Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

General requirements (apply to inspection experts in all fields and disciplines, § 4 PrüfVBau):

Inspection experts can only be persons who

1. have the personality to guarantee that they perform their tasks properly in the sense of § 5 PrüfVBau,
2. have the ability to hold public office,
3. work independently and on their own responsibility
4. have their place of business in the Free State of Bavaria,
5. have a command of written and spoken German.

It should be noted here that testing experts for earthwork and foundation engineering do not have to work independently if they are solely responsible for their work from a technical point of view and are not subject to instructions (§ 25 Para. 2 PrüfVBau).

Special requirements (§ 25 para. 1 PrüfVBau):

Only persons who have

1. have completed a course of study in civil engineering, geotechnics or a course of study specializing in engineering geology at a German university or an equivalent course of study at a foreign university,
2. have been working in the construction industry for at least nine years and have been entrusted with the preparation or assessment of stability certificates in earthwork and foundation engineering for at least three of these years,
3. have in-depth knowledge of earthwork and foundation engineering,
4. are neither themselves, nor their employees or members of an association according to § 4 sentence 2 no. 2 PrüfVBau involved in a company of the construction industry or in a drilling company.

The registration committee shall obtain an expert opinion from an advisory board of the Federal Chamber of Engineers on the existence of requirement No. 3.

Deadlines

Decision within three months after submission of complete documentation; deadline may be extended once by two months.

Required documents

• Curriculum vitae with professional background

• Certificate of good conduct

  Proof of application for a certificate of good conduct for submission to a public authority

• Final and employment certificates (copy)

• Information on branches

• Information on any participation in a company whose purpose is the planning and execution of construction projects.

• Information on ownership and independence

• Evidence of compliance with the specific conditions

  - A list of at least nine years of experience in the construction industry
  - A list of at least three years of experience in earthworks and foundation engineering with regard to the preparation or assessment of stability certificates
  - A list of all subsoil reports prepared within the last two years prior to the submission of the application, of which at least ten must be highlighted, which show that above-average tasks have been performed, of which two must be submitted separately
  - Assurance that there is no participation in a construction company or a drilling company

Forms

• Form, Bavaria-wide: Antrag für die Anerkennung als Prüfsachverständiger für den Erd- und Grundbau

  Please note

  This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Fees

• for members of the Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers: 260 Euro

  for non-members: 468 Euro

Legal bases

• §§ 4 - 6, 25 - 27 Verordnung über die Prüfingenieure, Prüfämter und Prüfsachverständigen im Bauwesen (PrüfVBau)

Remedy

administrative claim

Links to more information

• Bayerische Ingenieurekammer-Bau

Related issues

• Fire protection; application for recognition as a testing expert
• Earthwork and foundation engineering; notification of commencement of activity or application for certification for external testing experts
• Safety-related systems and equipment; application for recognition as a testing expert
• Stability; application for recognition as a testing expert
• Surveying in the building industry; application for recognition as an inspection expert