Water engineering / water management

Water-management tasks and water engineering are particularly significant in Hamburg due to its geographic location on the tidal River Elbe, its port, the low-lying marsh areas and many bodies of water that are facing growing pressure from increasing urbanisation. LEHNE ing. focuses specially on handling technical engineering tasks in

  • new construction and increasing the height of flood-defence systems and dikes on rivers and inland waterways
  • dismantling of old dikes
  • permit and planning-approval procedures in accordance with laws pertaining to water and waterways
  • development of waterways, natural or with walls along the river banks
  • surface drainage during the development of residential and commercial properties
  • new builds, extension of retention basins, retention spaces, seepage reservoirs, culverts
  • water-management planning

You will find a few selected references here.