationo @cowi.lt; edmundas@ekopro.lt; b) Development of Public Relationskb)aunokomprojektas@takas; arturas.abromavicius@sweco.ltulevicius@gmail.; c) Removal of hindrances from Design service processes c)direktorius@pmp.lt; administracija@pmp.lt; algimantas.medziausis@kelprojektas.lt; juozas@urbanistika.lt; marius.vaivada@pramprojektas.lt; info leonasrb@gmail.com;

13. EXTRACTFROM PLAN ON LACC ACTIVITY IN 2013 Creation and updating of the legal normative basis 1.1. Analyze of the valid normative documents 2.2. Preparation of documents’ list that should be improved 2. Completion and coordination of implementation of the Design Services Contract Model for the Technical Project preparation 3. Development of Public Relations 3.1. Signing of Agreements for Co-operation with Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Communications, Association of Municipalities 4. Publicity and Publishing 4.1. Public relations (articles in magazine “Construction and Architecture”, newspapers “News on Construction”, “Business News”, “Republic”, “Lithuanian News”, TV , Conference on Engineer Image, etc. 5. Training and Seminars 5.1. Seminars for 5 Municipalities on implementation of prepared Guidelines on Public Procurement of Design Services (QCBS based) 5.2. Seminars for Designers in 5 main cities on implementation of prepared Guidelines on Public Procurement of Design Services (QCBS based)

14. MAIN PROBLEMS FOR THE LITHUANIAN CONSULTINGSECTOR in 20131. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF THE DESIGN/PLANNING SERVICES2. COORDINATION OF BOTH PROJECT EXPERTIZE AND PROVIDERS OF MUNICIPALITY ENGINEERING SERVICES IN ORDER TO REDUCE TIME FOR THE BUILDING PERMISSION DELIVERY 3. DEBASEMENT OF THE ENGINEERS PROFESSION AND SHORTAGE OF YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM OF PRE-DESIGNE PROPOSALS FOR DESIGN CONTRACTS

15. ASSOCIATION HAS OWN REPRESENTATIVES • In Central Commission for Project and Builders Managers‘ Authorization • In Constraction Committee at the Ministry of Environment • In Working Group (sustainable strategy for competitive ability) at the • Ministry of Environment • In Council of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University • In Working Group (Public Procurement) at the Ministry of Communication • In Working Group (Energy) at the Ministry of Energy • In Working Group (Noise) at the Ministry of Health • In editorial staff of Magazine „Construction and Architecture“ and • newspaper „Building News“

16. Ways of activity and etc • - Association acts through Ministry of Environment and directly with • Parliament (Seimas) Committees • Preparation of proposals to existing legal acts is going on without any • financial support from the ministries • Insurance for Design companies and Building surveylance executors • is compulsory, but control is weak • 80 percent of Public Procurement still is on minimal cost base