Architectural and Engineering Law

Construction and Insurance Law

Cyclist and organic farmer

Dr. Georg Seebacher

  • University of Graz (Mag. iur., Dr. iur.)
  • Styria Chamber of Lawyers, 1995
  • Continuous lecturing activity throughout Austria

“I have always been fascinated by the creative possibilities that exist in handball as well as in the independent profession of a lawyer. I enjoy solving problems with the right tactics and focused creativity – it is both my pleasure and my ambition.”

GEORG SEEBACHER / ANNA GAICH
THE ENGINEER’S REPORT ACCORDING TO THE GUIDE OF OIB-GUIDELINE 1
BAU AKTUELL 05/2023, P. 116-123

GEORG SEEBACHER / GEORG JEREMIAS
LIABILITY SCENARIOS FROM THE WORK OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
BAU AKTUELL 10/2022, 196-198

GEORG SEEBACHER / LUKAS ANDRIEU / THOMAS SCHWAB
BIM-MANUAL 2022
MANZ, TU GRAZ, BUNDESKAMMER DER ZIVILTECHNIKER:INNEN, BUNDESINNUNG BAU, FACHVERBAND INGENIEURBÜROS 2022

GEORG SEEBACHER / SIMON TUCEK
Additional cost claims by planners and civil engineers
BAU AKTUELL 2022, 58

GEORG SEEBACHER / PAUL WIESELMANN
THE JUDICIAL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AS A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT? WAY OUT OF THE INTEREST TRAP § 456 UGB THROUGH A DEFENSIBLE LEGAL OPINION
BAU AKTUELL 11/2021, p. 243-246

GEORG SEEBACHER / SIMON TUCEK
POSTULATE OF A COMPULSORY LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
BAU AKTUELL 2021,11

GEORG SEEBACHER / LUKAS ANDRIEU
THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CONTRACT ACCORDING TO § 1170b OF THE GENERAL CIVIL CODE (RIGHT OF THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE SECURITY) USING THE EXAMPLE OF DEFECT RECTIFICATION ACCORDING TO AUSTRIAN STANDARD B 2110
BAU AKTUELL 05/2020

GEORG SEEBACHER / LUKAS ANDRIEU / ALEXANDER PAINSI
EN GARDE! ÖBA FOR THE DEFENCE!
SIMULTANEOUSLY A REPLICATION TO THE REMARK OF KARASEK IN BAUAKTUELL 2020/1
BAU AKTUELL 03/2020, p. 75-78.

LUKAS ANDRIEU / GEORG SEEBACHER / ALEXANDER PAINSI
IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS 
REPORT – BAU 03/2020

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE OF THE CLIENT FOR (PLANNING) MISTAKES MADE BY HIS ARCHITECTS IN THE FACE OF RECENT JURISPRUDENCE
FESTSCHRIFT GEORG KARASEK, MANZ-VERLAG 2018, 783-797

GEORG SEEBACHER
ADDITIONAL COST CLAIMS IN CONSTRUCTION – SPLITTING INTO TWO CAMPS?
REPORT (+) PLUS: BAU- UND IMMOBILIEN REPORT 2018, 62

GEORG SEEBACHER / LUKAS ANDRIEU / JAKUB BOJKOVSKY
CHANGES IN PUBLIC CONTRACTS DURING THEIR TERM – THE TREATMENT OF SUBSEQUENT CHANGES IN PERFORMANCE UNDER PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW
FESTSCHRIFT 50 JAHRE INSTITUT FÜR BAUBETRIEB UND BAUWIRTSCHAFT DER TU GRAZ,  (MANZ WIEN), p. 667 – 684

MARKUS FRÜHWIRTH / GEORG SEEBACHER
THE NECESSARY CLAIM SPECIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL COST CLAIMS FROM A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL POINT OF VIEW
BAU AKTUELL 5/2017, 190-198; LINDE VERLAG

ALEXANDER PAINSI / LUKAS ANDRIEU / GEORG SEEBACHER
JUDICIAL TENDENCY CREATES LIABILITY RISKS: RECOURSE OF THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR AGAINST THE LOCAL BUILDING SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY AND ITS DEFENCE
BAURECHTLICHE BLÄTTER 2016; 19, 173-179 

GEORG SEEBACHER / HEINRICH LACKNER
„EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OBLIGATED“ – LIABILITY RISKS IN THE PROVISION OF ENGINEERING SERVICES
WINGBUSINESS 4/2015, 18-20

GEORG SEEBACHER
CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT BORDERS VERSUS UNLIMITED CONSTRUCTION? THE LIABILITY OF THE SURVEYOR AND OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES IN THEIR CAPACITY AS EXPERTS.
ÖSTERREICHISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR VERMESSUNG UND GEOINFORMATION 1/2015, 76

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE ÖNORM B 2110 AS „LIABILITY TRAP“ IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (PART II)
SACHVERSTÄNDIGE, HEFT 3/2013, 150 FF

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE ÖNORM B 2110 AS „LIABILITY TRAP“ IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (PART I)
SACHVERSTÄNDIGE, HEFT 2/2013, 66 FF

GEORG SEEBACHER / LUKAS ANDRIEU
THE RECOURSE TO THE LOCAL BUILDING INSPECTORATE AS JOINT AND SEVERAL DEBTOR – A LEGAL-DOGMATIC CONSIDERATION
BBL, ISSUE 3, 06/2012, 109 FF

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE PLANNER’S LIABILITY FOR THE DRAFTING OF CONTRACTS IN THE AWARDING OF CONTRACTS
TAGUNGSBAND 4. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAURECHTSEMINAR 2011, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER / CHRISTIAN WOLF
THE JUDICATURE ON BUILDING INSURANCES
BAU AKTUELL 2011, 6; LINDE VERLAG

GEORG SEEBACHER
ARCHITECTURES LIABILITY: CREATION OF CONTRACT CONDITIONS IN THE INVITATION TO TENDER
BAU AKTUELL 2010, 146; LINDE VERLAG

GEORG SEEBACHER
LIMITATION OF THE WORK WAGE CLAIM ACCORDING TO THE ÖNORM B 2110 IN THE CASE OF OFFSETTING BY THE CLIENT
BAU AKTUELL 2010, 24; LINDE VERLAG

GEORG SEEBACHER
ADDITIONAL COST CLAIMS AND DAMAGES – „STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT“.
TAGUNGSBAND 3. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAURECHTSEMINAR 2010, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY – RELEASE FROM LIABILITY DESPITE BREACH OF DUTY?
FESTSCHRIFT 1969 BIS 2009 – 40 JAHRE INSTITUT FÜR BAUBETRIEB UND BAUWIRTSCHAFT, VERLAG TU GRAZ, 2009

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE CONSTRUCTOR’S LIABILITY FOR ÖBA’S INSTRUCTIONS – THE CONSTRUCTOR’S “OBLIGATION TO COORDINATE”? 
TAGUNGSBAND 7. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAUWIRTSCHAFTSSYMPOSIUM 2009, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER
LIABILITY FOR LETHAL STATIC ERROR?  
KONSTRUKTIV, ZEITSCHRIFT DER BUNDESKAMMER DER ARCHITEKTEN UND INGENIEURKONSULENTEN
05 resp. 06/2009

GEORG SEEBACHER
REMUNERATION AND DAMAGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT – THE CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION LAW
TAGUNGSBAND 2. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAURECHTSEMINAR 2009, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER
LEGAL BARRIERS TO CLAIM MANAGEMENT DUE TO THE
DEADLINE REGULATIONS OF THE ÖNORM B 2110
BBL 2008, 102

GEORG SEEBACHER
SPORTS-SPECIFIC RISK USING THE EXAMPLE OF INDOOR HANDBALL, SPORT AS WORK
SCHRIFTEN ZUM SPORTRECHT, BAND 5, VERLAG ÖSTERREICH 2008

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION COURT: EXPECTATIONS, REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
TAGUNGSBAND 1. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAURECHTSSEMINAR 2008, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER
EXPERIENCES AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ARGE – CIVIL PROCESS
VORTRAGSREIHE OLG GRAZ ARGE – ZIVILPROZESS 2007

GEORG SEEBACHER
OFFICIAL LIABILITY TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION APPLICANT DESPITE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT?
BBL 2006, 89

GEORG SEEBACHER
THE INSURER’S RIGHT TO LITIGATE IN THE EVENT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DISPUTE AND THE COSTS OF THE SECONDARY INTERVENTION
VERSICHERUNGSRUNDSCHAU 2006, 23

GEORG SEEBACHER
LATEST OGH CASE LAW: „THE COMPLETE EXCLUSION OF SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS CONSTITUTES AN IMMORAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CLAUSE“.
BBL 2005, 22

GEORG SEEBACHER
NO CONSUMER CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PART-TIME FARMER
WITH SUBORDINATE ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
VERSICHERUNGSRUNDSCHAU 2005, 104

GEORG SEEBACHER
COMMENT TO THE AHVB/EHVB 2005, CO-AUTHOR
VERSICHERUNGSVERBAND 2005

GEORG SEEBACHER
INDIVIDUAL BUT JOINT CONTRACT DESIGN TO AVOID CONFLICTS
TAGUNGSBAND 3. GRAZER BAUBETRIEBS- UND BAUWIRTSCHAFTSSYMPOSIUM 2005, VERLAG TU GRAZ

GEORG SEEBACHER
AN EXPENSIVE GAP IN COVER DUE TO THE „FLOOD CLAUSE“
VERSICHERUNGSRUNDSCHAU 2004, 42

GEORG SEEBACHER
ON THE ALLEGED COORDINATION OBLIGATION OF THE CONSTRUCTOR
BBL 2001, 217

GEORG SEEBACHER
LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE „YEAR 2000 PROBLEM“ AT IT
DATAGRAPH 1998 H 3, 6

GEORG SEEBACHER
QUESTIONS OF LIABILITY FOR BODILY INJURY IN SPORT
LEYKAM VERLAG 1997

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12, 2023

Juve Ranking Conflict Resolution 2023

In the December issue of JUVE, ScherbaumSeebacher was...

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08, 2023

JUVE Real Estate Business and Construction Law Ranking 2023

We are proud that ScherbaumSeebacher is represented twice...

16

06, 2023

Article: Building in Existing Contexts

Partner Dr. Georg Seebacher and attorney Mag. Anna...

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12, 2022

Bau aktuell: Loss of defense coverage in case of inadequate fulfillment of local construction supervision

In larger construction projects, appointing a local construction...

27

10, 2022

ScherbaumSeebacher hosts the Civil Engineers Forum

On the 20th of october 2022, the Civil...

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10, 2022

JUVE Ranking 2022: Trainees vote ScherbaumSeebacher as best training law firm

In this year's JUVE associate survey, ScherbaumSeebacher was...

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10, 2022

TREND - “Legal professionals for real estate"

In the current article of TREND focusing on...

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07, 2022

BIM manual

On June 30, 2022, the new BIM manual...

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05, 2022

Trend lawyer ranking: ScherbaumSeebacher is once again one of the best law firms in Austria

Also this year, ScherbaumSeebacher Attorneys at Law was...

13

04, 2022

bau aktuell: "Additional cost claims by planners and civil engineers"

In their article in the current issue of...

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04, 2022

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11, 2021

Settlement Day - Fees and Disputes

On October 21, 2021, after a year's break...

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04, 2021

Trend Lawyer Ranking 2021: ScherbaumSeebacher remains at the top

In the annual Trend lawyer ranking, ScherbaumSeebacher is...

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03, 2021

Chambers Europe 2021: ScherbaumSeebacher continues on its successful path

ScherbaumSeebacher Rechtsanwälte is once again one of the...

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02, 2021

JUVE: ScherbaumSeebacher Rechtsanwälte once again among the best law firms in Styria

ScherbaumSeebacher has been included in the JUVE ranking...

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04, 2020

bau aktuell: "En garde! Local construction supervision to the defense!"

Cases of building damage have been enriched by...

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03, 2020

Chambers Europe 2020: Once again excellent results for ScherbaumSeebacher

ScherbaumSeebacher is, once again, one of the best...

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01, 2020

Die Presse: "Civil engineers are facing liability trap"

In their op-ed for Austrian newspaper "Die Presse"...

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10, 2019

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04, 2018

Dr. Georg Seebacher has been recognised for his expertise in the field of construction law. – Chambers Europe 2024 Real Estate: Construction

About Dr. Georg Seebacher: “one of the strongest construction lawyers with handshake quality and outstanding expertise” – JUVE 2021 Real Estate and Construction Law

“The firm has long been one of the market leaders in Styria”; Often recommended: Georg Seebacher – JUVE 2021 Styria

Real Estate: Construction Georg Seebacher – Chambers Europe 2020

Real Estate: Construction Georg Seebacher – Chambers Europe 2021

Dr. Georg Seebacher

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