The year 2022 has turned many things upside down. The corona pandemic continues and the war in Ukraine has had strong implications on all markets. Especially in these times it is important to draw on experience and learn from the big ones. Of course, the unstoppable climate change also has a major impact on the construction industry, so we will also address this topic and deal with it in the proceedings of the 13th Graz Construction Management and Construction Law Seminar.
Leo Grutters, who acts as an arbitrator on one of the largest construction projects in Europe describes his approach to contentious issues on complex construction projects.
Based on this, Simon Wild from Strabag describes his experiences on the HS 2 construction lot in London with the strict requirements for CO2 savings.
Even if Wolfgang Hussian’s title “… because we don’t queue for the bus either” sounds a bit flippant at first, it has a serious ulterior motive. While “queuing” is actively practiced in England, over here, crushing crowds of people form at the bus door. Can one also read from this the ability to behave in a spirit of partnership in construction?
The refurbishment of the Parliament in Vienna went remarkably calmly. Parliament Deputy Director Alexis Wintoniak reports on the conversion of the listed building by Theophil Hansen, which is now equipped with the latest building technology and enables modern parliamentary operations.
Markus Demmler is a construction manager who was jointly responsible for the new construction of U-Bahn AG in Qatar and is now involved as program director at Deutsche Bahn in designing rail-specific infrastructure projects for long-distance, local and freight transport with a volume of around €15 billion. He sheds light on the decision-making process in such large-scale projects.
Detlef Heck will deal with the most amazing curiosities of the construction industry in 2022. Brief insights into the trials and tribulations of the volume clause, the business overheads, but also the naivety of some employees when processing the contract, right up to the topic: “But I can’t do anything for Mr. Putin either!”.
Wolfgang Walcher – former director at Microsoft – describes how he implements the use of machine vision in the construction industry. An impressive result, but still with a limited application potential.
Philipp Hadl from the Granit construction company once again closes the gap on the subject of climate change and procurement.
Public procurement law is repeatedly viewed as a “hinder” and as an insurmountable hurdle for many public clients. In his contribution, Martin Schiefer shows us that this does not have to be the case.
