New insights into the contractual subsoil risk – A view beyond the Austrian horizon

摘要

Abstract Different approaches have emerged in dealing with the subject of subsoil risk over the last 25 years. The complex area of geotechnical engineering has contributed significantly to the problem through the development of new technologies. A contractually correct ”absorption“ of the external conditions has thus become an increasing challenge. This paper describes some of the more recent developments on the subsoil risk, not least in the delimitation to other contractual risks and the contractual arrangement of risk allocation. The topic has also provided for interesting approaches outside Austria, which are also discussed here. The aim is to provide new impulses for dealing with the subsoil risk.