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As the building owner, you or the third party commissioned by you must give advance notice to the competent occupational health and safety authority at least 2 weeks before setting up each construction site if

• the expected duration of the work is more than 30 working days and more than 20 employees will be working on the construction site at the same time (i.e. over a period of at least one shift) or
• the scope of your construction work is expected to exceed 500 person-days (whereby one person-day comprises the work of one person over one shift).

Minimum details of the advance notice:

• Location of the construction site,
• Name and address of the client or building owner,
• Type of construction project,
• Name and address of the third party responsible instead of the client,
• name and address of the coordinator,
• expected start and expected duration of the work,
• expected maximum number of employees on the construction site,
• Number of employers and contractors without employees who are expected to work on the construction site,
• details of the employers and contractors without employees already selected.

The conditions are

• Visible posting of the advance notice on the construction site
• Adaptation of the notice in the event of significant changes without resubmission.

Setting up the construction site begins with the essential preparatory work at the site of the construction project that is required immediately before it is carried out, for example

• Installation of social facilities: for example toilets, break rooms or washrooms,
• Installation of supply and disposal facilities,
• delivery of building materials, machinery and equipment.

You must also give advance notice

• on the first day of the construction site at the latest,
• post it visibly and legibly on the construction site, unaffected by external influences and the weather,
• update it in the event of significant changes. It is not necessary to resubmit the notice to the competent health and safety authority.

Significant changes that require an adjustment to the advance notice are, for example

• Clients or commissioned third parties change,
• Coordinator is newly appointed or changes,
• the duration of the construction work is shortened, which means that more work has to be carried out simultaneously or in unplanned shifts
• employees of several employers or subcontractors are working on the construction site at the same time for the first time,

The number of people working on the construction site at the same time or the number of employers or companies without employees increases significantly.

• Advance notice: for example, using the sample form "Advance notice" in Appendix A of the rules for occupational health and safety on construction sites (RAB 10)

There are no costs.

Occupational health and safety authority

• § Section 2 (2) of the Construction Site Ordinance (BaustellV)
• Rules for occupational health and safety on construction sites RAB 10 and 30

You are acting in breach of regulations if you intentionally or negligently fail to provide the responsible health and safety authority with the necessary advance notice, or do not do so correctly, completely or in good time.

Check whether you are required to prepare a health and safety plan (SiGe plan) and a document for subsequent work in addition to the advance notice. Check whether information is required in addition to the advance notice. You can find information on this in the "Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection on Construction Sites"

• Brochure Construction Site Ordinance of the responsible Federal Ministry
• Information from the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
• Addresses and links to the occupational health and safety authorities of the federal states on the website of the Länderausschuss für Arbeitsschutz und Sicherheitstechnik (LASI)
• Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection on Construction Sites on the website Laws on the Internet of the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ)
• Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection on Construction Sites (Construction Site Ordinance - BaustellV) Annex I on the website Laws on the Internet of the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ)

Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)