DAUB Recommendation “Low-Conflict Contract for Underground Construction” Published
The construction of underground infrastructure projects is a complex and lengthy matter. Conflicts between the contracting parties often arise during the planning and especially during the execution phase. These conflicts emerge due to necessary replanning as a result of technical challenges recognized only in late planning phases, changed political specifications, changes in regulations or due to public protests and additional environmental requirements. If no adequate provisions for such unforeseeable developments have been made in the concluded construction contracts, such conflicts usually cause time and economic losses for all parties involved.
Efficient Project Implementation Through Conflict Avoidance
Solutions in Line With the Common Objective
The recommendation now available takes into account the interests of all groups and is intended to support the development towards new contractual models and forms of cooperation that has recently become increasingly apparent in construction projects. The DAUB is convinced that in this publication important principles for the creation of a contract with as little conflict as possible have been taken into account in an appropriate way, without, for example, interfering with the sovereign decision-making rights of the clients.