Statement 2: Owner, Contractor and Intermediary
1, owner
Owners refer to legal persons, other organizations and individuals who not only need to carry out a certain project, but also have construction funds and various procedures for quasi-construction. They are legal persons, other organizations and individuals who contract construction tasks in the construction market and finally obtain construction products to achieve their investment purposes. It can be a school, a hospital, a factory, a real estate development company, a government and an asset management department entrusted by the government, or an individual. In China's engineering construction, the owner is often called the construction unit or Party A or employer.
Market subject is a huge system, including all kinds of natural persons and legal persons. In market life, no matter what kind of natural person or legal person, they always sell goods or provide services while buying goods or receiving services. Among them, enterprises are the most important market players. Because enterprises are not only sellers of various means of production and consumer goods, but also providers of capital, technology and other factors of production, and buyers of various factors of production.
2. The contractor
A contractor refers to a construction enterprise that has a certain production capacity, technical equipment and working capital, has the business qualification of contracting construction tasks, can provide different forms of construction products in the construction market according to the requirements of the owners, and obtains the project price. According to its main production forms, it is divided into survey and design units, construction and installation enterprises, precast concrete components and non-standard parts production enterprises, commercial concrete supply stations, construction machinery leasing units, and enterprises specializing in providing labor services. According to the different contracting methods, it can be divided into construction general contracting enterprises, professional contracting enterprises and labor subcontracting enterprises. In China, the contractor is also called Party B. ..
3. Mediator
Intermediary institutions refer to consulting service institutions and other professional intermediary organizations that have a certain registered capital and corresponding professional service capabilities, hold relevant business licenses, can provide intelligent services or agents such as estimation and measurement, management consulting and construction supervision for engineering construction, and obtain service fees. As a link between government, market and enterprises, intermediary institutions play an irreplaceable role in government management. In this case, Costlink and other building materials inquiry websites were born, which greatly facilitated the inquiry of cost information. Intermediaries in developed markets are an important embodiment of mature market system and developed market economy.