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DE 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 [...]
German Engineering Day 2021
DEUTSCHER INGENIEURTAG 2021 on 20 May 2021 Together for the 1.5-degree climate target Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year's 30th German Engineering Day took place online. Around 6,000 active participants contributed to enriching the content of the German Engineering Day with a total of 24 breakout sessions and the Experience Cafés and generated a positive response from the participants. [...]
M&P Hannover: Planning services for systems to protect against high groundwater levels
In the Blumenviertel neighbourhood in the Berlin district of Neukölln, a groundwater drainage system is currently being operated to support the remediation of contaminated sites. Once the remediation of the contaminated site has been completed and the water permit has expired, new concepts for groundwater regulation will be required, as buildings belonging to private owners whose basements are not properly sealed against pressing groundwater are protected in the area of influence of the extraction wells. Shutting down the system has the [...]
Radon exposure indoors
We are constantly exposed to radiation in our environment. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the average annual effective radiation dose in Germany is around 3.8 mSv. Of this, 1.7 mSv is attributable to civilisational radiation sources and around 2.1 mSv to natural radiation exposure. Of these 2.1 mSv, 1.1 mSv is attributable to [...]
M&P Hagen: Major project for the electrification of a railway line
DB Netz AG is currently planning the electrification of the entire route as part of a major project along a 20 km section of the 2263 railway line from Wesel to Bocholt. The electrification is being carried out by installing overhead contact line systems (OLA). The OL masts will generally be founded on piles. In addition, it is planned to construct side paths along the track systems. [...]
M&P Heidelberg: Partial demolition of a ward block during ongoing hospital operations
Open-heart surgery: precision work using a large excavator was required to cleanly separate a 22 metre high ward block at Ortenau Klinikum Lahr-Ettenheim (Baden) from the rest of the five-storey building complex and demolish it in such a way that operations in a new hospital building just four metres away were not disrupted. As intensive care patients were also being treated in the neighbouring ward block, the highest standards of [...]
Protect insects - preserve diversity
Due to the dramatic decline in insects, which are so indispensable for us and our ecosystems, the German government introduced a law to protect insects on 10 February 2021 at the suggestion of the Federal Ministry for the Environment. This law is intended to result in numerous new regulations for the protection of insects in the Federal Nature Conservation Act. The Insect Protection Act provides for the following measures: Habitats of [...]
M&P Hannover: Environmental construction supervision (UBB)
Environmental construction supervision (UBB) is an increasingly important field of activity, especially for larger construction projects. Even before a construction site goes into operation, the UBB team checks whether all specifications from planning law and the legal provisions of nature conservation and environmental protection have been taken into account in the implementation planning. As the point of contact for environmental issues, the experts accompany and monitor the construction process. [...]
M&P Heidelberg: Innovative method for assessing groundwater hazards
MuP Umwelttechnik GmbH, Heidelberg, has now successfully completed investigations to test for a possible threat to groundwater from heavy metals in the soil of a former firing range of around 1.5 hectares in the Hessian town of Hanau. This was the first time that a modified investigation method was used on a German site for this case, which was developed for the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment [...].
