ᐅ General contractor requests construction supervision from DEKRA
Created on: 26 Feb 2017 23:08
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Flauti
Hello,
we are in the process of hiring a general contractor, and during the last discussion, the topic of construction supervision came up. I mentioned that I would prefer this to be handled by TÜV or Bauherren-Schutzbund, but my counterpart suggested why not DEKRA.
When I asked several times why specifically DEKRA, the answer was that their company has a "framework agreement" with DEKRA.
This made me a bit suspicious – isn’t the main purpose of construction supervision to be independent from the construction company? If DEKRA has a framework agreement with the company, wouldn’t that actually be a reason for me to hire TÜV, for example...
Am I being too distrustful? What do you think?
we are in the process of hiring a general contractor, and during the last discussion, the topic of construction supervision came up. I mentioned that I would prefer this to be handled by TÜV or Bauherren-Schutzbund, but my counterpart suggested why not DEKRA.
When I asked several times why specifically DEKRA, the answer was that their company has a "framework agreement" with DEKRA.
This made me a bit suspicious – isn’t the main purpose of construction supervision to be independent from the construction company? If DEKRA has a framework agreement with the company, wouldn’t that actually be a reason for me to hire TÜV, for example...
Am I being too distrustful? What do you think?
Alex85 schrieb:
I agree with that.
Was my post misunderstood?
I wanted to question the purpose of building through an architect. After all, you have the site manager on your side there and are already paying for that.That's correct; basically, the architect already acts as your consultant. However, they usually work with the same companies, so they don't want to risk damaging those relationships.
Whether you need an independent inspector or not also depends on how the contractor handles defects and related issues.
You definitely need an independent inspector for basements, especially when there is already a high groundwater level, and for special installations; and always when something seems suspicious.
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toxicmolotof1 Mar 2017 08:08Even your own architect can make mistakes, and you will be surprised at how unwilling they are to admit their own errors.
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toxicmolotof1 Mar 2017 20:19But an expert for the contractor’s or subcontractors’ expert seems a bit contradictory.
With the general contractor, there are the subcontractors, an architect, a site manager, and a client (+ an expert).
In the case of an architect-led project, there are… surprisingly, exactly the same people (or even fewer, if the architect and the site manager are the same person). So an expert still provides some additional technical oversight there as well.
With the general contractor, there are the subcontractors, an architect, a site manager, and a client (+ an expert).
In the case of an architect-led project, there are… surprisingly, exactly the same people (or even fewer, if the architect and the site manager are the same person). So an expert still provides some additional technical oversight there as well.
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Bieber08151 Mar 2017 20:36There are many general contractors and especially property developers who manage quite well without a visible architect. Of course, the architect is involved for the building permit / planning permission phase, but after that, they rarely appear again and only the construction manager is present on site.
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