Real estate management
Anti-slip products for your buildings
According to art. 58, par. 1, of the Code of Obligations (CO), the owner of a building or any other work is liable for damage caused by construction defects or lack of maintenance. This is a so-called causal liability, because the owner is responsible for the damage caused by his defective work even if no fault is attributable to him.
About work we mean a stable, artificial real estate object (created by man) and attached directly or indirectly to the ground (e.g. road, building, common spaces, stairs, ski slope, playground equipment, swimming pools, etc …).
Accidents due to construction defects
A work is defective when it does not offer sufficient security for the use for which it is intended. However, the owner of the work has the right to expect that users make appropriate use of it and observe a minimum of caution. Depending on the concrete circumstances of the specific case, icy access to a house, the absence of road signs or the insufficient marking of stair steps in the vestibule of the toilets of a hotel may be considered as a lack of work.
If it is a construction defect, the owner is liable for the damage caused regardless of whether he knew of its existence or not. On the contrary, if it concerns a lack of maintenance, the owner's liability depends primarily on the checks that can be reasonably required of him and on the possibilities of remedying the defects in the work over time. arrangement. *
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Have a professional analyze the slip resistance of your flooring to ensure proper compliance.