Authors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Conrad BoleyDipl.-Ing. Hans-Ulrich Möbius

Design and implementation of eco-political accountability in Germany

Germany – basic data

Workshop, Erbil/Iraq, 26. – 30. July 2009

Germany - basic data

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Geography

Political structure

Legislation

Project management

Europe and Germany

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Source: Wikipedia

BerlinCapital:Munich

European Union Germany Bavaria

Capital:

Facts and figures

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European Germany Bavaria IraqUnion

Area km² 4.324.782,0 357.021,0 70.551,6 437.072Population Million 500,0 82,1 12,5 28,9Density p/km² 113,0 230,0 177,2 66,1

Birth rate (births/1.000 popul.)* 10.80 8.18 30.10Death rate (death/1.000 popul.)* 9.70 10.90 5.14

Gross domestic product (GDP)* bill. $ 2.863,0 161,1GDP/capita $/p 34.872 5.576

* The World Factbook

States and districts

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Germany Bavaria

Source: Wikipedia Source: Bavarian Ministry of the Interior

Federal states 16Urban districts 116 Urban districts 71Rural districts 313 Rural districts 25

Gouvernment

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Legislative Power

Executive Power

Federal PresidentHorst Köhler

State ParliamentFederal Diet

Government of Federal States

Federal Cancellor: Dr. Angela Merkel

State Administration

Federal Administration Federal CouncilFederal Government

Legislation

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International law

EU regulations EU directivesLegislative act of the EU which becomes immediately enforcable as law in all member states simultaneously.

Direktives need to be transposed in national law.

Municiple law

OECD, UNO

laws

ordinances

lawsState law

Federal law

EU law

ordinances

Project phases

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Time Budget Quality Information Organisation

Operation

Phases

Initiation

Definition

Design

Contracting

Construction As built drawings, maintenance manuals, warrenty procedures

Feasibility studies, masterplan

Preliminary design, permission design, final design

Products

Ambition level

Tender documents

Project participants

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Information

PublicCustomerLocal authorities

Consulting engineers

Client Project manager

Contract

Coordination

Other stakeholders Contractors

Organigram standard projects

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Client

Project manager

Contractor ALead designer

Subcontractor

Subcontractor

Contractor B

Structural engineer

MEP engineer

Other engineers

Subcontractor

Subcontractor

Offical scale of fees for services by architects and engineers (HOAI, Germany)

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Part I General ProvisionsPart II Services relating to buildings, open-air facilities and room-creating interior worksPart III Supplementary servicesPart IV Expert reports and valuationsPart V Town planning servicesPart VI Rural planning servicesPart VII Services relating to engineering works and transportation facilitiesPart VII a Traffic planning servicesPart VIII Services related to planning loadbearing structuresPart IX Plant and technical outfitting servicesPart X Services relating to thermal budding physicsPart XI Services relating to sound insulation and acousticsPart XII Services relating to soil mechanics, earthworks and foundation engineeringPart XIII Surveying servicesPart XIV Concluding provisions and transitional arrangements

Lead designer

Performance profiles and fees (HOAI)

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Part II Part VIII Part IXLead designer

Part VIILead designer

Fee bands: 5

Fee band V: very difficult

Buildings

Engineering works and transportation facilities

Planning loadbearing structures

Plant and technical outfitting

Others

Fee band I: very easy

Fee calculation (example according to HOAI)

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Small project Medium project Large project

Building shell € 450.000 2.250.000 4.500.000

Interior works € 350.000 1.750.000 3.500.000

Building installations € 200.000 1.000.000 2.000.000Total (without VAT) € 1.000.000 5.000.000 10.000.000

Architect € 89.438 386.896 755.380

Structural engineer € 25.484 90.424 156.320

MEP-engineer €

Mechanical € 19.392 63.215 114.188

Electrical € 19.392 63.215 114.188

Plumbing € 19.392 63.215 114.188Total € 173.098 666.965 1.254.264

Fee band III, medium rate

Contract frameworks

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Germany: German construction contract procedures (VOB)Official Scale for Services by Architects and Engineers (HOAI)

UN, Worldbank: Contract by International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)

UK, Asia: New Engineering Contract (NEC)

VOB – German construction procedures

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VOB contractsVOB: General conditions of contract relating to the execution of building works

Part A: General directions of contract letting for building works (VOB/A)

Contract 1: Specifications (lumpsum contract)Contract 2: Specifications with bill of quantity

Part B: General conditions of contract relating to the execution of building works (VOB/B)

Part C: General technical specifications for building works (VOB/C)

Civil code contracts

Technical specifications

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Eurocodes German standard Technical specificationsEurocode 0 Basic EN 1990Eurocode 1 Actions EN 1991Eurocode 2 Concrete EN 1992Eurocode 3 Steel EN 1993Eurocode 4 Composite steel and

concreteEN 1994

ContractEurocode 5 Timber EN 1995Eurocode 6 Masonry EN 1996Eurocode 7 Geotechnical design EN 1997Eurocode 8 Earthquake

ResistenceEN 1998

Eurocode 9 Aluminium EN 1999

German construction contract procedures, Part C: General technical specifications for building works

Approved by building authorities (see building code)

FIDIC contracts

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Contract < 500,000 $ with engineer without engineer

FIDIC: International Federation of Consulting Engineers, Geneva

FIDIC contracts

Green Book Red Book Yellow Book Silver Book White Book

Consulting contract

Building worksBuilding works and design

(lumpsum)

Building contract

NEC contracts

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Option A: Priced contract with activity scheduleOption B: Priced contract with bill of quantitiesOption C: Target contract with activity scheduleOption D: Target contract with bill of quantitiesOption E: Cost reimbursable contractOption F: Management contract

ICE: Institition of Civil Engineering, UKNEC: New Engineering Contract

Tendering (public sector)

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Threshold values for EU- tendering

Open procedure Restricted procedure Negotiated procedure

Building contracts 5.150.000 € 5.150.000 € 5.150.000 €

Engineering contracts 206.000 € 206.000 € 206.000 €

Open procedure Restricted procedure Negotiated procedure

Announcement

Pre-qualification questionnair

Short list

Invitation to submit tender all applicants shortlisted applicants

Timescale to return tenders 52 days 37 days

EU tender procedures

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