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themagazineforourengineersandarchitects

October20�0

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Dearcolleagues,

Thepastweeksandmonthswereshapedbythemergerandtheassoci-atedchanges.

Doyouremember?Onlyfiveyearsago,inSeptember2005,wetookovertheindividualDorschsubsidiar-iesanddidthegroundworkforthesuccessoftoday’sDorschGruppe.

Wesuccessfullymanagedtodoso,asthecompletionoftheeconomicandfinancialconsolidationoftheDorschGruppeshows.

Afterthelastfiveyearsofreor-ganisation,wearenowemerginginanewphasewhichisbasedonahealthyandstablefoundation.

Themergerofthesubsidiarieswillnotonlyensurethecompany’sstabil-itybutwillalsoimprovesynergiesanddeepencooperationwithinthefirm.

Thefusionmarksthecompletionofthere-organisation.Together,wewillnowdevelopnewproductsandservicesaswellasenternewmarketssuchasVietnamandBangladesh.

Alongwithourstrongpartners,wewillbeabletoofferturnkeyprojectstoourcustomers.

LaunchingtheGreenBuildingDe-partmentinAbuDhabiinearly20�0,provedonceagainthatwedonotonlyreacttotrendsbutmovewiththetimesandsetthem.

Weareparticularlyproudtohavemaintainedtransparencyandover-sightforourcustomers,despite

havinggrownrapidlyinthepastfiveyears-nearlydoublingourturnover.Weowethistooureverpresentcontactpeople,whoarealwaysatourside.

Apartfromthefactualstrengtheningofourpre-qualificationandprojectmanagementprocesses,wealsoex-pectthemergertoimproveoursenseofteam-spirit:from“them”to“us”.

ThetechnicaldetailsofthefusionwillbeelaboratedbyAndreasRienecker,CFOoftheDorschGruppe,inthepresenteditionofIngSight.

WearepleasedthatDr.Vestner,amemberoftheboardatDorschInter-nationalConsultantsGmbH,tookthetimetoanswersomequestionsinaninterview.

Further,wewereabletoinviteJörgStrömmer,ManagingDirectoroftheengineeringcompanyemutecGmbH,foraguestarticle.MrStrömmerwillintroducehiscompanyandpointoutopportunitiesforpotentialcoopera-tionbetweenemutecandDorsch.

Alsospecialthankstoallemployeeswhocontributedtothepresentedi-tionofIngSight.

Asever,wewishyouaninterest-ingreadwiththepresenteditionofIngSightandlookforwardtoyourcommentsandsuggestions.

Yours

JürgenRöderandOlafHoffmannShareholdersofDorschGruppe

Editorial

OffenbachCityTower

Contents

Editorial:J.Röder,O.Hoffmann �

GroupNews 4

DorschTopics:ANewPowerfulAlliance–DorschInternationalConsultants 6

Interview:Dr.RichardJ.Vestner,DICMunich 8

GuestColumn:JörgStrömmer,emutecGmbH �0

LandmarkProject:NewFederalandStatePoliceHelicopterBaseOberschleissheim ��

ReportsoftheCompanies �2

InBrief ��

facebookandtwitter �7

Imprint �7

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DC asia

DC asia Welcomes Mr. Olaf Hoffmann in its New Office Premises in Bangkok

CEOofDorschConsultasia,Mr.JuergenSupik,togetherwithDCasiastaffwelcomesCEOofDorschGruppe,Mr.OlafHoffmann,atthenewofficelocatedatLumpiniTowerBangkok,ThailandinAugust.

Thenewofficeisbiggerandbettersuitedforengineeringactivitiesandislocatedinthe�8-storeyLumpiniTower,only500mfromtheoldofficelocationinthecenterofBangkok.

Thenewpostalofficeaddressis:

DorschConsultasiaLtd.��68/45LumpiniTower,�8thFloor,Rama4Road,Tungmahamek,SathonBangkok�0�20Thailand

Tel:+662-6798900Fax:+662-6798995

Joint Fast Breaking Ceremony at Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi

Morethan�50guestsattendedthe“Iftar”celebrationonAugust,24thinBeachRotanaHotelAbuDhabi.

Thetraditionalfastbreakingcere-monymarkstheendingofafastdayatnightfall.AmongtheguestshavebeencustomersandpartnersaswellasemployersofDCAbuDhabi.

Holding

Kick-off Meeting of Ghorfa Workgroup “Infrastructure and Construction” in Offenbach

ThesubjectoftheKick-offmeetingoftheGhorfaworkgroup“Infra-structureandConstuction”,takingplaceatDorschHoldingofficeinOffenbach,wastheestablishmentofadynamicnetworkofplannersandarchitectsobserving,analyzinganddiscussingtheArabianmarket.

Morethan20representativesofGer-manleadingenterprisesinengineer-ing,architectureandotherconstruc-tion-relatedsectorsexchangedtheirexperiencesandcontactstoidentifybusinesspossibilitesaswellassyn-ergypotentialsintheArabianworld.

Besideothercontributions,Ministeri-alratDr.AlexanderTettenborn,HeadofDivisionNorthAfrica,NearandMiddleEastoftheFederalMinistryofEconomyandTechnology,intro-ducedtheactivitiesofhisministryinArabiancountries.

Further information can be obtained here: http://www.ghorfa.de

DDC Dresden

Implementation of Corporate Design of Dorsch Gruppe at DDC in Dresden

DDCDorschConsulthasrecentlyadoptedthecorporatedesignoftheDorschGruppeafterusingtheownCorporateLayoutfor20years,whichwasmainlycharacterizedbythestatecolorsofSaxony.

SinceDDCDorschConsultiscurrentlyextendingitsintegrationinto

Dorsch International Consultants

Dorsch at IFAT ENTSORGA 2010

Alsoforthisyear,DorschGruppewaspresentwithitsownboothatIFATENTSORGA20�0–World‘sLeadingTradeFairforWater,Sewage,WasteandRawMaterialsManagement.Alargenumberofclients,severalinternationaldelegationsandalsorepresentativesofuniversitiesandprofessionalorganisationscouldbewelcomedattheboothofDorschGruppe,accompaniedbyacompre-hensivelectureandsupportingpro-gram.Thedialoguewithprofessors,butalsowithdecisionmakersasthegovernmentofficialsoftheGermanMinistryforResearchandEnviron-mentleadtoafruitfulexchangeofin-formationatIFAT20�0.Furthermore,thepresenceatthefairofferedtheopportunitytomeetwithrepresenta-tivesofinternationalfinancinginstitu-tionslikeKfW,GTZandUNWater.BesidesinternationalandGermanvisitors,alsonumerousemployeesfromDorschworldwideweretravel-lingtothefairforlecturesandmeet-ings.Boththevisitors‘andemployees‘feedbackontheIFATstandofDorschGruppewasconsistentlypositive.

Group News

DorschGruppeandexpandingitsprofessionalactivitiesabroad,thenewcorporatedesignhasbeenimplementedinAugust20�0.

Businessdocuments,brochuresandwebsite http://www.ddc-consult.de applytothedesignandglobalap-pearanceofDorschGruppe.

ItisintendedtoetablishacorporatebrandimagerecognitionalsoforDDCandtodemonstratetheaffilia-tiontowardstheclients.

ImpressionsofDorschGruppeboothatIFATENTSORGA20�0inMunich,Germany

ThenewwebpageofDDCDresdenDorschConsultGmbHapplyingtothecorporatedesignofDorschGruppe

JürgenSupik,8thfromleft,OlafHoffmann7thfromlefttogetherwithDCasiastaffinthenewofficeinBangkok

LumpiniTower,Bangkok

ParticipantsfrombusinessandpoliticsatGhorfameetinginOffenbach,Germany

FaragAlMazrouei,ExecutiveCouncilCompany/QasemAlSharafi,entrepreneurandO.Hoffmannatthe“iftar”ceremony

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A New Powerful Alliance – Dorsch International ConsultantsDearemployees,

Highertransparency,abetterfocusonourcorecompetencesandaclear-erpositioningontheglobalmarket–thesearethebenefitswearehop-ingtoachievewiththemergerofthesubsidiariesDorschConsultAirportsGmbHandhoffmannröderhochbauGmbHwiththesubsidiaryDorschConsultWasser&UmweltGmbH,thathaschangeditsnameto“DorschInternationalConsultantsGmbH“(DIC)inthemeantime.

WiththerenamingoftheDorschConsultWasser&UmweltGmbH,itseemedimportanttoustoincludethephrases“Dorsch”aswellas“Consultants”intothenewcompanyname.Thecomplement“Interna-tional”underlinesourfocussince,wedobusinessinGermanyaswellasinmorethan�40countries,generatingabout80%ofourturnoveroutsideEurope.

DespitetheinternationalfocusofDorschInternationalConsultantsGmbHitsheadofficewillremaininMunich.

Asalong-establishedGermanen-gineeringcompanywecanandwehavetomakethemostofthisfact,sinceGermanengineeringknow-howishighlyappreciatedaroundtheworld.Thenewcompanywillcon-tinuetooperateasalegallyinde-pendententityundertheroofoftheparentcompanyDorschHolding.

ThecompanyisorganizedintoAir-ports,TransportandInfrastructure,Architecture,WaterandEnviron-ment,IndustrialEngineeringandStructuralEngineeringdivisions,ideallycombiningstaffandtechnicalresourcesoftheformerindividualsubsidiaries.

Shortlybeforetherestructuringtookplace,Dr.RichardVestnerwasappointedasmanagingdirectorfor

DorschConsultWasser&UmweltGmbH.

HewillcontinuetoberesponsibleforthesuccessofDorschInterna-tionalConsultantsGmbHtogetherwithMr.JürgenRöderandme,whiletheboardofmanagementassigneddifferentmanagerialtaskstoeachmember.Thisisapparentfromtheorganizationalchartdistributedlately.

WiththeappointmentofDr.Vestnertotheboardofmanagement,Mr.AlexanderGoertzandMaximilianKrughavetakenoverthemanage-mentoftheWaterandEnvironmentDivision,bothsharingtheresponsibil-ityforthedivision.Mr.KrugwillbeinchargeoftheGermanactivities,whileMr.Goertzwillberesponsiblefortheinternationalmarket.

Mr.ChristophWedlichwillmanagetheTransportandInfrastructureDivi-sionwhereasMr.KarlMaierwillbeinchargeoftheAirportsDivision.

TheArchitectureDivisionandtheStructuralEngineeringDivisionarethesuccessorsoftheformerhoffmannröderhochbauGmbHandaredirectedbyMr.TheoReifandDr.KlausIdda.

TheresponsibilityfortheIndustrialEngineeringDivisionisintheexperiencedhandsofMr.KlausFrauenschuh.

Theboardofmanagementwishestheheadsoftheaforementioneddivisionsgreatsuccessincopingwiththevarioustasksandasurehandinthesometimesdifficultdecisions.

TheemployeesofDorschConsultAirportsGmbHandhoffmannröderhochbauGmbHweretransferredtothenew“DorschInternationalCon-sultantsGmbH”withtheentryofthemergerintothecommercialregisteronSeptember20th,20�0.

AsimilartransferisintendedfortheemployeesofDorschConsultVerkehr

undInfrastrukturGmbHalthoughthisrequiresaseparatecontractbetweenthecompanies,forDCVItoremainasashellcompany.

FortheemployeesofDorschConsultWasser&UmweltGmbH,onlythenameofthecompanytheyarework-ingforhaschanged.

Wetakeparticularprideinthefactthatnojobswereorwillbelostduetothemerger,asDorschInternation-alConsultantsGmbHenteredintotheemploymentcontractswhenthemergertookeffect.

Presentemploymentcontractswerecontinuedinvolvingallrightsanddu-ties,alsocreditingfullseniority.Thisalsoincludesanyrightsanddutieswithregardtothecompany‘spen-sionscheme,ifapplicable.

Furthermore,presentlabour-man-agementagreementsremainvalid,alsotheelectedworker‘scouncilstaysinoffice.

Theoperationalstructureandor-ganizationofthecompaniesremainalmostthesame,becauseweintendtocontinuebusinessunchanged.

InadditiontothenewStructuralEngineeringDivision,merelythebusinessunitshavebeenrestructured

Dorsch Topics

andorganizedinoverallstaffunits.Asaresult,theadministrativefunc-tionshavebeenextractedfromtheoperativeunits.

Asthedivisionsandtheboardofmanagementareconsideredasclientsofthesestaffdivisions,itisintendedtorenderamoreefficientandmoretransparentservicetothem.

However,projectcontrollingisacompletenovelty.Projectcontrol-lingisconsideredtobeoneofthemostessentialtasksofcorporategovernancebythemanagementboard.

Adetailedlistoftasksandpersons-in-chargewerejustpublishedinanewsletter.

We’dalsoliketowishtheheadsofthesestaffdivisionsmuchsuccessintheneworganization.

Whatdoesthismergerimplyforourclients?Thepresentcontactpersonsforourclientswillremainunchanged.DorschInternationalConsultantsGmbHisthelegalsuc-cessoroftheaffectedsubsidiaries,soallcontractualrelationshipsarenowreferringtothenewcompany.

Hencetherewillalsobenochangesinconditionsofcontractsalreadyestablished,theDorschInternationalConsultantsGmbHwillbeliableforclaimsemergingfromexistingcontractualrelationshipsfromthetimeofthemergerandalsoretro-spectively.

Throughthemerger,ourclientscannowbenefitfromastaffofapproxi-mately�00employeesthroughoutGermany,assistingtheminallphasesoftheirprojects.Wewillofcourseofferthesamescopeofservicestoourclientsinasimilarorevenbetterqualitythanbefore.

Weareandwewillbeareliablepartnerforourclientsaswellasforoursuppliers.

Therefore,theboardofmanagementisaskingyoutosupporttheestablish-mentofDorschGruppeasaleadingsupplierofplanningservicesandtohelpachievethisgoalinyourdailybusiness.

Yours,AndreasRienecker

AndreasRienecker,ManagingDirectorofDICGmbH

NewOrganizationChartofDorschInternationalConsultantsGmbH

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forourcustomers.Inordertomakeitsustainableweneedtoimproveourinternalnetworksandtheexchangeofourideasandourknowledge.

Itisthroughthetrustintothisapproachandintoourcompany,meaningintoourcolleagues,thatwecandeveloptheconfidencethatwilltakeusfar.Thiswillallowustooffersystemssolutionsandmorecomplexprojects,whichissomethingthatDICandtheGrouparevirtuallypredes-tinedtodo.

Forexample,wedonotyetfullyutilizetheadvantagewehaveinthefieldsofsitedevelopment,regionalplanningandinallprojectsrelatedtoenvironmentalissuesthatrequirethecoordinationofallareasofexpertise.Thisalsoappliestoairportsaswellasroadandrailprojects.

Ibelievethatare-importofknow-ledgeisalsopossibleandcalledforsincewehavegainedexcellentknow-howthroughourforeignprojectsoverthecourseofthelastyears.

OtherrelevantexampleswouldbeGeographicalandManagementIn-formationSystems(GIS/MIS),Opera-tionsManagementSupport(OMS)orEnergyEfficiency.

Basedontheabove,itispossibletoconceivenewbusinessmodels,whereMr.Röder’scontactstoinvestorscouldbeveryhelpful.

AfurtherpointofimprovementisstrengtheningthecooperationwithArchitectsandCityPlanners,withwhomweneedtoworkontheinfrastructuresolutionsoftomorrow.ThecentralisedsystemsthatweknowfromGermanyareincreasinglybeingcriticisedandareexposedtoalotofcompetitivepressures,theyshouldthereforenotblindlybeenlargedorcopied.

Weurgentlyneedtoestablishrel-evantpartnershipsandalsotakepartinR&Dprojectsinordertobepartofthelead.

• AsManagingDirector,howcanyousteerthesedevelopments?

LikeImentionedbefore,thestruc-tureshavebeencreatedandtheleadershipisestablished.ThereareacoupleofgapsthatstillneedtobefilledbutIhavefullconfidenceinthecompetenceandthecapacityoftheDorschGroup.

Nowweneedtocommunicatethestrategy,providesupportalongwiththerightincentivesforthefirststepsandconvincethegroupofthisap-proach.Weare,forexample,plan-ningtocatalyseinternalcooperationthroughinternationalworkshops.

Afterthat,Iputmytrustinthemoti-vationofindividuals.Andbelieveme,sharedsuccessiscontagious!

• Whatareyourwishesforthefuture?

Naturally,professionalsuccesswiththetopicsIhavediscussed.

AdditionallyIwouldliketoseeasmanycolleaguesaspossibleactivelytakepartinthisprocessanditssuccess.

Personally,Ialsowanttoimprovemycarbonfootprint.

• Thankyouforyourtime!

Dr. Richard J. Vestner is Managing Director of Dorsch International Con-sultants GmbH in Munich, Germany

regionsoffersforacquisitionmeas-uresandnewprojectsthatinvolvetheentirefirm,especiallyinthebusinessareawater.

Wealsoneedtocontinuetoim-proveourcompetitiveness,butnotatallcosts.Thecost-cuttingthatweundertook,especiallyinourMunichlocation,inordertokeepourover-headcostsatbayisonlyoneofthepossiblealternativesforactionandmustnotrobusofourflexibilityandfuturecapacity.

• Willfurtherpermanentlocationsbeestablishednationallyorabroad?

Weknowthatweenjoythehighestleveloftrustinthelocationsandregionsinwhichwehavemaintainedalong-termpresence.ThisappliestobothGermanyandabroad.

Afixedofficeinfrastructureiscon-nectedtocoststhatneedtoappro-priateshortandlong-termreturns.

However,thisalsoneedstobeputintoperspectiveandassuchisbeingdiscussedingreatdetail.Atsomepointoneneedstobreakfreeofthisviciouscycle,whichiswhyIbelievethatonlybasingthedecisionofopeninganewofficeonacertainamountofrevenueisnotadvanta-geous.

Wealsoneedtoconsiderthattheconfidencethatwedemonstrateinamarketbyopeningapermanentpresenceisrecognisedandrewardedbycustomers.

Unfortunately,planssuchastheseoftenfailbecausewedonothave,orareunabletofind,peoplethataresuitedfortaskssuchasthese.

• DoyouseenewfieldsofactivityforDIC?

AboveallIseethenecessitytore-thinkandimproveourmarketingandouracquisitionsinordertoimproveourefficiencyandthevaluecreated

Itrustthatthebusinessareasareactivelytakingpartintheimplemen-tationofthenewphilosophy.

Thewaywearetakingrequiresthesupportofeveryoneandisnotlim-itedtothoseinleadershippositions.

Further,IwouldliketoemphasisethatIconsiderthecolleaguesatBDCandDDCaspartofthesedevelop-ments.

• WhatarethepresentandfuturechallengesforDIC?

TheconclusionsthatIhavereachedbyanalysingthemarket,thecompe-titionandwhattheseimplyforDICareverypositive,providedthatwedoourhomework.

Tobeginwithitneedstobeunder-stoodthatthereareseveralreasonsforthedecentralisedstructureoftheDorschGroup.

However,wearecurrentlynottak-ingfulladvantageofthebenefitsthatthisformoforganisationofferswhilefacingtherunningcoststhatitcauses.

Amongotherthings,thisimpliesthatweneedtoefficientlyandsynergis-ticallyusetheadvantagethatourlong-standingpresenceinourcore

Dr. Richard J. Vestner,Dorsch International Consultants

• WhatmadeyouacceptthepositionasManagingDirectoroftheDIC,whichnowencompassesallbusinessareas?

IwasgrantedfurtherresponsibilityasaconsequenceofmyengagementwiththeDorschGroup.

Ihadtheprivilegeofbeinginvolvedinthe,nowcompleted,restructuringoftheorganisationanditsmanage-mentandasaresultIamconfidentthatwehavenowtakentherightstepsforthefuture.

• Whatdoyoumeanexactly?

Theconsolidationoftheformerfivecompaniesintoonecorporationshouldnotonlyberememberedasaprojectthatputseveralcolleaguesunderalotofstrainbutalsoneedstobelivedandhastodelivertheresultsthatarebeingstrivedfor.Doingsorequires“Ambassadors”andfacilita-torsthatwehavenowpositionedintherightplaces.

Ourplancanonlybesuccessfulthroughclosecooperation,com-municationandtrust.Currentlythemanagementstillneedstoprovidehelpandsupportinthisregards,but

Interview

OfficebuildingofDorschGruppeinMunich,headofficeofDorschInternationalConsultantsGmbH

Dr.RichardJ.Vestner,ManagingDirectorofDorschInternationalConsultantsinMunich

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• Stormwaterdrainageandwaste-waterdisposal

• Fueloilseparatorsystems• Potablewaterandfirewatersupply• Cablelinesandmanholes• Refuelling• Airfieldgroundlighting• Dismantlingofexistingfacilities• Brownfieldsitesurvey• Groundsurveyofconstructionsite

Serviceswereperformedincol-laborationwithHansaconsultGmbH.(responsibleforrefuelling)

Forthepreparatoryworks,identi-ficationandapprovaloffinancialresourcesthroughFederalandStateAuthoritieswasfirstobtained.Then,preparatoryworkswerecarriedout,andincludedtheconstructionofthenewheliportallowingflightsunderInstrumentFlightRules(IFR),thereroutingofpublicwastewaterandpotablewaterlinesofthecityOber-schleissheim,andtheconstructionofaGroundServiceEquipmentcompound.

Forthefirstconstructionstage,worksbeganinSept.2009andwerecompletedon-scheduleinAugust20�0.Operationsonthenewhelipadandassociatedtaxiway(whichcanbeusedsimultaneouslyasagroundandairtaxiway)begansubsequently.

MunichPublicConstructionAuthoritywiththefullprojectscopeforairsideandlandsidetrafficareas,includingplanning,design,tendering,andconstructionsupervision.TechnicalconnectionsforinfrastructureandequipmentswerealsopartofDIC’scomprehensivescopeofservices,whichincluded:

• Helipad,airandgroundtaxiways,aircraftparkingandrefuellingstands,andhelicopteraprons(pavedareastotallingapprox.27,000m²)

• Accessroads/serviceroadsandcarparkingareas

New Federal and State Police Helicopter Base Oberschleissheim

AnewheliportwillbebuiltattheexistingOberschleissheimairfield,inlieuoftheexistingsmallerheliport,withtheobjectiveofaccommodatingboththeGermanFederalPoliceandBavarianStatePoliceFlightSquadrons.Forthispurpose,thenewheliportfacilitieswillcombinemaintenanceandstoragehangarsforEC�55,EC��5,andNH90helicopterswithadministrationandworkshopareas.

Theconstructionofthenewheliportfacilitiesiscarriedoutintwocon-secutivestages,withseparatebudgetallocations.

Amongthekeyfeaturesoftheproject’splanninganddesignphase,theoptimizationofthetechni-calandfunctionalorganisationoftheGermanFederalPoliceanditshelicopteroperationswillpermittoachievesynergyeffectsthroughthecombinedfacilities.Themostimpor-tantrequirementsetfortheprojectwasfortheconsultanttoensurethatflightandmaintenanceoperationsonexistingheliportpremisescanbemaintainedthroughoutthewholeconstructionprocess.

In2008,aspartofthisproject,DorschwasofficiallytaskedbytheCityof

Landmark Project

HelicopterofGermanFederalPoliceatairfieldOberschleissheim(©Bundespolizei)

Bird’seyeviewofairfieldandheliportOberschleissheimforPoliceFlightSquadrons(©Bundespolizei)

mitteGmbH.Itspurposeistooffersophisticatedandprofitablesolutionstotheclientsataveryearlypointintime.

Inaddition,anessentialfactorforchoosingthislocationistheeconom-icpotentialoftheRhine–Mainareaanditshighnumberoffinanceandindustrialcompanies.

Thespatialproximitybetweenemutec|mitteGmbHandDorschHoldingGmbHisintendedtoestab-lishaclosecollaborationbetweenbothpartners.

Thus,bothenterprisesconcentratetheircompetencesandofferim-provedcosttransparencyandplan-ningsecuritytotheclients.

Jörg Strömmer is Managing Director and Co-founder of emutec GmbH

Web: http://www.emutec-mitte.de Contact: kontakt@emutec-mitte.de

Guest Column

Short Presentation of emutec GmbH and Collaboration of emutec | mitte / Dorsch Holding

by Jörg Strömmer

TheengineeringconsultantemutecGmbH,whichhasitsheadquarterinNorderstedt,wasfoundedonJuly�stin2002byStefanWinterandJörgStrömmer.

Theserviceactivitiesincludereports,surveysandprofitabilitystudiesaswellasplanningandconstructionsu-pervisionintheareasofpowertech-nology,buildingservicesengineeringandenvironmentalengineering.

Thevarietyoftheservicesrangesfromheatingsystemsandventila-tionsystemsintheareaofbuildingservicestechnologytocomplexplantsystemsandproblemsolvinginthefieldsofpowertechnologyandenvironmentalengineering.

Intheseareas,weoperateasanISO900�:2008-certificatedgeneralplan-nerfortechnicalequipment.

Ourclientportfoliosfocusmainlyontheinstitutionalareasofuniversity,researchandhealthservice,militaryprojectsandtheaviationarea.

Atthis,duringthepastthreeyears,wehaveaccomplishedgroundbreak-ingprojectsforrenownedcustomerslike

• AirbusDeutschlandGmbH(DeliveryCentreA�80)

• Janssen-CilagGmbH(newcon-structionoftheadministrationdepartmentofJohnson&Johnson)

• Axel-SpringerAG(modificationofoffices,HouseCaffamacher-reihe)

• FacilitymanagementSchleswig-Holstein(refurbishmentoftheanatomyandbiochemistrydepart-mentsoftheChristianAlbrecht-UniversityinKiel)

• HessischesBaumanagement(air-planehalls�and4,HugoJunkers–barracksinFritzlar)

Profitingbyourpastexperiences,wecurrentlyaddressourselvestoallfu-turetaskswithoverfiftyemployees.

Thesatisfactionofourcustomersisreflectedbytheassignmentofsocalled“lighthouseprojects”,amongstothersinthemilitaryarea,indiffer-entlocationsfornewconstructionoftherepairandparkinghallsoftheA400M(transportplane),Euro–Hawk(unmannedreconnaissanceplane)orSeaking-helicopter.Ourfutureactivitieswillmainlyfocusonstrengtheningourhithertoexist-ingspecialistcompetencefieldsaswellasonthedynamicadvancementintheareasofrenewableenergy,in-telligentnetworksandsustainabilitymanagement.

OnMay4th,20�0theengineeringconsultantemutec|mitteGmbHwasfoundedwithheadquartersinWiesbaden.

BesidesMr.StefanWinterandMr.JörgStrömmer,alsotheDorschHoldingGmbHwithheadquarterinOffenbach/Mainisapartner.

Collaborationistobesubstantiallystrengthenedbythiscommonfoun-dationandsynergiesofbothengi-neeringcompaniesaretobeusedmoreefficiently.

FortheemutecGmbH,Norderstedt,amarketextensionshallbegainedhereby.Theportfolioofemutec|mitteGmbHisidenticalwiththescopeofservicesofemutecGmbHdescribedabove.

Inanera,inwhichtheconservationofnaturalresourcesandthereduc-tionofemissionsinaglobalizedworldareveryimportant,thefuturerequirementswillonlybemetbyintegral,intelligentandinnovativeplanningandengineering.

Tofulfiltheserequirements,thepartnershavemanagedanessen-tialsteptowardsthefuturebythecommonfoundationoftheemutec|

JörgStömmer,ManagingDirectorofemutecGmbH

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Development Areas Gateway Gardens, MTZ and Mönchhof

Therealestatesaleatthedevelop-mentareaGatewayGardens(AirportFrankfurt)isstillcontinuing,whichiswhyduringthelastmonthssomefollow-upprojectshavebeenassignedtotheTransportandInfrastructureDivisionofDorschInternationalConsultantsbythenewinvestors.

Dorschobtainedaconsultancycon-tractfromMTZ(Main-Taunus-Zen-trum),theeldestandmostprosperousGermanshoppingcentre,forthepreparationandtheconstructionoftheenlargementandparkingdeckII.

Thefollowingworkshavebeencom-pleted:Certificationoftrafficflow,certificationofvehiclepathsfortrafficabilityaswellasdesignandtenderingofsignalling.

DorschhasbeenassignedaprojectbyFraportRealEstateMönchhofGmbH&Co.KGconsistingofthedesignofthedevelopmentofMönchhofareaandtheroaddrainage.

Thedevelopmentareawillbecon-nectedtothefour-trackB4�viaaturbotrafficcircleandaroadaccessruledbytrafficlights.

DesignandconstructionservicesarebeingexecutedincloseteamworkwithFraport,theHesseDepartmentofTransportandtheMunicipalPlan-ningDepartmentsofRaunheimandKelsterbach.

DC Cairo

First Contracts awarded toDorsch Consult Egypt llc.

DorschConsultEgyptllcwasofficiallyregisteredinMarch20�0.Thisrepresentstheculminationof�5yearscontinualpresenceinEgyptforDorschandallowsthecompanytofullyparticipateintheEgyptianmarket.

Theinitiativehasbeentakenbecauseofanincreasingcallforexperiencedengineeringconsultantsandanon-goinginvestmentprogrammeinthewatersector.

ThenewcompanywillworkinstrongcooperationwiththeongoingDorschactivitiesandwiththeobjectivetodiversifyintootherDICcorecom-petences,particularlymarineandhydraulic.

Thefirstcontractshavealreadybeenawardedtothecompany,including:

a.DesignofalargewaterpumpingandtransmissionsystemtouseNilewaterforsupplyof6thOctoberCity,inwestCairo.

b.TechnicalassistanceforoperationofAbuRawashWWTP,designedtoservesome6millionpopulation.

DDC Dresden

Reconstruction of Heinz-Steyer-Stadium in Dresden, Germany

DDCDorschConsulthasbeenas-signedbythestatecapitalDresdentodevelopastudyandaconceptforthereconstructionoftheHeinz-SteyerStadiuminDresden.

TheconceptrecommendedbyDDCDorschConsultshallconstitutethebasisforaconversationbetweentheMayorofDresdenandtheMinisterofInterior,Dr.ThomasdeMaiziére,inBerlin.

Thediscussionshallgivecompre-hensiveattentiontofinancingthereconstructionofthehistoricalsta-diumdedicatedtothesoccerplayerandworker’ssportsmanHeinzSteyer(*�909,+�944).

ThestadiuminFriedrichstadtdistricthasbeenredesignedasmultifunc-tionalstadiumforapprox.�4,000spectatorswithemphasisonathleticsports,butalsotofacilitateAmericanFootballandsoccer.

ThepotentialinvestmentwillsumuptoEUR20milliontoberealizedinseveralconstructionstages.

Whichconsequencesdothenewconstructionrespectivelytheexten-sionofthefederalroadsB8�andB64have,whichmeetintheareaofHöxter/Beverungen(North-RhineWestphalia)?Inwhichwaywillthetrafficshift–consideringaprog-nostichorizonfortheyear2025?Thesequestionshavebeenenteredintobymeansofatrafficmodelcalculation.

DuringthedesignofnewroadcommunicationsoftheshoppingcentretothemainroadinRaunheim(Hesse),weareinvestigatingifthetrafficflowcanbeefficientlyman-agedbyconstructingaroundaboutandwhichconsequencesthiscon-structionwouldhavefortheadja-centroadnetworkandjunctions.Weinvestigatetheseissuesbymeansofatrafficcountingandasubsequenttrafficsimulation.

InBavariawewereentrustedtoestimate,inrelationtotraffic,theroadaccessoftheplannedcarparkofthehospitalinVogtareuth.DorschhascreatedacomprehensiveintegraltrafficconceptforthedistricttownEbersbergsouthwestofMunich.Withsubsequentconsultingserviceswearegoingtocontinuetosupporttheplannings.

Dorsch International Consultants

Traffic projects and analyses in Hesse and Bavaria, Germany

IntheperiodofJulyuntilSeptember,theTransportandInfrastructureDivi-sionwascommissionedwithsevenassignmentsinthefieldsoftransportmasterplans,trafficcountings,trafficanalyses,trafficconceptsandsurveys.

IntheHessiancityofIdsteinweareexaminingtheparkingconditionsansweringquestionslikehowandwheretofindparkinglots,whetherareasexistinwhichparkinglotscanneverbefoundbecausethereistoomuchtraffic,orwhereparkinglotscanbefoundeasily.Bymeansofadetailedregionalsurveyandapark-ingspaceanalysiswegetanideaofthecurrentsituationandthus,weareabletocreatenewparkingspaceconceptsremedyingtheexistingshortcomings.

HavinggainedconsultingexperienceinthetownareaTaunusstein(Hesse)formanyyears,wehaveperformedadditionalanalysesoftheoutertraf-ficaccessibilityfortheplanningofatrainees’centreofthesportsclubWehen.InthesamequarterofWe-henwehaveacceptedabidconcern-ingasurveyofthelocalsitedevelop-mentbymeansofatrafficsurvey.

SatisfiedtrafficcountersatworkinRaunheim

Reports of the Companies

AdenauerAlleewith“KoblenzerTor”inBonn

DevelopmentMönchhof–turbotrafficcircleatB4� Bird’seyeviewatHeinz-SteyerStadiuminOstragehegesportspark,Dresden-Friedrichstadt

In Brief

Dorsch International Consultants: Road and Sewer Project for Adenauer Allee in Bonn

AnewprojectwasassignedtoDorschwhichisworkedoninteambythecolleaguesofBonnandWiesbaden.Theprojectconsistsoftherenewalofasewerwithalengthof200mwhichislocatedinAdenauerallebetween“KoblenzerTor”and“ErsteFährgasse”.

Dorsch International Consultants: Noise Protection Study Heiden

Dorschwasassignedtheupdat-ingofanoiseprotectionstudyinHeiden.ThelocalauthorityofHeidenprovidedthelocalplanBN42–eastofSteinstraße.

Duetonewsurveydatatheexistingnoiseprotectionstudy,whichhadformerlybeenprovidedbytheTransportandInfrastructureDivision,hasnowbeenupdated,andtheexpectedeffectsoftheforeseentrafficvolumehavebeendeterminedandelucidated.

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Thecompanywasresponsibleforthedesignandconstructionsupervisioninthe�980’sandearly�990’sandwasappointedasdesignerforexten-sionoftheWWTPin2006.Theworktoextendthetreatmentcapacityhasnowbeencompleted.

Withacapacityof550,000m�/d,thisisequivalenttoabout�.2millionpopulation,however,itisestimatedthatsome60%ofthisisindustrialwastewater,presentingsomedifficul-tiesinthetreatment.

Thewastewatertreatmentplantisnowinfulloperationandproducingeffluentthatfullycomplieswiththedischargestandards.

Dorschhasalsobeenprovidingtech-nicalassistancewithoperationsandhasnowbeenappointedtodesignsomeadditionalworks.

Technical Services to Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater

Inthelastweek,ajointventureleadbyDorschhasbeenawardedacontracttoprovidetechnicalservicestotheEgyptianHoldingCompanyforWaterandWastewater.

TheseserviceswillbeprovidedundertheIntegratedWaterServicesPro-gramme,fundedjointlybyKfW,theEUandotherEuropeandonors.

EUR�00millioninvestmentispro-videdforimprovementofwaterandwastewaterservicesinfourgoverno-ratesintheNileDelta.

ThejointventurecomprisesCES,SachsenWasserandtwoEgyptianconsultants,includingUtilitiesCon-sultingEngineeringBureau,whohasbeenoneofDorsch’slocalpartnersinEgyptforover25years.

Underthisassignment,duetocom-menceinNovember,wewillassistEgyptianHoldingCompanyforWaterandWastewatertoestablishaProjectManagementUnitthatwillberesponsibleforwaterandwastewaterinvestmentprojectsthroughoutEgypt.

Stillthemainfocusforuswill,natu-rally,beontheinvestmentundertheIntegratedWaterServicesProgramme.

2.�millionm�/d,equivalenttoapopulationofaround�4millionpeople,whichmakesGabalElAsfaroneofthelargestwastewatertreat-mentplantsintheworld.

Technical Assistance at Helwan Wastewater Treatment Plant

DorschhasbeeninvolvedinHelwanWWTPsincethefirstmasterplanwascarriedoutbefore�980.

BothcontractsarefinancedsolelybytheGovernmentofEgypt.

AbuRawashWWTPcurrentlyonlyprovidesprimarytreatment.Biologi-caltreatmentistobeconstructedunderaPPPprojectandDCEgyptiscurrentlytalkingwithleadingconstructionpartnerstoprovidethedesignservices.OurexperienceinlargeWWTP,particularlyinCairo,givesusanadvantageinthis.

Forinformation,contactDr.SamehMansourorKeithBrookeinCairo.

Gabal El Asfar WWTP in Cairo

ConstructionsupervisionofthenextphaseexpansionofGabalElAsfarWWTPhasbeenawardedtoaconsortiumcomprisingSogreahfromGrenoble,France,DorschGruppeandtwoEgyptianconsultants.

GabalElAsfaristhelargestofthe6WWTPsservingCairo(includingHelwanWWTPwhereDorschisthedesignconsultantandAbuRawashWWTPwhereweareprovidingtechnicalassistance).

Thisnewphaseofexpansionwillincreasethetreatmentcapacityto

DC India

International EPC Contractors Respond To Bakhrabad – Siddhirganj Gas Pipeline Project

DCIndiainassociationwiththeWa-terandEnvironmentDivisionofDICisworkingasOwner’sEngineeronBakhrabad–Siddhirganjhighpres-surenaturalgaspipelineproject.

ThisprojectisfinancedbytheInter-nationalDevelopmentAssociation(IDA)/WorldBank.

Bidsforturnkeycontractinvolvingpipelayingfor60kmlengthwitha�0”diameterwithsixmajorrivercrossingandtwoRegulatingandMeteringStations(RMS)arefloatedbytheclienti.e.GasTransmissionCo.Ltd.(GTCL).

BiddingdocumentsareboughtbyinternationalEPCcontractorsfromcountrieslikeChina,India,Iran,Japan,SouthKorea,TurkeyandUnitedArabEmirates.

Pre-bidmeetingwasscheduledon�7thAugust20�0atDhaka.Biddersexpressedtheirinterestbyattendingthismeetingingreatnumbers.

Mr.OlafHoffmann,CEOandPresidentofDorschHolding,visitedDhakaaroundpre-bidmeetinganddiscussedissueswithGasTransmissionCo.Ltd.andWorldBank.

Dorschhasalreadycompleteddesignsofthisprojectandbiddingdocumentswerefinalizedinconsul-tationwithGasTransmissionCo.Ltd.underguidelinesofWorldBank’sprocurementguidelinesandrequirements.

Md.AminurRahmanindiscussionwithMr.Hoffmann,Mr.HumbadandMr.Sheriff

StabilizationpondandsedimenttankatHelwanwastewatertreatmentplant,Cairo

GabalEl-Asfarwastewatertreatmentplant,Cairo

Fromleft–Mr.Md.AminurRahman,ManagingDirectorofGasTransmissionCo.Ltd.,Mr.NirmalG.Humbad,Managing

DirectorofDCIndia,Mr.G.S.Patel,Mr.KaiLewens,Mr.OlafHoffmannandMr.Sheriff,ProjectDirectorGTCL.

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DC Abu Dhabi

Presentation of New Bus Stop Concept to the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi

TheeditionNo.�oftheIngSightnewsletteralreadyaddressedtheawardingofDorschHoldingGmbH–DCAbuDhabibytheDepartmentofTransport(DoT)inAbuDhabiwiththeredesignofallbusstopsonthesocalledAbuDhabiMainIsland.

Theprojectisofsignificantimpor-tanceasitstillistheonlydesignprojectrunningattheDepartmentofTransportandaspublictransportisrepresentedbybusesonlythesedays.Inthemeantimethefirsttwomaintasksoutofthreehavebeenalmostfinalised.DorschHoldingGmbH–DCAbuDhabifinalisedtheinventoryofsome620busstopsincooperationwithBDCBerlinincludingitscorres-pondingdocumentationutilising

hasbeenpreparedandutilisedforthepreparationofaconceptfor525busstopstoberedesignedorimplemented.ThisconcepthasbeenpresentedtotheboardoftheAbuDhabiDepartmentofTransportonOctober�4th,20�0.

Besidesseveralbusstopprototypeshavebeendesigned(preliminaryde-sign),tobeconstructedonshorttermenablingtestingandthecomparisonbetweenbusstopsthemselves(busbay,kerb-sidestop,busbulb)anddesign(accordingtoEuropean/GermanStandards,accordingtoUAEStandards)highlightingadvantagesofthepreferreddesign(European/GermanStandards).Somehundredbusstopshavealreadybeenselectedforthefirstimplementationphasecomprisingbuslay-bys(majority)andkerb-sidestops/busbulbs.

Furthermore,DCAbuDhabihasrecentlybeenawardedfortheten-deringandstartedpreparingtenderdocumentsbasedonconceptfindingsanddrawings(seestandardbusstoptypes).

Asthisconceptisanoveltyintheregion,theprojectmightalsohaveasignaleffectforthewholeUnitedArabEmirates.

GISandappropriatedocumentationsoftware.

BasedontheoutcomeofthisanalysisaguidelineforbusstoptreatmentfortheentireEmirateofAbuDhabi

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We’dliketothankallauthorsofthisedition(inorderofcontributions):JürgenRöder,OlafHoffmann,KerstinSchneider,Dr.RichardJ.Vestner,JürgenSupik,GerdTöpfer,AndreasRienecker,JörgStrömmer(GuestColumn),AnkeSaathoff-Günther/StefanRudolf/ErolUlusan,StefanHauser,NirmalHumbad,RembertWösthoff.

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Standardbusstoptypes/designsforPublicTransportSystemofAbuDhabi

Renderingofabusstop,designedasbusbay

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