System groups, cost group 400 and fee under § 56.
Building services under § 55 HOAI (the German fee scale for architects and engineers): eight system groups, cost groups 410 to 480, fee zones I to III. Structify calculates per system group and keeps the site in the same project.
Five places where time is lost today.
Site documentation
TodayPlant room and shafts noted on the notepad, transferred to a Word document in the evening.
With StructifyYou dictate the site inspection on site, even without signal. Structify recognizes defects, tasks, rooms and trades and turns them into a structured report as a PDF; every suggestion stays labeled and correctable.
Go to module: Site inspectionTask management
TodayCoordination with heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical by shout across the office and by phone.
With StructifyEvery task is a ticket with responsibility, deadline and status, pinned on the drawing if you wish. You invite external parties to the ticket via a guest link; they take no user seat.
Go to module: Defect managementScheduling
TodayInstallation dates per trade in MS Project or in an Excel sheet, detached from the shell construction.
With StructifyThe construction schedule shows activities per trade with the critical path, tickets carry deadlines in calendar and bar chart, and the dashboard lists the deadlines of the next 14 days, in the same project as defects and reports.
Go to module: See StructifyCost control
TodayHours per system group in Excel, fee status in Word, coverage only at the end of the project.
With StructifyCost states under DIN 276 from the cost estimate (service phase 2) to the production costs (service phase 8), hours worked per service phase against the target fee with coverage ratio and traffic light, plus an early warning per project.
Go to module: See StructifyInvoices
TodayInterim invoices per system group calculated in Excel and set in Word.
With StructifyInterim and final invoices come out of the project: fee per service phase by the percentage delivered, deduction of earlier interim payments, ancillary costs as a flat rate or itemized, output as a PDF.
Go to module: HOAI fees
Service profile, phases, cost groups.
Structify for building services engineers is the same software as for everyone who plans and builds, seen from the service profile building services (§ 55 HOAI, fee table § 56): fee per system group 1 to 8 with the assigned cost groups 410 to 480 under DIN 276, fee zones I to III, service phases 1 to 9, plus site inspection, tickets, construction schedule, cost control and invoices in the same project.
- Service profile
- Building services (§ 55 HOAI, fee table § 56, fee zones I to III), calculated per system group 1 to 8.
- Service phases
- Service phases 1 to 9 with the percentages of building services, where construction supervision weighs 35 percent. Structify calculates each system group with its own chargeable costs and fee zone and consolidates the invoice.
- Cost groups under DIN 276
- Cost group 400 (building, technical systems) under DIN 276: system group 1 with cost groups 410 and 420, system groups 2 and 3 with 430, 4 with 440, 5 with 450, 6 with 460, 7 with 470 and 8 with 480.
- HOAI fees Interpolated per system group under Section 13, consolidated in interim and final invoice.
- Tendering & award (AVA) Bills of quantities per trade, GAEB exchange and bid comparison.
- Defect management Defects per trade as tickets with deadline, photo and location.
One project, three sentences.
A building services practice plans heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical for a care home, four system groups, fee zone II. Structify calculates each system group from cost groups 410 to 440 under Section 13 and spreads the fee across service phases 1 to 8. The inspection of the plant room is dictated, defects go as tickets to the installation firms, and the interim invoice consolidates all system groups.
Sample, not a customer project.
Building services engineers: briefly answered.
Yes. Each system group 1 to 8 gets its own chargeable costs, fee zone and fee rate; Structify interpolates per group under Section 13 and consolidates the invoice.
Three: fee zones I to III under § 56 HOAI. The fee table in Structify knows exactly these three zones.
Under DIN 276 and § 56 HOAI: system group 1 with 410 and 420, system groups 2 and 3 with 430, 4 with 440, 5 with 450, 6 with 460, 7 with 470, 8 with 480. Custom labels remain possible.
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