The contractors are still generally punished under the commonly
used contracting mechanisms in Hungary instead of being motivated,
although in Western Europe contractual clauses facilitating the
cooperation of the contractors are already widely applied –
as highlighted in the sector specific summary of KCG Partners Law
Firm.
Although in the last year the construction sector, by reaching
an annual 26.7% increase, has performed well from a quantitative
perspective, the sector specific contractual safety is still below
the EU level. According to the summary of KCG Partners Law Firm,
one of the reasons for this difference is that contract templates
are still commonly applied and several times reapplied in the
sector, and such contracts primarily punish the non-contractual
performance of the contractor instead of motivating good
performance. Since construction investments may typically be
carried out only under the cooperation of several contractors
specialized in
