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The culvert weir in Quitzöbel has been undergoing major repairs since 2019. The planning for this is being carried out using state-of-the-art BIM technology on 3D models.

The Zeulenroda dam in Thuringia was built between 1968 and 1975. The approx. 35 metre high rockfill dam with an inclined clay lining dams the Weida. The structure is now due for renovation.

As part of an EU-wide negotiation process, we were awarded the contract for the planning services for the development of the Schwallungen-Schmalkalden intermunicipal industrial estate with a gross area of approx. 29 ha.

As our work is directly related to water and nature, we see it as our duty to minimise our carbon footprint even more than other companies. To this end, we have planned a number of measures that will be realised within the next couple of months.

Together with partners, Tractebel Hydroprojekt is planning the replacement of five locks on the northern section of the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The new Gleesen lock is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of 2023. On the basis of the implementation planning, the construction services of the construction contract "Preliminary works Venhaus" were completed.

The Malter Dam is of great importance for flood protection in Saxony, especially that of Freital and the state capital Dresden. During the extreme flood of 2002, there was a signifi cant overload, which is why work began on extending the flood spillway in 2019.

The "Henschleben protective dam" and the "secondary dam", which separates flood retention areas 1 and 2 of the Straußfurt flood retention basin (HRB), are part of the construction measures. Tractebel Hydroprojekt was commissioned in 2021 by the operator of this dam, Thüringer Fernwasserversorgung, with the planning services for deficit elimination.

The contract for the planning services for the extension of the Wesel-Datteln Canal (WDK) was signed in mid-July 2023. Together with our long-standing planning partners, we are thus giving the go-ahead for the project and structural planning for the development of the approximately 40 km long canal section from the Rhine to Marl (km 0 to km 40).

The applications for approval for the measures to renovate the Kainzmühl dam, which was built in 1924 and rebuilt in 1955 and is part of the Pfreimd power plant group in the Upper Palatinate, have been submitted. Thanks to the use of modern calculation methods, it was possible to dispense with some costly investigations during the planning phase.

At the end of March 2023, an important milestone in the construction work at the Horkheim weir was reached with the installation of the weir gate and the weir footbridge. The weir gate (rolling gate) was transported by vehicle from the factory in Poland and transferred to a storage pontoon and installed using the 300-ton floating crane HEBO.