Construction industry

Riken Yamamoto, an architect from Yokohama, Japan, is the winner of the Pritzker Prize 2024. The Pritzker Prize is a globally renowned award in the field of architecture. Riken Yamamoto promotes a harmonious society through his designs. He challenges conventional views of freedom and privacy and emphasizes the importance of community and...

A company recently moved into a 3D-printed house in Heidelberg. According to the responsible Kraus Group, the house is "currently the largest 3D-printed building in Europe" and is made of "100% recyclable material". It is 54 meters long, 11 meters deep and 9 meters high and its façade is reminiscent of waves. According to the Kraus Group, the house is...

The German Sawmill and Timber Industry Association (DeSH) is confronted with a serious problem: an increasing lack of insurance cover in the industry. The DeSH is alarmed by the growing number of companies that can no longer find insurance partners. Fire detection and firefighting measures are no longer adequate, especially for small to medium-sized companies.

The shortage of skilled workers in the roofing trade is to be combated by offering the possibility of so-called partial qualifications. These partial qualifications give people over the age of 25 the opportunity to gradually acquire professional skills and ultimately obtain a full vocational qualification. Rolf Fuhrmann, the deputy managing director of the Central Association of the...

The Federation of the German Construction Industry wants to attract civil engineers and is promoting the profession on the website "werde-bauigenieur.de". According to the main association, civil engineers play a central role in the design and development of the modern world. They are responsible for the planning and construction of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, rail networks,...

The architecture project "Hive Home - Living in the City of the Future" at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences has received funding of 156,000 euros from the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility. The project focuses on the realization of an ecological living concept that enables comfortable living in a small space. The Tinyhouse was designed by students...

CBRE-empirica's vacancy index recorded a historic decline in vacant apartments in Germany at the end of 2022. The vacancy rate fell by around 53,000 units compared to 2021 to 554,000, which corresponds to 2.5% of the total stock. This decline is the largest in the 22-year history of the index. In 2022, immigration from Ukraine had a strong influence on the...

The Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft (BG BAU) is introducing new regulations and services in 2024. These include the 4th hazard tariff, which reorganizes the calculation of contributions by assigning hazard classes to the tariff points. This change affects companies in the prefabricated house construction and prefabricated part manufacturing sectors, which are assigned to other branches of industry. A new reporting portal will also be introduced...

The GdW Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies points out that a current legal opinion by Prof. Stefan Leupertz sheds light on the possibility of using simpler standards in construction contract law to build more cheaply without compromising the quality of living. According to the GdW, the current strict DIN standards often lead to unnecessarily high construction costs. The report recommends...

Information on construction contract law is provided by the Association of Private Builders (VPB) in a free PDF document. Construction contract law in Germany has undergone a significant reform, which has been effective since 2018. This change represents a significant step in consumer protection, especially for those who invest in the construction or purchase of a property as a layperson. According to VPB, choose...