Dialogforum Bau Österreich
The "Dialogforum Bau Österreich – gemeinsam für klare und einfache Bauregeln" (Austria Construction Dialogue – Working together for clear and simple building rules) was set up at the start of 2016 by Austrian Standards and the Construction Agency of the Austrian Economic Chamber.
The initiative is a successful example of deregulation. Instead of offering blanket criticism against building rules, tangible solutions are devised – by specialists who develop building rules and those who use them.
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The goals
Simplify building rules (laws, guidelines, ÖNORM standards)
Reduce costs
Make improvements
Increase planning certainty
Reduce liability risks
Promote innovation
More about Dialogforum Bau Österreich
The Dialogforum Bau Österreich is supported by numerous organisations. They work together to develop building rules which help to make work safe, to save money, to make decisions simpler and to improve the building outcome.
The Dialogforum Bau Österreich is supported by:
- Unfallversicherungsanstalt (AUVA) Central Office
- Office of the Federal Government of Lower Austria
- Architekt Baumeister Dipl.-Ing. Roland POPP
- Federal Monuments Authority
- Federal Monuments Authority Mauerbach Charterhouse
- Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH (BIG)
- Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy
- Fachverband der Bauindustrie
- Fachverband der Stein- und keramischen Industrie
- Gfrerer Isolierwerk GesmbH
- Glanznig Bau GmbH
- H. Ploberger GmbH Flachdächer-Spenglerei
- Höller-Fliesen Inh. Andreas Höller
- Isolierungen Hans Springinsfeld GesmbH Hans-Peter und Karin Springinsfeld
- Kern + Ingenieure ZT GmbH Consulting Engineers for Civil Engineering
- Kovar & Partners GmbH
- Vienna Construction Guild
- Lukas Lang Building Technologies GmbH
- Municipal Department of the City of Vienna Construction and Technology Division
- ÖHGB Österr. Haus- und Grundbesitzerbund
- Österr. Verband gemeinnütziger Bauvereinigungen - Revisionsverband
- Österreichischer Städtebund
- Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering (OIB)
- PRIEBERNIG, WIND + Partner ZT GmbH Architects + Engineers
- Projektbau Planung Projektmanagement Bauleitung GesmbH
- Sachverständigenverband
- SOZIALBAU Gemeinnützige Wohnungs AG
- City of Vienna Building Inspectorate
- Dipl.-Ing. Reinhold Steinmaurer
- Swietelsky AG
- TU Wien Institute of Materials Science and Technology
- TU Wien Institute of Building and Industrial Construction
- Ute Reinprecht
- Verband der Baustoffhändler Österreichs (VBÖ)
- Werner Linhart GmbH
- Austrian Economic Chamber
- Austrian Economic Chamber / Legal Policy Department
- Austrian Economic Chamber / Ancillary Construction Trade Federal Guild Group
- Austrian Economic Chamber / Federal Construction Guild
- Zentralverband Haus und Eigentum
The Dialogforum Bau Österreich works on simplifying building rules in five areas.
1 Changing standards
Aim: Implement suggestions and critical reflection
Lead: Austrian Standards
2 Further developing standardisation
Aim: Systematic and sustainable improvements
Lead: Austrian Standards
3 Solving the problem of parallel standards
Aim: Horizontal harmonisation
Lead: OIB – Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering
4 Review and amendment of construction-relevant regulations
Aim: Engagement of the federal government and provincial governments; review at a parliamentary level
Lead: GS Bau, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Ancillary Construction Trade Federal Guild
5 Liability regulations
Aim: Adapt the legal situation
Lead: GS Bau, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Ancillary Construction Trade Federal Guild; Stone and Ceramics Association
Annual Conference for Construction 2023 | 29 November 2023
The conference demonstrates that the building sector needs sustainable solutions more than ever
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5th 'Baustammtisch' Meeting | 11 May 2023
How can building shells withstand climate change?
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5th Annual Conference for Construction Law and Construction Standards | 29 November 2022
Opportunities offered by sustainability and digitalisation
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4th 'Baustammtisch' Meeting | 10 May 2022
Catering for everyone: can we achieve this through accessible construction?
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3rd 'Baustammtisch' Meeting | 4 May 2022
Demolition or renovation – what is really more sustainable?
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4th Annual Conference for Construction Law and Construction Standards | 24 November 2021
Greening of the construction sector is feasible
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2nd 'Baustammtisch' Meeting| 6 October 2021
Sustainable construction requires know-how and true-cost pricing
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1st 'Baustammtisch' Conference | 7 April 2021
En route to the BIM library: ensuring that BIM doesn't become a Tower of Babel
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3rd Annual Conference for Construction Law and Construction | 24 November 2020
Entering a new age – how external influences are affecting the building trade
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2nd Annual Conference for Construction Law and Construction | 5 December 2019
Solutions for the problem of building costs, questions of liability and the application of building rules
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- "Handlungsbedarf zur Erhöhung der Rechtssicherheit im Bauwesen" report (PDF – 0.5 MB)
- Position paper from the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKO) for increasing legal certainty in construction (PDF – 0.3 MB)
- Founding of the Committee for Building Regulations on 20 September 2018
- Presentation of solutions and areas of action on 16 May 2017
- Launch event on 19 January 2016
We look forward to your input
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