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BaurechtGPT or Piloti for Austrian building law?

Piloti is built for Austrian building law: the state building code from RIS, the OIB guidelines, your drawings and documents, every answer with a checked citation. BaurechtGPT is a chatbot by Forum Verlag Herkert GmbH, a specialist publisher from Germany, and answers from German law.

This means BaurechtGPT (gpt.forum-verlag.com) by Forum Verlag Herkert GmbH, Germany. Details as stated by Forum Verlag on gpt.forum-verlag.com and in the Forum Verlag shop.

In short

For Austrian building law, Piloti is the better choice: it works with the nine state building codes from RIS and the OIB guidelines, reads your drawings and backs every answer with a checked citation. According to Forum Verlag, BaurechtGPT rests on German law.

Try it with a real questionChecked: September 2026

Where Piloti is ahead

  • Austrian state law from RIS and the OIB guidelines, cited the way an official decision cites them.
  • The edition that applies: Piloti names the OIB edition that is binding in your project’s state.
  • Your drawings and documents: the office archive and project documents are sources, plan and section are read as images.
  • More than answers: submission check, in-depth research with a report, file notes sent for approval.
  • Teamwork: projects with tasks, versions, approval and a memory of what is settled and what is open.

What BaurechtGPT is good for

  • Questions on German building law, answered from a database curated by a publisher’s legal experts.
  • German construction contract law, warranty and liability under BGB and VOB.

In detail

In detail
PilotiBaurechtGPT
Legal basisThe nine state building codes and further state law from RIS, OIB guidelines, register of standards, federal lawAccording to Forum Verlag BauGB, BGB, VOB and the state building codes; Austria and the OIB guidelines not named as a basis
DataLegal text and guideline, plus your office archive, the project documents and web research with linked sourcesAccording to Forum Verlag a “database curated by legal experts”, updated continuously; the model builds on GPT-4
EvidenceCitation down to section or clause, checked against the source text before it is shown“The answers are referenced and automatically include the sources used.”
Own documentsOffice archive and project documents as sources; drawings are looked at as imagesNot mentioned on the pages we read
TeamworkProjects with tasks, versions, approval and project memoryMulti-user, with built-in user management
Tasks & reportsSubmission check, in-depth research with a report as PDF or Word, file notes sent for approvalNot mentioned on the pages we read

BaurechtGPT details as stated by Forum Verlag on gpt.forum-verlag.com/baurecht and shop.forum-verlag.com, read in September 2026. If something has changed, write to us and we will correct it.

The name says “building law”, but it means German law

Anyone in Austria searching for “BaurechtGPT” may well expect a tool for their own building law. According to Forum Verlag, though, the answers rest on BauGB, BGB, VOB and the state building codes; these are German laws. Austria appears on its pages only as a billing country.

For Austrian projects this is more than a detail. The Vienna Building Code, the Lower Austrian Building Code 2014 or the Tyrolean Building Code 2022 govern different things from a German state building code, and the technical requirements sit in the OIB guidelines, in the edition each state has declared binding. Piloti tells these apart: it asks for the state, cites that state’s building code and opens the passage in RIS.

Good to know

Piloti delivers a documented working basis, not legal advice; the decision and responsibility for the design stay with the office. German law and contract law are not part of Piloti. When a deciding fact is missing, Piloti asks or states its assumption.

Questions

Does BaurechtGPT cover Austrian building law?

According to Forum Verlag, the answers rest on BauGB, BGB, VOB and the state building codes, which is German law. Austrian state law and the OIB guidelines are not named on the pages we read (as of September 2026). Piloti is built for projects in Austria.

Who is behind BaurechtGPT?

Forum Verlag Herkert GmbH, by its own account one of Germany’s leading specialist publishers, with over 35 years in professional information. According to the publisher, the model builds on the GPT-4 architecture.

What does BaurechtGPT cost?

On gpt.forum-verlag.com the publisher lists €39 per month or €390 per year, plus VAT. In its shop it is offered as an annual subscription with 75 prompts per month. Piloti is in its pilot phase with selected offices: pilot offices agree terms directly with us, the founders.

What happens to my office’s data?

Piloti does not train models on your office’s data, drawings remain the office’s property, and no other office sees your office archive. Forum Verlag also says it does not train models on customer data. The details for Piloti are in the privacy policy.

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