DIN 276 is a DIN standard used in

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for two main services: * To determine the project

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s * To determine the fee for

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and

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Scope

Only part 1 building construction (last updated 2008–12) and part 4 engineering are valid. "This part of the standard applies to cost planning in building construction, in particular for the determination and organization of costs. It covers the costs of new construction, reconstruction and

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of buildings and related project-related costs; for building construction costs, DIN 18960 applies." With the new edition of DIN 276-1 of December 2008,

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A1 of February 2008 and amendment 1 of February 2007 were incorporated into the standard. The version of April 1981 of DIN 276 is used in the HOAI 1996/2002 for fee determination. The old version is used, because the federal

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did not follow the further development of DIN 276 in the price law for architects and engineers and did not adapt the cost groups in the regulation text of the HOAI 1996. The cost calculations are thus to be set up in two structures: in the most recent for project processing and in the version of 1981 only for fee

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General changes to the new edition 2006

In 2006, changes were made to the title and structure to open the standard beyond building construction to other areas of construction. Compared with DIN 276: 1993–06, the following changes were made: Substantive changes *The principles of costing have been extended to principles of cost planning *For the term "

", principles of application have been formulated *The principles of costing have been redefined with the goal of greater

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*The costing stages have been extended and redrafted with a view to continuous cost

planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. Some researchers regard the evolution of forethought - the cap ...

*For

cost control Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it is ...

principles of application have been formulated Editorial changes *The scope of the standard has been redrafted in line with the changed content *The terms have been changed and supplemented according to the state of the art *The structure of the cost breakdown remains unchanged; the description has been changed editorially *The

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breakdown of costs has been retained as an alternative; Table 2 has been deleted *The presentation of the cost breakdown has been editorially revised according to the state of the art *Annex A has been deleted.

References

* Klaus D. Siemon: ''Baukostenplanung für Architekten.'' 3. Aufl. Vieweg, Wiesbaden 2005, . * Peter J. Fröhlich: ''Hochbaukosten – Flächen – Rauminhalte.'' 16., überarb. und akt. Aufl. Vieweg + Teubner, Wiesbaden 2010, . * Udo Blecken, Willi Hasselmann: ''Kosten im Hochbau, Praxis. Handbuch und Kommentar zur DIN 276.'' Rudolf Müller, 2007, . * Willi Hasselmann, Klaus Liebscher: Normengerechtes Bauen. Kosten, Grundflächen und Rauminhalte von Hochbauten nach DIN 276 und DIN 277. Rudolf Müller, 2007, {{ISBN, 978-3-481-02291-4 276