CONSTRUCTION PAPERS

Construction law blog of CERHA HEMPEL

This is the blog of the Construction Team dealing with construction matters and disputes in Cerha Hempel Dezső and Partners. Our colleagues regularly publish on civil and construction law issues of great interest, which are recurring significant problems for businesses in the construction industry. The materials published here do not constitute legal advices, we can only give them in individual cases. However, our easily understandable analyses can still help you manage risks effectively: avoid avoidable litigation, and prepare for unavoidable lawsuits.

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The paper of András Fenyőházi and Bence Rajkai appeared in the on-line journal of the of the Court of Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bulletin 2025/3.)

The paper analyses the key questions of rights and obligations associated with the physical characteristics of worksites in construction contracts. The English version of the manuscript of the publication of our editors can be downloaded from the link.

Bence Rajkai’s presentation at this year’s ESCL conference: “Risk management in cultural heritage areas”

Bence Rajkai delivered a presentation entitled “Risk Management in Cultural Heritage Areas” at the European Society of Construction Law conference in Naples on 26 September. This year’s conference explored how construction projects interact with their cultural context, which provided an insightful backdrop for the topic.
If you were unable to attend, you can now read the transcript of Mr Rajkai’s presentation and view the accompanying PowerPoint slides here.

Opportunities to realise additional profits in fixed-fee arrangements or value engineering in Hungarian judicial practice

If a contractor successfully achieves the agreed result and quality with less work and at lower cost through technical innovations or some lucky circumstance, the cost saved will increase its own profits and its fixed fee may not be reduced. The approach employed to take advantage of such opportunities is known as “value engineering”.