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A municipality intends to remove buildings. In this context, plots of land are to be uncovered. The land has been classified by the district's lower soil protection authority as a suspected contaminated site in accordance with Section 2 (6) of the Federal Soil Protection Act (BBodSchG) and entered in the district's soil and contaminated site register. The suspicion of harmful soil changes or other hazards for individuals or [...]
Dismantling of the former "P. D. Rasspe Söhne" cutlery factory in Solingen
The derelict site of the former P. D. Rasspe Söhne cutlery factory was acquired in 2015 by Wirtschaftsförderung Solingen GmbH & Co. KG to develop it as a new commercial site. AAV - Verband für Flächenrecycling und Altlastensanierung based in Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia) is responsible for the remediation and dismantling work and has commissioned Prof. Burmeier [...]
The heroes of Weiden
The evaluation of historical aerial photographs from the Second World War is an important tool for the pre-discovery of explosive ordnance, as the aerial photographs are regarded as objective evidence of the events. The physical reality at a known location was documented at a known time and allows the analyser, who is separated by time and space, to identify structures such as explosive bomb craters or fighting positions [...].
NRW overturns thousand metre rule for wind turbines
The minimum distance of wind turbines from residential areas in Germany is not regulated uniformly by the federal government but by the individual federal states, meaning that there are a large number of different regulations. Around half of the federal state regulations are based on the blanket thousand metre rule, whereby wind turbines may not be closer than 1000 metres to a (general/pure) residential area. Since [...]
Tempelhof Airport "Technical Infrastructure 2030"
Tempelhof Projekt GmbH has been responsible for the refurbishment, operation and development of Tempelhof Airport on behalf of the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing since 1 January 2011. Tempelhof Airport is Europe's largest listed building and has a unique historical setting that reflects important periods in Germany's history. The building, which [...]
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new corporate headquarters of Hitachi Energy Germany AG
The ground-breaking ceremony for the Hitachi Columbus Campus project in Mannheim took place on 20 September 2023 in glorious late summer weather. A nice and also important event for us at M&P Project GmbH as the commissioned project manager and thus part of the client's team, 3iPro GmbH. We would like to thank the innovative project developer 3iPro GmbH for the trusting cooperation and look forward to [...]
Colourful construction project - Pelikan II South in Hanover
Gundlach GmbH & Co. KG is planning to build a new residential development with two apartment blocks with up to eight upper floors above a shared underground car park in the List district of Hanover. The property is located on the corner of Klopstockstrasse and Günther-Wagner-Allee. The property is part of the former Pelikan site, on which the company was founded in 1906.
Industry solution "Asbestos in existing buildings"
Due to recent press reports, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the presence of asbestos can be expected in older existing buildings. The former "miracle building material" asbestos continues to pose major challenges for tradespeople today, almost 30 years after it was banned from production and use on 31 October 1993, especially when carrying out construction and maintenance work in older buildings.
Start in the soil and groundwater protection team in Hanover
Since 1 August, I - Fabian Probst - have been part of the soil and groundwater protection team in Hanover. After getting to know the site as a trainee for four months, the integration went smoothly. The transition from trainee to project employee was therefore an easy one. In our specialist area, we deal with the investigation and remediation of contaminated sites [...]
Interoperability between ESRS and GRI standards
In July 2023, the EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Advisory Group) defined binding standards for sustainability reporting in accordance with ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) for the first time. These will apply from 2024 for companies that are already obliged to provide non-financial reporting. Many of these companies have prepared their sustainability reporting in accordance with the Global Reporting Standard (GRI) and must now [...]
