Development of Conceptual Provisions of a Methodological Approach to Building a System of Regulations for the Use of Blockchain Projects in Construction

Based on statistical data on the volume and pace of construction in the Russian Federation, the article highlights the key role of construction for GDP growth. It is shown that problems and risks associated with unfinished construction, design errors, and the quality of material resources are accumulating in construction. A separate problem is the problem of quality control of finished objects, determined primarily by the quality of building materials. It is noted that the existing quality control system in construction does not give the desired result due to the fact that control is carried out autonomously at each stage of the production process with the transfer of control results to the next stage in paper form, which creates a precedent for information distortion, the possibility of making changes, and falsification. The architecture of the information flow control system for monitoring the quality parameters of building materials based on blockchain technology and smart contracts proposed by the authors largely eliminates these shortcomings. However, it is emphasized that the use of blockchain technology and smart contracts in practice is fraught with many legal contradictions, since blockchain technologies and smart contracts do not have a clear legal status, are not fixed in regulations, are not defined in legislation and do not meet established legal criteria. A methodological approach to building a system of regulations regulating the legal basis for the practical application of blockchain technology and smart contracts is formulated.