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Environmental Construction Services

We ensure the protection of soil, water and nature and guarantee environmentally compliant construction practices.

Simon Hettler

By Simon Hettler

The environment is our habitat, and protecting it is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Environmental construction services play a significant role in this effort, focusing on four key areas: immissions control, nature and species conservation, soil conservation, and water protection. These areas derive from the legal environmental assets defined under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (EIA), which may be affected during the implementation of a project — particularly during the construction phase. Environmental construction services ensure compliance with environmental regulations, thereby preventing adverse impacts on the environment.

Ideally, envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services are integrated during the preparation of execution planning and tender documents for a project. This allows for the incor­po­ra­tion of regulatory require­ments into tender spec­i­fi­ca­tions, contribut­ing signif­i­cantly to cost and schedule reliability.

Simon Hettler, Expert for Environmental Construction Services

  • Key Areas of Environmental Construction Services

Soil Conservation

The profes­sional treatment of cultivable soils is a core task of soil conser­va­tion and therefore also an integral part of envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services with DIN standard 19639 (from 2019) as our fundamental basis. In this field, we develop soil protection concepts in consul­ta­tion with soil protection authorities and work with our many certified soil specialists during the construc­tion phase. We oversee the profes­sional removal of cultivable soil, ensure subsoil protection, monitor soil stockpiling, and secure proper recul­ti­va­tion.

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Immissions Control

Immissions control plays a significant role within envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services, focusing on both nature and public safety. Thus, it is closely aligned with occu­pa­tional health and safety. Our tasks include ensuring compliance with the Federal Immission Control Act (German: Bundes-Immis­sion­ss­chutzge­setz, BImSchG) to prevent distur­bances caused by emissions such as dust, noise, light, and vibrations affecting adjacent areas and their residents. This also includes monitoring and supervising vibration and noise measure­ments.

Nature and Species Conservation

A major component of envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services is nature and species conser­va­tion. Serving as the central point of contact for nature conser­va­tion authorities, we handle tasks such as monitoring protection and mitigation measures, supervising land-use activities, enforcing construc­tion boundary compliance, safe­guard­ing protected species within the construc­tion site, and advising on timing regulations for construc­tion.

Water Protection

The Federal Water Act forms the basis of water protection and the preser­va­tion of watersides’ function, including ground water protection. Our role is to ensure the imple­men­ta­tion of water management measures and compliance with permit conditions in collab­o­ra­tion with the relevant water authorities.

  • Our Services at a Glance

We provide compre­hen­sive solutions in envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services, including:

Legal Compliance

Ensuring project imple­men­ta­tion adheres to all legal and regulatory require­ments through expert consul­ta­tion and support.

Environmental Protection

Preventing envi­ron­men­tal and liability damage under the Envi­ron­men­tal Damage Act and related legislation, while minimising impacts on nature and landscapes.

Schedule Reliability

Preventing construc­tion disruptions by providing timely advice on deadlines, require­ments, and necessary measures.

Documentation

Supporting all stages of construc­tion with evidence collection and docu­men­ta­tion, from preparation to completion.

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Cost Efficiency

Avoiding envi­ron­men­tal regulation-related additional costs and delays.

Our envi­ron­men­tal construc­tion services ensure seamless support throughout the construc­tion process, from the development and planning of envi­ron­men­tal measures to the envi­ron­men­tal and legal consulting of all project stake­hold­ers, as well as documenting compliance with all envi­ron­men­tal require­ments during construc­tion.

Depending on the project and client needs, this can be expanded to include heritage conser­va­tion services and proactive commu­ni­ca­tion with asso­ci­a­tions, property owners, and relevant third parties to ensure smooth project execution.

Soil Specialist Certification

Our certified soil specialists meet the requirements outlined in Appendix C of DIN 19639.

Environmental Construction Certification

Our experts’ qualifications align with the EBA Guideline, Part VII (Environmental Construction Supervision), and are based on AHO Booklet No. 27 for environmental construction services.

Railway Project Stuttgart 21

We are supporting one of the most comprehensive railway projects in Europe with extensive environmental construction monitoring services in accordance with the EBA Guideline, Part VII.

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