Work contract with general contractor - questions about the offer

You are basically willing to do that – so how is the question to be understood: whether DEKRA is regarded as suitable?

Exactly. I just wonder whether there might possibly be "quasi-dependencies" if the contractor commissions DEKRA very frequently.

If the expert generally documents the quality of the execution, I would see the risk of bias as low – but if he only documents defects, everything not classified as such does not appear.

That would probably also have to be negotiated and agreed upon. The whole thing is called four-phase monitoring.

How do you see something like this?

Good question, difficult question. I would pay the 4000 euros as compensation for pain and suffering if I wanted to build with this general contractor. And then I would hire my own expert to supervise the construction and advise me. Or I would find a general contractor who does not necessarily offer a 4-phase model.

Good question, tough question. I would pay the 4000 euros as compensation for pain and suffering if I wanted to build with this general contractor. And I would then hire my own expert who monitors the construction and advises me. Or I would find a general contractor who offers without a necessarily linked 4-phase model.

So in other words, "joint commissioning" is not an option for you. I actually see it the same way. I also want to feel that someone is working for me.

I also want to have the feeling that someone is working for me.

An expert does not need to be partial – it is enough if he does his job properly. That’s why I say it depends on the assignment: if he is supposed to document everything, I see no "danger" – but only if he is also supposed to decide what he actually documents. If, at the other extreme, he is only supposed to prevent defects, then of course he has to be partial, and then for the client. I think the construction consultant can quite well compile where the potentially critical points are in this project. And one then states that their execution must be correspondingly tight or meticulously monitored. The less "leeway" the expert has, the less relevant it becomes which party he has known longer.

The building surveyor is now out after some back and forth.

We signed the contract yesterday.