Requirements for engineers in the tendering and construction supervision phases

Laying of impermeable, durable sewers using concrete and reinforced concrete pipes and manholes

Photo: Güteschutz Kanalbau

→ 1 Under a contract for work, the contractor owes the production of a work to the client/ordering party, i.e. the achievement of the agreed project outcome

Photo: Güteschutz Kanalbau

→ 2 The comprehensive range of information materials published by the Gütegemeinschaft Kanalbau includes guidelines for internal quality control, the Quality and Test Regulations and the brochure on the technical rules for sewer construction.

Photo: Güteschutz Kanalbau

Specific knowledge and expertise is required for the new construction of drains and sewers, which applies to both clients and construction supervisors and civil engineering contractors. It is undisputed that any sewer construction project will succeed only if the parties involved in the project possess the required technical expertise. It is thus in the interest of all stakeholders that drains and sewers be designed and built by experienced, reliable specialists. For it is not only the skills and workmanship demonstrated on the job site but also the work in the design, tendering and...