Additional qualifications
Theoretical qualification as a specialist in building and architectural law
The most important rulings of 2024 – Current case law in building and architectural law (11/2024)
Termination and settlement of construction contracts (05/2023)
Selected issues in private construction law 2023 - Part 2 (05/2023)
- Procedural law
- § 605 d BGB
- Stolperfallen in the professional law
- Implementation with the option of audio/video communication
Selected issues in private construction law 2023 - Part 1 (05/2023)
- Architectural law
- Rights in the event of defects
- advance claim
- execution with the option of audio/video communication
The importance of expert reports in construction and tenancy proceedings (06/2022)
- The selection of the expert
- The rejection due to bias
- The management of the expert
- Auxiliaries, component openings
- Dealing with private expert opinions
- Hearing the expert
- The second opinion
- Correct handling of the term "defect" and technical standards
The construction insolvency (04/2022)
Current building and architectural law: termination and construction period issues (11/2021)
- Reasons for termination according to BGB and VOB/B
- Settlement of the terminated construction and architectural contract
- Extension of the execution deadlines
- Price adjustment according to § 2 para. 5 and § 2 para. 6 VOB/B
- Compensation according to § 642 BGB
Seminar on current fire protection law (09/2021)
General topics:
- protection goals of fire protection law
- public law requirements
- civil law contract design
Special topics:
- fire protection and thermal insulation composite systems
- on the necessity of a so-called "second escape route"
Drafting of construction contracts and construction law reform (09/2021)
- The main differences between the BGB and VOB/B construction contract
- The effects of the failure to align VOB/B with the 2018 construction law reform, in particular: "The purchaser's right of instruction"
- Options for drafting contracts, in particular: "The VOB/B as a whole"
The new HOAI 2021 (02/2021)
- The path to the new HOAI 2021 via the case law of the European Court of Justice on price law
- Entry into force and scope of application of the new HOAI 2021
- New regulations and important changes
- Discontinued regulations
In particular:
- The fee agreement in the light of the new HOAI
Consumer protection in construction law (09/2020)
Lawyer's fees in construction cases (09/2020)
Construction contracts in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic (04/2020)
- The construction contract during the coronavirus epidemic
- Existing legal framework (Infection Protection Act, German Civil Code)
- Contractor's obligation to perform unchanged and unadapted?
- "Force majeure"/"Act of God" clause
- Extension of construction period in accordance with § 6 para. 2 VOB/B
- Maintaining order at the construction site in accordance with § 4 para. 1 VOB/B
- Order by the client
- Contract adjustment, § 313 BGB?
- Right to compensation under § 642 BGB
Coronavirus: impact on architects' contracts and construction site operations (04/2020)
The architect's contract during the coronavirus epidemic
- Do you have to provide it?
- Disabilities and delays, a case of "force majeure"?
- Can payment be demanded?
- Options for amending the contract?
- Compensation?
Construction work under the influence of the coronavirus crisis (04/2020)
- "Corona" in the processing of current contracts
- Termination of contracts
- Safety and hygiene on the construction site
- "Corona" when concluding new contracts
Architect liability – liability and coverage (12/2019)
Third-party relationships in construction (06/2019)
Current case law on building and architectural law (02/2019)
- End of claim for damages on a notional basis
- Excessive construction costs in the architect's contract
- DIN regulations = generally recognized rules of technology?