{"id":15222,"date":"2020-07-22T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T08:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-always-trouble-with-the-gaeb-file-10\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:21:21","slug":"10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-always-trouble-with-the-gaeb-file-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/10-mistakes-in-construction-contracts-and-how-to-avoid-them-always-trouble-with-the-gaeb-file-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10 mis\u00adtakes in con\u00adstruc\u00adtion con\u00adtracts (and how to avoid them) \u2014 Always trou\u00adble with the GAEB file (10)*."},"content":{"rendered":"

It is true: clients do not only accept the GAEB file. Often, they even demand it. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, the fol\u00adlow\u00ading applies: Cau\u00adtion! <\/p>\n

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What does the client real\u00adly require?<\/h4>\n

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Some clients spec\u00adi\u00adfy that a GAEB file must be com\u00adplet\u00aded and sub\u00admit\u00adted. Oth\u00aders make it option\u00adal, but explic\u00adit\u00adly mark it as a pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. Still oth\u00aders seem to have nev\u00ader heard the term \u201cGAEB\u201d (hap\u00adpens!). Of those that require or even allow a GAEB file, some also want a com\u00adplet\u00aded PDF. Still oth\u00aders are sat\u00adis\u00adfied with the GAEB file or a PDF. In short, it\u2019s a mud\u00addle! All you can do: read care\u00adful\u00adly and, if nec\u00ades\u00adsary, ask what is want\u00aded. <\/p>\n

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The trou\u00adble with the ver\u00adsion<\/h4>\n

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You know the drill. Dif\u00adfer\u00adent gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of GAEB files have dif\u00adfer\u00adent exten\u00adsions. Not all of them are com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adble with every pro\u00adgram. If you fill the bill of quan\u00adti\u00adties with an out\u00addat\u00aded pro\u00adgram, you will quick\u00adly end up with com\u00adplete chaos. And chaos is usu\u00adal\u00adly at the expense of the bid\u00adder. It is there\u00adfore not enough to deter\u00admine exact\u00adly which GAEB file must be sub\u00admit\u00adted. You should also pay close atten\u00adtion to the exten\u00adsion of the ver\u00adsion pro\u00advid\u00aded by the client. And whether you can edit these files clean\u00adly with your own soft\u00adware. <\/p>\n

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And if it goes wrong?<\/h4>\n

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If it goes wrong, there is often already no read\u00adable offer at the open\u00ading date. The client either can\u00adnot read out a GAEB file, or he could, but believes he does not have to because he has made a dif\u00adfer\u00adent sub\u00admis\u00adsion spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. Or, quite dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly, he has only request\u00aded GAEB files and refus\u00ades to read out the PDF, although exact\u00adly this would be easy for him (who can\u2019t read a PDF?). All this is very annoy\u00ading for the bid\u00adder. Because the bid\u00adder must now reck\u00adon with the exclu\u00adsion of the offer. One of the excit\u00ading legal ques\u00adtions in this con\u00adtext is whether the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion \u201cGAEB\u201d, \u201cPDF\u201d, \u201cOne of both\u201d or \u201cBoth\u201d is a real form spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion, the vio\u00adla\u00adtion of which could jus\u00adti\u00adfy the exclu\u00adsion of the bid. In any case, you should defend your\u00adself. Some\u00adtimes it\u2019s not so clear what the con\u00adtract\u00ading offi\u00adcer has asked for. Feel free to call, use legal help here. <\/p>\n

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*This legal tip is not a sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for legal advice in indi\u00advid\u00adual cas\u00ades. By its very nature, it is incom\u00adplete, nor is it spe\u00adcif\u00adic to your case, and it also rep\u00adre\u00adsents a snap\u00adshot in time, as legal prin\u00adci\u00adples and case law change over time. It can\u00adnot and does not cov\u00ader all con\u00adceiv\u00adable con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtions, serves enter\u00adtain\u00adment and ini\u00adtial ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion pur\u00adpos\u00ades and is intend\u00aded to moti\u00advate you to clar\u00adi\u00adfy legal issues at an ear\u00adly stage, but not to dis\u00adcour\u00adage you from doing so. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is true: clients do not only accept the GAEB file. Often, they even demand it. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, the fol\u00adlow\u00ading applies: Cau\u00adtion! What does the client real\u00adly require? Some clients spec\u00adi\u00adfy that a GAEB file must be com\u00adplet\u00aded and sub\u00admit\u00adted. Oth\u00aders make it option\u00adal, but explic\u00adit\u00adly mark it as a pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. Still oth\u00aders seem to have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"team_kategorien":[],"lexikon_kategorie":[],"class_list":["post-15222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15223,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15222\/revisions\/15223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15222"},{"taxonomy":"team_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_kategorien?post=15222"},{"taxonomy":"lexikon_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon_kategorie?post=15222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}