Summer time in building supervision:
The customer service of the Building Control Office is closed from June 29th until July 24th.
Building Control Manager Janne Niemi on vacation from June 15 to June 18 and from June 29 to July 31
Building inspector Risto Turunen on vacation from June 29th to July 17th
Building inspector Simo Kemppainen is on vacation from June 29-30, July 3, and from July 13 to August 16. He can be reached by phone from July 1-2.
ATTENTION!
Building Control customer service and archiving services are closed from May 11, 2026 until further notice.
Documents will not be delivered from the Building Control archive due to preparations for the move, the move, and the summer holidays.
The next time we will be available for archival matters is from August 17th.
Our new address will be Eteläinen Asemakatu 2, 1st floor.
Duties of construction supervision
Riihimäki city's building control guides, advises and supervises construction.
In the area of responsibility for building supervision, we do the preparatory work for building permit issues, mainly decision-making and official supervision during construction. In building supervision, we also do statistics and archiving work related to buildings under construction, as well as a search and copying service for data and drawings of old buildings.
In the electronic permit service you can submit for processing:
- building permit
- landscape work permit
- demolition permit and notification.
You can make preliminary inquiries in the permit service without strong identification. Building control strives to respond to preliminary inquiries as quickly as possible. You can also reach us by phone and email.
Supervision of construction work
Construction supervision includes kick-off meetings, submission of special plans to construction supervision, and inspections.
Continuous monitoring
The building control department supervises the maintenance of buildings and the management of the built environment. The building control department also supervises that traffic routes, streets, squares and squares, as well as parks and outdoor spaces intended for recreation meet the requirements of a good cityscape and amenity. The city of Riihimäki must comply with the provisions of the building regulations of the city of Riihimäki, unless otherwise provided for in a legally effective master plan, local plan or the Building Act (RakL). In addition, the environmental protection regulations of the city of Riihimäki must be taken into account.