New version of TA Luft adopted to limit pollutant emissions


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 emissions [...]
TEAM-THURSDAY: Sustainability tip for the office - switch off the monitor instead of leaving it in standby mode!


TEAM-THURSDAY: As a group of companies, we also want to become more sustainable in our offices! Our colleagues from the Climate and Environmental Protection department know best how to achieve this. One of them is our trainee Johannes from M&P Go.Blue.Now. Munich. And today Johannes is sharing a sustainability tip for the office with us: Johannes has calculated that each monitor [...]
M&P Düsseldorf: The Lavender Courtyards


Bonava is developing a construction project with 3 apartment blocks and a total of 113 residential units in the Rath district of Düsseldorf. The expertise of Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft was not only called in to plan the excavation pit, including the shoring concept for the immediately adjacent neighbouring buildings, in 2019. We also developed the associated tender and drew up the required excavation and recycling concept. The [...]
M&P Cologne: Preparing industrial brownfield sites for construction, planning and support


In a complex hydrogeological situation in the Meiderich district of Duisburg, the Cologne branch of Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH is carrying out a detailed investigation in accordance with the requirements of the BBodSchG. The site under investigation is a former tram depot which, as a result of subsequent commercial use, can look back on a history of almost one hundred years. M&P's investigations are aimed in particular at [...]
National water strategy


Climate change, the effects of globalisation and the intensified use of surface and groundwater are currently the greatest challenges facing modern water management. In order to meet these challenges with a suitable strategy in the future, the BMU adopted the "National Water Strategy" to ensure an adequate supply of clean water by 2050. Water protection and raising public awareness are at the centre of this strategy. In concrete terms, this means [...]
Welcome to the team ... Simon Ritter!


We are delighted to welcome Dr Simon Ritter as a project officer for hydrogeology/contaminated sites! Simon completed his Bachelor's degree in Geosciences at the University of Heidelberg. His affinity for South America first became apparent in the title of his bachelor's thesis: "Geothermometry on natural spring waters from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil". After studying abroad for a year in São Paolo, [...]
M&P Osnabrück: There's a bike in the corridor!


There are many different reasons to cycle to work. In addition to personal health and the financial aspect, environmental protection is also clearly at the forefront these days. The 2021 data report from the Federal Statistical Office shows that bicycle use has been steadily increasing in recent years, especially in cities. While the [...]
M&P Heidelberg: Groundwater remediation in Walldorf: Reduction of pollutant concentration by approx. 99 %


Engineering for a better tomorrow: An LCKW pollution plume has been known in Walldorf since the end of the 1990s. Highly volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons jeopardised drinking water extraction north of the town. To prevent this, a major groundwater remediation project has been running for 20 years. At times, up to five remediation plants were in operation at the same time. Contaminated groundwater is pumped and cleaned of pollutants using activated carbon filters. [...]
M&P Hamburg: Investigation of building pollutants and subsoil as well as demolition planning and supervision at a commercial site in the south-west of Hamburg


A commercial property developer is planning the construction or extension of a logistics hall on a commercially used site in the south-west of Hamburg. This required the demolition of a 4-storey office and laboratory building with a basement and 2 neighbouring cold halls. Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH was commissioned with the building pollutant investigation of the office and laboratory building to be dismantled, the subsoil investigation in the area of the new [...]
Settlement and transport area grows by 52 hectares every day


In the four-year average from 2016 to 2019, the settlement and transport area in Germany grew by an average of around 52 ha/day - as evidenced by current calculations for the "Increase in settlement and transport area" indicator. As a result, the daily increase decreased by around 4 hectares compared to the last indicator (56 ha/day in the years 2015 to 2018). In [...]