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Send advance notice of a construction site

Service description
If you are the owner of a construction site or have been given responsibility for a construction site, you must, under certain conditions, send an advance notice to the relevant health and safety authority at least 2 weeks before the construction site is set up. You must submit an advance notice 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 working shift) or
- the scope of your construction work is expected to exceed 500 person-days (one person-day being the labour input of one person over one shift).
Setting up the construction site begins with the essential preparatory work at the site of the construction project that is required immediately prior to its realisation. This includes, for example
- Construction 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 post the advance notice on the construction site on the first day of the construction site at the latest. Please note that
- the advance notice is clearly visible,
- the advance notice remains legible and unaffected by external influences and weather conditions,
- the advance notice is updated if there are significant changes. It is not necessary to resubmit the notification to the competent labour protection authority.
Significant changes that require an adjustment to the advance notice are, for example
- Change building owners or authorised third parties,
- Coordinator is newly appointed or changes,
- The duration of 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.
Who should I contact?
Contact the State Office for Consumer Protection.
Which documents are required?
- Advance notice with the following minimum information:
  - Location of the construction site,
  - Name and address of the client,
  - Type of construction project,
  - Name and address of the third party responsible instead of the client,
  - Name and address of the coordinator,
  - Estimated start and 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 employers and entrepreneurs without employees who have already been selected.
  - Further information required from your point of view
What deadlines do I have to observe?
Transmission of the advance notice: no later than 2 weeks before the construction site is set up.

Transmission of the advance notice: no later than 2 weeks before the construction site is set up

Application deadline: 2 weeks
Legal basis
What else should I know?
You are committing an offence if you intentionally or negligently fail to provide the competent health and safety authority with the necessary advance notice, or do not do so correctly, completely or in good time.
Further information
- Information from the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Short text
- Building owners or authorised third parties are obliged to provide advance notice of a construction site under certain conditions
- Advance notice must be sent to the competent labour protection authority
- Transmission deadline: no later than 2 weeks before the construction site is set up
- Setting up a construction site begins with essential preparatory work at the site of the construction project that is required prior to its realisation:
  - Construction of social facilities such as toilets, break rooms and washrooms
  - Installation of supply and disposal facilities
  - Delivery of building materials, machines, equipment
- Conditions:
  - Visible posting of the advance notice on the construction site, at the latest on the 1st day of the construction site
  - Adaptation of the notice in the event of significant changes without resubmission
- Significant changes can be, for example
  - Building owners or authorised third parties change
  - Coordinator is newly appointed or changes
  - Duration of construction work is shortened and simultaneous or unplanned shift work becomes necessary
  - Employees of several employers or subcontractors working on the construction site at the same time for the first time
  - Number of employees, employers or companies without employees working on the construction site at the same time increases significantly
Typing
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Applications / Forms
- Advance notice in accordance with Section 2 of the Ordinance on Safety and Health Protection on Construction Sites (Construction Site Ordinance - BaustellV)

Responsible departments

Salzlandkreis - 43 Building regulations department