Building law

Building law, comprised of private building law, public building law, architects and engineers law and project controllers law, includes a wide variety of legal fields.
The knowledge of the respective particularities of the individual fields of law is essential for effective advisory services.

Private building law

Private building law is one of the core competencies of the Law Firm.

We advise and represent contracting parties and contractors in all aspects of private building law.

In the field of the guarantee of and non-compliance with deadlines in the building process, we are in interdisciplinary cooperation with acknowledged building professionals.
Our fields of activity in private building law are, among others:

• Project-accompanying legal advice from the development stage until the end of the liability for defects
• Building management strategy consultation
• Drafting of tailored contracts such as prime contractor, guaranteed maximum price, subcontractor, concession, joined venture and plant construction agreements
• Change order and claim management
• Quality assurance
• Contractual deadline management
• Protection of claims in the event of insolvency
• Legal building project, analysis, and process optimisation

Within the scope of change order management, we train your staff on the basis of the legal requirements for a safe assertion of your interests in the event of the emergence of additional claims.
In order to enforce claims arising from liability for defects, we maintain a long-standing cooperation with renowned experts in the respective specialist fields who are publicly appointed and generally sworn by the Chambers of Industry and Commerce. To train your staff, we offer in-house training, both project-related and to ensure basic knowledge.
Aspects of sustainable building (green building) and facility management are, of course, taken into account in the drafting of contracts.

Workshop Building Management

Project Handbook Construction

Public building law

We support you in providing the conditions under public law for the realisation of your building project.

We are specialising in the fields of land use planning, sectoral planning, construction planning and building regulations legislation as well as in the negotiation of urban development agreements.

In addition, Wollmann & Partner also offers advisory services in the fields of development charge and local rates legislation and will support you in the assessment and drafting of agreements on re-allocation as well as fire prevention regulations.

Architects and engineers law

We advise and represent contracting entities, architects and engineers in the drafting of contracts and the specification of the scope of services.

Architects and engineers law, building management strategy consultation, cost and price benchmark (HOAI (German Fee Structure for Architects and Engineers)/AHO (German Committee of Associations and Chambers of Engineers and Architects for the Fee Structure, registered association))

We advise and represent contracting entities, architects and engineers in the drafting of contracts and the specification of the scope of services.
Based on the HOAI and the relevant jurisdiction, we provide advice both in the preparation of auditable final accounts and in the audit by the contracting entity.

Our fields of activity in architects and engineers law are, inter alia:

• Drafting of tailored agreements for all scopes and stages of work
• Change order and claim management
• Contractual deadline management
• Accounting validation according to HOAI
• Cost and price benchmark (HOAI /AHO)

For the training of your staff, we offer both training on the HOAI and relevant contract law.
Aspects of sustainable building (green building) and facility management are, of course, taken into account in the drafting of contracts.

• Workshop building management
• Project Handbook Building
• Information about design, construction and commissioning benchmarking

Project controllers law

We advise and represent contracting entities and project controllers in the drafting of contracts and the specification of the scope of services.

Furthermore, we advise and represent contracting entities and project controllers during the planning stage. For training purposes, we offer in-house training for project controllers in the field of contract law, VOB/B (German Construction Tendering and Contract Regulations, Part B), particularly with regard to obstructions to the building process and change order management as well as the law of costs.