Infrastruktura

After a 17-year construction period, a gigantic project has proven its reliability during operational times for more than half a year. The underground Noord/Zuidlijn, which is about 9.5 km long, connects the north with the city and the south of the pulsating metropolis. This is a big step for Amsterdam’s future – and it is a prime example for Max Bögl building infrastructure constructions.

Near Stuttgart, the family-run construction and technology company Max Bögl is building a conglomerate of state-of-the-art office buildings with an architecturally attractive prefabricated clinker brick facade in a joint venture with BAM Germany.

The Max Bögl Group is building a modern training centre in the Deining business park until autumn 2019. Around 3 million euros will be invested in this to promote the training of young talent and for the training and further education of the core workforce.

Despite many challenges for the entire industry, the Max Bögl Group is very well positioned for the future: The highest order backlog in the company's history and a new training offensive - this was presented jointly by the works council and the executive board at the works meeting in the ARENA NÜRNBERGER VERSICHERUNG and showed that the Max Bögl Group is one of the strongest construction companies in Germany. Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder, the guest of honour at the meeting, also emphasized the company's enormous performance and strong ties to its home region.

Hybrid Towers with German factory quality far from home: This is possible thanks to the Mobile Fabrication of Max Bögl Wind AG. The innovative concept, which makes the production of hybrid wind towers directly at the wind turbine site possible, is among the Top 3 nominees at this year's bauma Innovation Award in the category Construction Process/Construction Work. “Mobile fabrication allows German engineering to be practiced wherever it is needed. The expansion of renewable energy requires innovative and courageous ideas. We are delighted to have been nominated for the bauma Innovation Award and that the achievement of our employees has been recognized," says Josef Knitl, Board Member of Max Bögl Wind AG. The award ceremony will take place on April 7, 2019 as part of the opening of bauma in Munich.

Mobile manufacturing means adding value locally

Consists of four halls: the mobile production plant of Max Bögl Wind AG. Image source: Max Bögl Wind AG, Reinhard Mederer

The mobile production plant consists of four halls on an area of 40,000 square meters – the equivalent of ten Football pitches. The required production facilities are located throughout the halls, including a concrete mixing plant, a water treatment system and a modern concrete milling system. The advantages of mobile manufacturing are clear: Local raw materials and labor make the Hybrid Towers local content and lead to higher cost efficiency for the project. Fewer heavy-load transports protect the infrastructure, the climate and the environment. The high quality standards for German factory manufacturing are maintained.

Milestone reached for wind farm in Thailand

First project successfully realized: Hybrid Towers in the Thepharak wind farm. Image source: Max Bögl Wind AG

In Thailand, the first project of the Mobile Fabrication was successfully completed. Max Bögl Wind AG erected 90 wind towers in Huai Bong for the Thepharak wind farm with hub heights of 156.5 meters each, far from home with German production quality. In August 2017 Max Bögl Wind AG began shipping 262 freight containers from Sengenthal in Bavaria to Haui Bong in Thailand, a journey of 17,000 kilometers. At the final destination, a good 260 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, the world’s first Mobile Fabrication for wind turbines was constructed in just a few months using 3.5 tons of advanced equipment. A short time later production began with local resources and around 200 mostly Thai workers.

Accurate to the millimeter anywhere in the world

The heart of mobile manufacturing is the CNC concrete milling system. It ensures that the concrete segments of the Hybrid Tower are milled to an accuracy of 1/10 of a millimeter, the same quality as stationary installations. The advantage of CNC milling also comes to bear in mobile production: the concrete tower can be erected under any weather conditions.

Variable and modular carousel system

Loading of the Mobile Fabrication on a train at the freight depot in Nuremberg. Image source: Max Bögl Wind AG, Reinhard Mederer

Compared to other suppliers of wind turbines, the mobile production of Max Bögl Wind AG can be expanded modularly by the semi- and fully automated carousel production system, depending on the project requirements.

About Max Bögl Wind AG

Using renewable energies more efficiently and actively promoting the energy transition. This is the principle behind Max Bögl Wind AG with its innovative technology solutions. The company is Germany’s market leader in manufacturing, delivering and erecting Hybrid Towers and holds the record for the world’s highest wind turbine tower with a hub height of 178 meters. Max Bögl Wind AG is also setting new innovative standards in the energy storage industry. With the Water Battery, an entirely new type of flexible and small pumped-storage power plant has been developed which combines renewable energies with large-scale storage facilities for the first time. The turnkey portfolio complements the max.power division with the development of concepts suitable for the placement and marketing of generated energy. Max Bögl Wind AG is an affiliate company of Max Bögl. The corporate group from Sengenthal near Neumarkt in Bavaria is one of the top 10 largest German companies in the construction industry, and has been operating in the wind sector since 2010. Founded in 1929, the family-owned company with around 6,500 employees worldwide has an annual turnover of over 1.65 billion euros.

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Media Contact:

Nancy Fürst
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Max Bögl Wind AG
PO Box 11 20
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E-Mail: nfuerst@max-boegl.de

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After around four months of construction Vonovia has completed the new residential building "Am schwarzen Steg" in Bayreuth. Among the guests of the symbolic key handover was the Lord Mayor of Bayreuth, Brigitte Merk-Erbe. The modular construction of the house with 20 new apartments had begun in October 2017, and the topping-out ceremony was already celebrated in November.

• 20 apartments with around 1,300 square meters of living space
• round four months Construction time
• First collaboration with Max Bögl Modul AG

In a Europe-wide competition, new concepts for serial and cost-efficient housing construction were sought. One of the winners is the maxmodul system from the Max Bögl Group.

Modular building has many facets:

In Manching near Ingolstadt, a residential complex with 115 apartments including an underground car park is being built under the aspect of responsible redensification. The client GBW opted for the maxmodul construction system from Max Bögl, which intelligently complements economic and ecological aspects.

Design the cities of tomorrow with maxmodul:

Our cities are becoming more and more attractive: better career opportunities, more generous leisure activities and a higher quality of life attract more and more people to the conurbations. With regard to individual well-being, the living environment and thus the desire for affordable living space are of great importance. For this urban challenge, the modular post-compaction method offers an innovative solution.

On 19 November the Max Bögl location Denmark celebrated its 5th anniversary. All employees - whether in the branch or on the construction sites - were surprised with cakes on this occasion.