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DE Ban on single-use plastics for which alternative products exist
NEWS: Disposable products made from single-use plastics have been banned throughout the EU since 3 July 2021. The ban is based on the European Single-Use Plastics Directive. The banned products include, for example, disposable cutlery and plates, drinking straws, stirrers, cotton buds and balloon sticks. Other items should also no longer be placed on the market. These include, for example, to-go food containers and drinks containers made of polystyrene. Products made of [...]
New model for creating living space requires ground investigations for building extensions
WHAT-WE-DO: Due to the greater availability of jobs, many people are still moving from the countryside to the cities. As a result, living space in the cities has already become scarce and is facing steadily increasing demand. Building land is also still in high demand and therefore correspondingly expensive. In order to avoid high investments for new building plots [...]
New version of TA Luft adopted to limit pollutant emissions
NEWS: On 23 June 2021, the new version of the TA Luft was adopted by the cabinet. From autumn 2021, it will replace the 2002 version and adapt the regulations to EU standards and the current state of the art with regard to requirements for installations subject to approval under the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG). The TA Luft is therefore a key instrument for reducing [...]
Rondorf North-West planning area - relocation of the Galgenbergsee lake
WHAT-WE-DO: AMELIS Projektentwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG is developing the new Rondorf Nord-West urban quarter in the south of Cologne with around 1,300 residential units. The project is linked to the relocation of the Galgenbergsee lake and various measures to realise urban development goals. The construction of an unbundling road, inner-city traffic calming measures, the expansion of public transport through the light rail connection to Rondorf and [...]
Turning basin Moorfleeter Kanal, Hamburg - Market evaluation of mica clay
WHAT-WE-DO: The former turning basin of the Moorfleeter Canal in HH-Billbrook was backfilled with contaminated sediments from the Moorfleeter Canal from the end of the 1990s and then covered with sand. Since 2001, further excavated soil from various construction projects has been brought in here. To consolidate the subsoil, excavated material from the construction of the U4 underground railway line was placed above the previously [...]
TEAM-THURSDAY: Slowing down during the lunch break
TEAM THURSDAY: Yoga in Hanover City Park Lotus position, warrior or downward-facing dog - at our location in Hanover, relaxation and deceleration are guaranteed during the lunch break! And: Yoga not only has a positive effect on body, mind and soul, but is also great for the working atmosphere! Every Friday, all yoga-enthusiastic colleagues can take part in a [...]
New construction of the day-care centre in Walter-Ballhause-Straße
After one and a half years of construction, the new daycare centre in Walter-Ballhause-Straße in Hanover Linden has been completed. The state capital of Hanover built a four-group daycare centre in the "Faust-Wiese" area under municipal sponsorship. Due to the location of the building site in the area of the formerly industrialised district of Linden-Nord, extensive work was required to remove fill soil in addition to the site investigation in order to meet the strict [...]
Stricter requirements for exhaust gases from large combustion plants and waste incineration plants
On 10 June 2021, the German Bundestag passed stricter exhaust gas limits for power plants that burn fossil fuels, waste incineration plants and plants for the production of basic organic chemicals. This new ordinance replaces the new version of the 13th BImSchV (06/2020) - Ordinance on Large Combustion, Gas Turbine and Internal Combustion Engine Plants and the 17th BImSchV (05/2013) - Ordinance on Combustion and Co-Combustion [...].
Preliminary investigation at the new replacement Ems and flood trough bridge near Rhede (Ems)
The Osnabrück branch of Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH has been commissioned with the preliminary investigation of the road and embankment areas at the flood trough bridge near Rhede (Ems). As part of the framework agreement between Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH and the NLStBV Lingen, preparatory investigations of the asphalt, soil and concrete material in the construction area at the old Ems bridge on the L52/58 [...].
Update: Final blasting at the former Steag power plant in Lünen
Update on the project "Demolition and site preparation on the former Steag power plant site in Lünen", which is being supervised by M&P employees from our branches in Hagen and Cologne: Last weekend (31 July) saw an impressive finale to the blasting work on the site of the former Steag power plant in Lünen as part of the building demolition and site preparation. The Hagedorn company blasted the [...]
