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At the beginning of November 2020, our annual external QM audit took place at the Magdeburg and Weimar sites. As a recertification audit, this was associated with an increased scope compared to previous years. As in recent years, it was carried out by DQS GmbH.

The flood protection Weiden was manufactured in several construction phases from 1995 according to a rule profile approved by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. Existing trees and plantings were then approved in the design and integrated into the new dikes. The dikes were statically inspected in 2019 in accordance with the current requirements of the Bavarian State Office for the…

The state agency for flood protection Saxony-Anhalt plans to increase flood protection in the Area of Calbe (Saale). In June 2020, Tractebel Hydroprojekt GmbH was awarded the contract for the planning services for the repair of the Saale dike in the section between dike-km 0.0 and dike-km 3.5.

The entire project area is located in the estuary of the Saale into the Elbe. During the 2013 flood…

The flood protection facility in the area of the former Borkum naval facility is managed by the Federal Institute for Real Estate Tasks (BIMA), which wants to sell this facility to the city of Borkum. For the sale, it was necessary to undergo a basic repair of the surrounding flood protection system. For this purpose, BIMA commissioned the State Construction Management Ems-Weser as general…

In the catchment area of the Kinzig with the most important secondary waters of Salz and Bracht, there have been repeated flood events in the past, which caused great damage in the settlement and industrial areas of the middle and lower reaches. Triggered by a flood in 2003, a flood protection plan for the Kinzig catchment area was commissioned as part of a pilot project carried out by the state…

Species protection, archaeology and warfare exploration – many aspects have to be taken into account in the restoration of the Werraaue. Experts from Tractebel Hydroprojekt accompany the project.

Despite the ongoing Corona situation, the first groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the replacement of the Rodde and Venhaus locks took place on 22.10.2020. Since 2009, Tractebel Hydroprojekt GmbH has been jointly responsible for the planning of the five new locks together with its partners in the engineering community "INGE-Dortmund-Ems-Kanal".

A new rear basin protects around twenty places on the Wipper from flooding. Tractebel Hydroprojekt planned and supervised the dam structure, which was opened after six years of construction.

Tractebel Hydroprojekt plans sustainable flood protection along the Hörsel, monitors the construction projects and takes over the ecological construction supervision.

With the June flood 2013 at the White Elster, the insufficient flood protection in the city of Zeitz became clear. Large parts of the city were flooded. In the course of this, the Saxony-Anhalt State Flood Protection and Water Management Agency commissioned the planning for the expansion of the existing Salsitz dike, km 0.0 to 1.15, which currently offers no protection against an HQ100.