New construction equipment list BGL 2020 published
01.12.2020
Today, the standard work on charging for construction equipment is published in a new edition for the first time in Germany and Austria.
As early as the 1950s, German and Austrian construction industry associations independently developed industry standards as a basis for the internal and inter-company invoicing of construction machinery and equipment. In addition to the allocation of equipment costs, e.g. between equipment management and the construction site or between consortia and their partner companies, the list of construction equipment serves, among other things, as a basis for equipment planning, as an aid for the assessment of equipment and machine costs (e.g. in investment planning or profitability comparisons) or as a point of reference for evaluation in insurance cases.
Most recently, the BGL 2015 in Germany and the ÖBGL 2015 in Austria have been published with almost identical content and structure. The standardization took into account the cross-border activities of companies in both countries. Today, a uniform version (BGL 2020) is being published for the first time, which was jointly developed by more than 60 experts from the German construction industry and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber's Construction Office.
In terms of content, it reflects technical progress and the requirements of construction practice - such as digitization and new drive systems - compared to 2015. The structural elements: equipment group, equipment subgroup, type of equipment as well as technical parameter(s) and manufacturer-independent mean new values remain basic structural components of the BGL 2020.
As with the previous version, the BGL 2020 will be available as a hardcover book, via an online platform and exclusively for construction companies as a structured file for transfer into operational ERP or calculation systems.
In the further developed online version (www.bgl-online.info), the data stock will be continuously updated as necessary by adding new equipment and devices. The new online BGL also offers extended functionalities for individual device configurations as well as for interpolation and time value calculation.
(Press release German Construction Industry Association, 1.12.2020)
The online version of the BGL 2015 can still be accessed via archiv2015.bgl-online.info. The archive version of the BGL 2007 can also still be reached temporarily at archiv2007.bgl-online.info.
Please pay particular attention to the notes on the producer price index in the basic information when working with the current data.