CREA-SP: Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy of São Paulo

Crea-SP is the acronym that identifies the Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy of the State of São Paulo – the largest Professional Practice Oversight Council in Latin America and probably one of the largest in the world.

"Crea-SP is responsible for supervising professional activities in the various fields of Engineering, Agronomy and Geosciences, in addition to the activities of Technologists." - Official website of CREA-SP

"Thus, Crea-SP supervises, controls, guides and improves the exercise and professional activities of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Aeronautics, Water Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Electronic and Electrotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Engineering

Operations, Metallurgical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Naval Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Engineering, Textile Engineering, Geology, Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Surveying Engineering, Cartographic Engineering, Geography, Agronomy (or Agronomic Engineering), Forestry Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries Engineering, Aquaculture Engineering, Meteorology and Occupational Safety Engineering, in addition to the activities of Technologists."

Official Website of CREA-SP

But how do inspections work?

"Crea-SP Tax Agents, located in twelve Administrative Regions distributed throughout the State, conduct internal and external surveys, in addition to routine inspections on the streets of the cities where they operate. Crea-SP performs these routine inspections with its own fleet of vehicles, equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring and data processing technology. They consist of visits by Tax Agents to construction sites, private companies or public agencies, to verify technical responsibility for services performed in the areas of Engineering, Agronomy and related areas. In addition to construction sites, Crea-SP conducts periodic visits to companies in the technology area themselves, generally to verify registration and technical responsibility documentation. According to the legislation, technical responsibility for construction sites and services in the aforementioned areas can only be attributed to qualified professionals registered with Crea-SP. When a construction site does not have a technical manager, or when the identified “technical manager” is a layperson, Crea-SP takes a more objective action: the Tax Agent, upon actually finding the irregularity, proceeds to the preparation of the Notification and, when necessary, the Violation Report. When this Report is not complied with within the requirements of the Law, Crea-SP generates an administrative process, according to the classification pertinent to the activity and/or irregularity found." Information taken from the official website of CREA-SP

And what is the classification used by CREA for inspections?

• Basic Structure: responsible for creating conditions for the integrated and systematic performance of the Regional Council's purposes, composed of decision-making or executive bodies, including: Plenary, Specialized Chambers, Presidency, Board of Directors and Inspectorates;

• Support Structure: responsible for supporting the bodies of the Basic Structure within the limits of its specific competence, composed of permanent, special or temporary bodies, including: Permanent Committees, Special Committees, Working Groups and Consultative Bodies;

• Auxiliary Structure: responsible for administrative, financial, legal and technical services, its purpose is to provide support for the functioning of the Basic Structure and the Support Structure, for the supervision of professional practice and for the management of the Regional Council. The Auxiliary Structure is coordinated, guided and supervised by the Secretariats and the Office of the President, and its services are performed by the Superintendencies, responsible for the management of the respective areas of activity.

Information taken from the official CREA-SP website

Complete Organization Chart CREA-SP

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