Water engineering / water management
Borghorster Hauptdeich (main dike) flood-defence
system
Within the scope of the city of Hamburg's flood-protection programme, the dikes in the flood-defence line along the Elbe designed to provide protection against storm tides were adapted to the latest technical demands and required heights. The location of the around two kilometre long dike on the northern banks of the River Elbe was characterised by...
Dradenauer Hauptdeich (main dike) flood-defence
system
The flood-defence system to the south of Hamburg was reinforced along a length of approximately four kilometres within the scope of the conversion of the so-called "Finkenwerder Knoten". The work included the creation of dikes, flood-protection walls with extensive culverts, roads and rail crossings...
Horster Damm, retaining wall
The embankment along the Horster Damm road in the east of Hamburg that provides protection from the neighbouring waters required shoring work because the carriageway had been damaged by subsidence which had thus caused concerns about the road's stability. Because space was limited around the waterway, an around 250 m...
Extension of a culvert
In conjunction with the four-lane extension of an urban road in the east of Hamburg, an existing water crossing and a culvert needed modification. To this end, the existing works were examined, the technical water engineering and legal demands were determined and the extension of the culvert, including connection...