Bridge Inspections

Main inspection of the Wetzlar elevated road bridge on the motorway B 49

Main bridge inspection in accordance with DIN 1076 of the city centre bridge in the course of the four-lane motorway B 49 over a length of approx. 950 m. The structure was built in the 1980’s using prestressed concrete and crosses several railway tracks, intersections, large car parks and the river Dill.

Client
Hessen Mobil, Dillenburg
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS

Main structural inspection in accordance with DIN 1076; preparation of inspection reports; provision of cherry pickers and crawler equipment; traffic safety.

Main inspection and new construction of the Dausenau bridge

Main structural inspection of a three-span, approx. 115-year-old concrete bridge in Dausenau (river Lahn), which connects the neighborhood on the hillside across two tracks. Due to the poor condition of the structure, the road bridge over the railway tracks will be replaced by a concrete slab construction on sheet pile abutments.

Client
Municipal administration and municipal works of Bad Ems-Nassau
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS
Main structural inspection in accordance with DIN 1076; provision of rehabilitation concept for existing structure, design and structural of the new bridge structure, local road, drinking water pipeline; construction supervision.

Concrete Structures

Construction of new production facilities for the chemical industry, Cologne

Construction of a new production building in steel and solid construction. Construction of tank foundations in liquid-tight concrete troughs and various pipe bridges in steel construction.

Client
SpiraTec Engineering GmbH
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS

Support in the preparation of specifications; structural design; formwork and reinforcement plans; steel construction overviews.

Traffic structures for the extension of the motorway B 266 between Schaven and Lohmühle

New construction of the Sandberg flyover with noise barrier and new construction of a rainwater retention basin as part of the traffic upgrading and four-lane expansion of the B 266 motorway between the Wißkirchen junction (motorway A 1) and the Mechernich-Roggendorf bypass. 

Client
Road construction authority of North Rhine-Westphalia / City of Mechernich
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS
Design for engineering structures; structural design; road design; rainwater and wastewater drainage; landscape conservation plan; environmental report; traffic management during construction; construction supervision; pipeline coordination.

Civil and Foundation Engineering

Structural shoring design for wastewater pumping stations 15 and 16 at Fraport

Construction of two pumping stations for pumping the wastewater from the new Terminal 3 to the existing wastewater treatment plant. Due to high groundwater levels and a very permeable subsoil, extensive special civil engineering work was necessary. Sheet piling was used in conjunction with a back-anchored underwater concrete base.

Client
Fraport AG
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS

Design and construction supervision for engineering structures; technical equipment (mechanical and electrical engineering).

Engineering structures for the renaturation of the river Emscher

As part of the Emscher renaturation, extensive plans were drawn up for both the excavation pits and the engineering structures for the stormwater overflow basin at Gladbecker Straße, the storage canal at Berger Feld and the stormwater overflow basins at Sutum and Springbach .

Client
Emscher Wassertechnik GmbH / Emschergenossenschaft
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS
Structural design; preparation of formwork and reinforcement plans.

Deep pile foundation over a peat bog

Construction of an overpass of the L 354n road over the river Niers near Mönchengladbach. In the area of a peat bog. The ramps have to be founded on driven piles in a grid of approx. 2 x 2 metres with a pile length of 8 metres. The bridge itself is founded as a single-span structure on in-situ concrete piles.

Client
RWE Power AG, Cologne
Services KOCKS ENGINEERS

Variant analysis and design for the deep section foundation and bridge; application for authorisation under water law for the temporary stream piping.