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Baumeisterarbeit

English translation: building site management

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German term or phrase:Baumeisterarbeit
English translation:building site management
Entered by: Stephen Roche

18:24 Nov 30, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Construction / Civil Engineering / Construction tender
German term or phrase: Baumeisterarbeit
This again is from a tender application and this is one of a list of costs given by the potential developer. Does this mean work by an architect? This is Swiss German btw.
Stephen Roche
Local time: 03:14
Planning, building site management
Explanation:
Der Begriff Baumeister heute in Österreich und der Schweiz [Bearbeiten]In Österreich und der Schweiz handelt es sich bei dem Begriff Baumeister immer noch um eine konkrete Berufbezeichnung. Während Architekten und Bauingenieure nur im planenden und kontrollierenden Bereich tätig sein dürfen, stellt der Baumeister den einzigen universell einsetzbaren Baufachmann dar.
Der Baumeister ist berechtigt:


die unterschiedlichsten Bauwerke zu planen,
das statische Gefüge zu berechnen,
Kosten zu ermitteln,
Bauarbeiten auszuführen, zu leiten und zu kontrollieren.
Er ist weiters zur Projektentwicklung, -leitung und Projektsteuerung, zum Projektmanagement sowie zur Übernahme der Bauführung und im Rahmen seiner Gewerbeberechtigung zur Vertretung seines Auftraggebers vor Behörden und Körperschaften öffentlichen Rechts berechtigt.

This is the definition from Wiki :
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumeister

Since this is a term hovering between "architect and engineer" there is probably no direct English term, so I suggest one of the above. As I am currently involved in renovations with a Baumeister who is managing the work (after it was discussed with an architect) I can assure the term is common in Switzerland, and planning and management is what the Baumeister is doing for me.
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lindaellen (X)
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4 +3Planning, building site management
lindaellen (X)
4Work done by a master builder
David Moore (X)


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Work done by a master builder


Explanation:
I rather doubt he would be very impressed by just being called an "expert" - googles 765,000 times....

David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 955

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Pigall
1 hr
neutral  Kim Metzger: Shades of Ibsen? I don't think you'd find the term used in a tender application these days.
6 hrs
disagree  monbuckland: Sorry, but a Baumeister is NOT a master builder
16 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Planning, building site management


Explanation:
Der Begriff Baumeister heute in Österreich und der Schweiz [Bearbeiten]In Österreich und der Schweiz handelt es sich bei dem Begriff Baumeister immer noch um eine konkrete Berufbezeichnung. Während Architekten und Bauingenieure nur im planenden und kontrollierenden Bereich tätig sein dürfen, stellt der Baumeister den einzigen universell einsetzbaren Baufachmann dar.
Der Baumeister ist berechtigt:


die unterschiedlichsten Bauwerke zu planen,
das statische Gefüge zu berechnen,
Kosten zu ermitteln,
Bauarbeiten auszuführen, zu leiten und zu kontrollieren.
Er ist weiters zur Projektentwicklung, -leitung und Projektsteuerung, zum Projektmanagement sowie zur Übernahme der Bauführung und im Rahmen seiner Gewerbeberechtigung zur Vertretung seines Auftraggebers vor Behörden und Körperschaften öffentlichen Rechts berechtigt.

This is the definition from Wiki :
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumeister

Since this is a term hovering between "architect and engineer" there is probably no direct English term, so I suggest one of the above. As I am currently involved in renovations with a Baumeister who is managing the work (after it was discussed with an architect) I can assure the term is common in Switzerland, and planning and management is what the Baumeister is doing for me.


lindaellen (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): you seem to be on the right track here, esp. with personal experience
2 hrs
agree  Kim Metzger: Or construction project management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_manager http://www.myfuture.edu.au/services/default.asp?FunctionID=5...
5 hrs
agree  monbuckland: Site manager, project manager - it's the person in charge of the construction works. (Who could even be the architect, in a smaller project.)
16 hrs
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