SPECIAL CONSULTING AREAS

Legal Construction Project Management

The success of a construction project depends on the planning, technical construction and legal competence of the builder and its consultants. The quality of the handling of these three areas decides whether it is possible to achieve the builder's aims and wishes for the implementation of the project. For ensuring that your construction project is implemented to your utter satisfaction, it is important to consider the three success factors, which are "planning", "execution of building work" and "legal aspects".

It is obvious that the builder must rely on the skills of competent planners and building craftsmen. Many builders regard legal aspects of construction projects as disturbing factors and try not to consider them as long as possible. Thus, they miss many chances which could arise for their construction project from a legal point of view. The aim of legal construction project management for builders is to establish the best possible legal conditions for the construction project and to use all legal manoeuvring rooms in order to safeguard the interests of the builder.

We develop a project-specific, comprehensive and transparent project strategy for you in order to ensure in advance a good start for the construction project, we assist you from start to finish and advise you in all phases of the implementation of the project. We help you to achieve success in your project by identifying, analysing and handling problems timely and sustainably. Legal construction project management is usually self-financing; it can even reduce total project costs and is therefore a reasonable and profitable investment, not only from a financial point of view. For ensuring a comprehensive project success and for eliminating or at least limiting risks, it is inevitable for the builder to make use of all legal options for action.

However, legal construction project management not only relates to the part of the builder. In challenging projects, building contractors are confronted with many legal questions as well, in particular if they act as general contractors, building project organisers or members of a consortium. This also applies for architects and engineers, particularly if they act as general planners. We are happy to provide building contractors and planners with our specific project management know-how.

We have long-time and deep experience in all legal questions regarding the implementation of construction projects. We offer individual advice and practice-oriented solutions for the implementation of your construction project at the best possible quality, time and cost parameters. We provide you with advice from one source

• on the project location and the purchase of land,
• on the arrangement and negotiation of financing agreements,
• on building permits and any corresponding governmental questions,
• on tax aspects,
• on the drafting of contracts (tailored agreements with planners, general planners, building contractors, general contractors etc.),
• during the implementation of the construction project, and
• on the exploitation of the project (e.g. sale and letting concepts).

We assist you in all phases of the implementation of the project and advise you in particular

• on the coordination of the persons involved in the project,
• on time management,
• on legal quality control and the handling of defects,
• on documentation and acceptance tests,
• on legal accounting control and claim defence,
• on claim management (e.g. in the case of defects, damages, delay) as well as
• on the extra-judicial and judicial enforcement of claims.

Do not leave the success of your construction project to chance and make use of our experience in order to avoid problems before they arise. Together with you, we find out your individual necessity for advice, which can include punctual solutions for individual project questions, but also comprehensive legal construction project management.