How Planning services in the course of construction projects There is currently a heated debate about this. The Chamber of Civil Engineers Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland find it bitter that this is increasingly happening Total contractor be commissioned. The difference to what was usually the case up to now Individual award to the different ones Trades: The general contractor has overall responsibility for the construction of a project and also assumes responsibility for the entire project Planning services.
“We have been looking at this for a long time It rises How public orders be awarded,” says Bernhard Sommer, President of the Chamber of Civil Engineers Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, i.e. the architects and engineering consultants. This is the current reason new roof for Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium built in 1931 and under Monument protection. The plan is to build one foldable membrane badger So that Prater-Oval Can be used all year round, for example for concerts or various sporting events.
„Die Separation of planning and building is the most important measure for one transparent processing of construction projects,” emphasizes Bernhard Sommer, also referring to the quality assurance of projects. In his opinion, the separation of planning and construction was not guaranteed when the stadium roof was put out to tender because the City vienna One at the end of 2023 Total contractor for the construction work Tender have been looking for. “This will make it Bidding circle Extremely limited in the process, says Bernhard Sommer.
In any case, it is not yet clear who Tender has now won. The renovation of the stadium including a new roof is planned 2025 start. The city of Vienna argues this Total contractor tender so that “issues of burden for the Foundation and that existing roof must be taken into account. All of this requires that planning and execution be carried out in one hand.” Total contractor procedures have generally increased in tenders, for example in school construction in Vienna, they observe Architects. “There is a worrying trend in the awarding of public contracts,” said Bernhard Sommer.