Ecological Flood Protection and Watercourse Development along the Twiste River in Volkmarsen, Waldeck-Frankenberg District

Project description:

Conducting environmental construction monitoring (UBB) as part of the implementation of measures for ecological flood protection and watercourse development along the Twiste River in Volkmarsen.

Reason:

  • Planning Measures for Ecological Flood Protection

Services:

  • Analysis of nature conservation, species protection, and environmental law requirements (approval notice, LBP).
  • Develop a plan for the UBB and integrate it into the construction schedule; make a one-time adjustment to the plan during the construction period to accommodate new construction dates
  • Information from the construction company at the pre-construction meeting
  • Routine on-site UBB inspections with the preparation of corresponding UBB notes
  • Preparing for exceptions (tree and shrub removal during the statutory breeding season)
  • Inspection of the construction site for breeding birds and inspection of trees to be felled for tree cavities as well as for breeding birds and bats (using endoscopy and a boom lift)
  • Coordination with the Higher Nature Conservation Authority

Advantages:

  • Professional guidance during the implementation of the renaturation project
  • Substantive preparation of exemptions to expedite the construction process
  • Expert Services from a single source

Additional project data:

  • Measures for ecological flood protection as follows:
  • Relocation and raising of the Twiste riverbed
  • Construction of a 220-meter-long flood basin
  • Approving Authority: Kassel Regional Council – Higher Water Authority
Client:
Hesse Water Association Diemel, 34396 Liebenau
Project value:
approx. 13.000 €
Project duration:
2025

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