Health and Safety Precautions

It is among the legal duties of proprietors of real estate to implement health and safety precautions. This means that they are obligated to maintain existing buildings in a structural condition that allows their hazard-free usage. From this result the general responsibilities to examine and monitor all areas of the property. This is also accompanied with liabilities if the proprietor willfully and knowingly or negligently infringes on those responsibilities. Reliable information regarding the current condition as recorded in the building evaluation using the EPIQR process can help to fulfill these legal health and also safety duties.

See also Austrian norm B 1300