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A new excavation, relocated utility or changed foundation design may affect different ground volumes from the earlier plans. Project owners, specialist designers and construction managers need complete explosive ordnance reports with their maps and legends. FONTANA-EOD supports the comparison and agreed investigation services. Send the existing evidence and current ground disturbance plan. The commissioned area, wider assessment area and result areas are related to the work actually planned, each retaining its distinct meaning.
Identify the documents used.
Mark new ground disturbance clearly.
Compare the investigated area.
The commissioned area, wider assessment area and result areas may have different boundaries. The legend and complete report explain their meaning. For planned groundworks, the position and depth are compared with the areas actually investigated. Outstanding or changed areas receive their own specialist assessment.

The notice of 25 April 2025 concerning the second amendment to Cité Bretagne addresses the planning procedure and access to documents. By contrast, the published aerial photograph report for Oliverstraße/Güterbahnhofstraße, dated 21 November 2025, distinguishes investigation areas and result areas. Your project uses the relevant documents with their respective limits.
Baden-Baden is an independent urban district in the Karlsruhe administrative district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A specialist commission identifies the project address and actual municipality. Projects in the surrounding area follow the local procedure appropriate to their specific location. Naming a planning area does not replace a ground disturbance drawing. Municipal planning documents provide spatial context; the actual explosive ordnance investigation status is established from the associated specialist reports and their result areas.
The notice of 25 April 2025 concerning the second amendment to Französische Cité, Teilbereich I – Cité Bretagne names the adoption resolution of 16 December 2024. It refers to access to plans, explanations and underlying assessments at the city administration and through the geoportal. This provides a specific route to the planning documents. The notice itself, however, contains no explosive ordnance investigation result.
Development plans have a limited geographical scope and consist of several components. Your project should therefore have the complete version and relevant specialist reports. Whether an earlier explosive ordnance assessment is sufficient for new foundations or changed utility routes is checked against its contents, not just the name of the planning area. The city's chronicle of Baden-Baden records a severe air raid on Oos in 1944, with houses destroyed and damaged. This specific local history is distinguished from today's assessment of an individual plot. For new groundworks, historical findings for the area and existing specialist reports are compared with the current ground disturbance.
The aerial photograph assessment of 21 November 2025 for the Oliverstraße / Güterbahnhofstraße development plan, published by the city, shows how differently a report's areas can be defined. The site plan distinguishes the commissioned investigation area from a larger assessment area that includes its surroundings. The results map gives different assessments within the areas considered; the report calls for further investigation of suspected areas. For a changed excavation or utility route, therefore, overlay the new ground disturbance on this map and check which conclusion applies to the area actually affected. The outer boundary of the assessment area is not a clearance boundary. The report concerns this specific planning case and documents an aerial photograph assessment, not completed technical clearance.
For commissioned activities in Germany, the relevant technical requirements and questions of permits, competence and responsibility are clarified. The scope of services actually intended is decisive. Permits, competence and responsibility are assigned appropriately to the planned activities, specific tasks and coordination between them.
Risk assessment, work areas and communication must suit the proposed activities. Ordnance specialist works are coordinated with the other construction activities. Operational organisation, traffic safety and other specialist technical inspections retain their own responsible parties. Joint coordination brings the information together without equating the different tasks.
A measurement anomaly first requires specialist assessment; its appearance alone does not identify it as explosive ordnance. If an object is genuinely suspected to be ordnance, the prescribed reporting procedures and the measures set by the responsible authorities apply. Investigation reports specify the work completed and its limitations, so that results are not extended to unexamined areas or later design changes.
Local procedures: Baden-Baden: Cité Bretagne, notice of the second amendment dated 25 April 2025 · City of Baden-Baden: Oliverstraße / Güterbahnhofstraße – aerial photograph assessment 2025 · City of Baden-Baden: planning and development.
Planning and documentation: BFR KMR: principles of clearance planning · BFR KMR: geophysics · BFR KMR: documentation · DGUV: explosive ordnance clearance FAQ · Stuttgart Regional Council: explosive ordnance disposal in Baden-Württemberg
The BFR KMR are used as technical guidance; locally applicable requirements and responsibilities must be clarified separately.
Permits, competence and responsibility for the specific activity are considered under the Explosives Act and the First Ordinance to the Explosives Act. The risk assessment under Section 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act relates to the planned activities. The DGUV Information 201-027 covers preventive investigation and clearance of conventional explosive ordnance and defines its scope. Its references to DGUV Rule 113-003 concern particular activities involving explosives; they are not applied indiscriminately to every construction-site investigation.
The project owner describes the proposed work and provides the available project documents. The operator adds requirements for use, access and timing. A coordinating contact makes cooperation easier but does not automatically take on every other party's duties. Before commissioning, record clearly which information is missing, who will obtain it and which decision the result is intended to support.
The specialist designers describe areas, depths, construction methods and changes. Site management coordinates the planned sequence with the construction contractors and agreed specialist works. Results are assigned to the respective intervention. A technical plan change is communicated early enough for its effect on the survey task to be assessed before construction. Organisational construction stage boundaries remain distinguishable from technical survey boundaries.
The private explosive ordnance specialist carries out the agreed assessment, investigation and documentation scope within the required permit and competence framework. The report identifies the volumes actually addressed and its limitations. The competent public authorities make official decisions. In Baden-Württemberg, the KMBD is based at Stuttgart Regional Council. Report a possible find to the competent local police authority or nearest police station; they notify the KMBD. Under its conduct rules, identification and further handling of the find remain reserved for KMBD specialists. Necessary public safety measures are clarified with the competent authorities.
An aerial photograph assessment evaluates the suitable historical image information. Whether further technical investigation is needed depends on the documented result and today's construction task. The appropriate approach is established for the specific areas. A favourable assessment is neither discarded nor extended into unlimited technical clearance.
Assess historical documentsAreas that cannot be assessed and changed ground disturbance need a clear specialist assessment. Describe their location and intended work. Further investigation takes account of existing development, access and possible interference. Conclusions reached and remaining limitations are documented clearly for construction management.
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Provide the report and map appendices together. Different lines, colours or hatching may represent different areas and conclusions. Their meaning follows from the associated legend and text. A map boundary alone therefore does not show which investigation was commissioned or where a result applies.
Also check which drawing version the commissioned area was based on. Changed property boundaries can make it harder to identify the area, while the old report remains usable for the ground considered at the time. Add the spatial references available for that purpose. Identify unclear boundaries for clarification. Obtain a missing map appendix directly rather than guessing the meaning of a colour or line from a reduced image.
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Show the excavation, foundations, connections and preparatory work in the current design. Add the intended depths. Specialist planning compares this scope with the actual results and their limitations. If ground disturbance affects several areas with different assessments, the outstanding tasks are considered separately for each.
Working spaces, retaining works and auxiliary pits can also affect an additional volume of ground. Show these tasks with position and elevation references. Where there are several design options, identify the version intended for execution. Specialist assessment assigns each affected area to existing evidence or an outstanding investigation requirement. The next construction stage receives this assignment with the current drawing revision.
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For execution, the assessments, maps and current plans used are handed over together. Keep clear which conclusions concern the next work. Outstanding areas and necessary additions remain explicitly described. Any later design change is compared with the existing investigation status before implementation.
Record which construction section has been compared with which version of the results. If several investigations are needed, their respective questions and conclusions remain separately traceable. A geotechnical report can provide information on site conditions without replacing an explosive ordnance assessment. If the basis of a specialist commission changes, those affected receive the current version. Additional reports and responses are carried forward for execution with their spatial assignment.
Document findings and their limitationsThe commission identifies which area or depth has changed from the earlier project. The existing aerial photograph assessment remains available with its actual results. Within the agreed specialist commission, FONTANA-EOD checks which conclusion is needed for the new work. The investigation volume follows from the specific task. An outer assessment boundary may identify the surrounding area included; the work commissioned and assessment follow from the report and legend. Additional specialist services are agreed for the area actually outstanding.
Define the specialist taskDuring preparation, the excavation, connections and necessary auxiliary groundworks are shown on the same plan. The previously investigated area and newly required volumes remain distinguishable. Known utilities, installed structures and restricted access are considered. The necessary explosive ordnance evidence and protective measures are clarified before preparatory groundworks. Construction management receives the relevant prerequisites for its work sequence. A relocated access route or additional working area may need its own comparison even if the planned building remains unchanged.
Clarify preparatory work in the programmeBefore work starts, each affected section is assigned to the existing result areas. If a utility crosses areas with different assessments, outstanding tasks are recorded individually for those areas. The complete report and its maps accompany the current design. Results already usable continue to be used within their limits. Additional investigations follow from the specific conclusion still missing. If there is another change, the new ground volume is compared before ground disturbance so that construction management has a clear status for the next work.
Discuss the scope and scheduleNote the identifier and revision of the site plan supplied for the investigation. If a later version affects additional areas, mark that change clearly. It can then be established whether an existing report uses the same design or covers only a construction section planned earlier.
A reference to documents being available for inspection does not establish what a particular report concludes. Request the report needed with its maps. Check whether it is actually an explosive ordnance assessment. Other investigations may provide useful information but answer their own technical questions.
Also communicate changes outside the new building outline. A moved shaft or changed site access may affect an additional area. The investigation is coordinated with the ground volumes actually accessible and necessary preparatory work. Required findings and protective measures must be clarified before preparatory ground disturbance. A section not yet accessible therefore remains explicitly identified as an outstanding task during handover.
A changed building footprint is not the only possible difference. A deeper shaft or relocated connection pipe may also require comparison. Add the intended depths and working areas to the design. Areas already investigated then remain distinguishable from those for which no suitable conclusion is available.
The different conclusions are each handed over with their technical brief. An official planning publication documents the procedure, while an investigation report describes the technical status achieved. The associated maps and explanations are provided together for comparison. Identify missing parts. The next commission can then be limited to the actual outstanding question rather than treating known and unknown areas alike.
If a report and plan carry different names, establish a clear connection between them. A site plan with old property boundaries is not automatically unusable. It must, however, be clearly relatable to today's area. If that remains unresolved, the gap requires specialist clarification before the affected groundworks.
A notice shows a stage in the planning procedure and opportunities to inspect documents. The technical conclusion on explosive ordnance is in the associated investigation report. Obtain the documents needed with their appendices. A boundary defined under planning law does not automatically replace the limits of an investigation referred to within it.
Carry areas into the technical comparison with their original meaning. If a spatial reference is unclear, identify it as an outstanding question. Do not extend result areas at your own discretion from a map image. The complete report, legend and groundworks actually planned remain decisive.
Where clearance work is carried out, the associated clearance record is kept in the project file with the areas addressed.
Send the complete report with all maps and the current ground disturbance drawing. Mark identifiable differences from the design used at the time. The technical review can then compare the different areas and result categories directly. Missing appendices or unclear labels are clarified before further use.
For work carried out in stages, check which results are available for each next ground disturbance. Explicitly consider relocated utilities and additional foundations. Each drawing version remains connected to the report. Further measures are agreed for the specific outstanding question and recorded in the programme.
Historical aerial photographs and other suitable documents are related to the commissioned area and specific question. An existing assessment is reviewed with its report, underlying images and limitations. If historical questions remain, the required additional research or aerial photograph assessment is carried out. The results inform investigation planning for today's ground disturbance. A larger surrounding area considered remains distinguishable from the commissioned investigation area. The conclusion applying to a particular area is taken from its assessment and legend.
Understand aerial photograph assessmentGeomagnetics measures the magnetic field passively. An object's magnetic effect determines its detectability; electrical conductivity alone is insufficient. Specialist planning considers known utilities, reinforcement and other magnetically active structures. For a changed excavation, suitability is checked against the ground volume needed. Data and findings receive a clear area reference. A report on earlier measurements is read with its actual areas and interference. An additional depth is compared separately with the conclusion needed for it.
Understand the scope of magnetometryTransient electromagnetic methods, or TDEM, assess the time-dependent electromagnetic response of conductive objects. Their suitability depends on the investigation objective and actual measurement conditions. Metallic structures and utilities are considered during planning. The specialist brief defines the required ground volume from the new design for execution. A relocated utility is shown with its actual route and depth reference. Results are assigned to that investigation area. An assessment for the old route is reused only within its documented scope; necessary additions concern the specific outstanding task.
Understand electromagnetic surveyingUnder suitable conditions, ground-penetrating radar can provide information on underground structures and anomalies. Ground structure, moisture, installed structures and the investigation objective influence appropriate use. Detected structures require specialist interpretation; a measurement image alone does not identify explosive ordnance. For a design change, identify the question to be answered in the affected ground volume. Existing data is handed over with its assessment and limitations. For the next construction stage, establish which conclusion was achieved under the actual conditions and which information is still needed.
GPR and limitationsDeep foundations, shafts and boreholes need an appropriate depth reference. Any required deep investigation or borehole survey is agreed with point locations, depths and reference elevations. Known structures and access form part of preparation. Borehole clearance or technical evidence relates to the volume actually investigated. If the position or inclination changes, the new path is compared with the result before work starts. The evidence remains connected to the valid drawing revision and may be used for another location only to the extent confirmed by specialist assessment.
Prepare deep interventionsIf a necessary preliminary investigation cannot be completed for an area, further appropriate specialist work is planned. Explosive ordnance investigation during construction may combine investigation, necessary excavation in layers, specialist uncovering and supplementary surveys. It is coordinated with the actual construction stages and access planned. Visual observation alone is insufficient for detection. For several sections, the status achieved is documented with its corresponding area. Areas not yet addressed remain outstanding until the investigation needed and prerequisites for the affected ground disturbance are clarified.
Agree the approach during constructionAn existing Historical aerial photograph analysis is considered with its investigation area and limitations. A new drawing version does not automatically make it worthless. Nor does it extend its conclusion by itself. Only comparison with today's project shows whether documents need supplementing or further investigations need planning.
Any necessary Surveying should address the specific outstanding task. This includes the required investigation depth and site conditions. Surfacing or metallic structures may affect measurements. The result must still show which areas were investigated and where its conclusion is limited.
A report may contain different conclusions for neighbouring result areas. The current ground disturbance drawing shows which are actually affected. If a working volume crosses a boundary, the affected parts are assigned separately. Access and interference are included in further planning. The new investigation brief describes the conclusion still needed, while existing useful findings retain their documented scope.
A required Clearance plan places investigations and construction preparation in a clear sequence. This also includes ground disturbance needed to make an area accessible. Simply watching excavation does not replace a proper explosive ordnance investigation. Explosive ordnance clearance during construction requires appropriate specialist planning.
Any required area clearance is prepared for the agreed ground volume. Findings and possible recovery requirements are coordinated with the responsible parties. The work actually carried out and scope addressed remain traceable for the results handover.
Explain in your enquiry what has been added. A marked connection route or changed section drawing is often more helpful than a large collection of unassigned files. Also send complete existing explosive ordnance reports so that their results can inform the next steps. The initial contact identifies the project location and conclusion needed. Existing plans, statements and reports are checked for currency, spatial reference, completeness and gaps.
Where historical questions remain, the research and aerial photograph assessments required are carried out within the agreed specialist commission. The KMBD's existing preliminary investigation is considered in relation to the project for which it was requested. Additional findings are assigned to today's ground disturbance area and used in investigation planning.
The specialist assessment establishes which further steps are needed. A design change does not always require a new technical investigation. Where additional services are required, their areas and prerequisites should be defined before commissioning. Official requirements remain separately applicable. The appropriate method is selected according to the investigation objective, ground disturbance depth, ground structure, installed structures and actual measurement conditions. Access and required prerequisites are clarified with the responsible parties.
The agreed survey or appropriate investigation during construction is carried out on the defined areas and points. Measurement data and observations receive clear position and elevation references. Uninvestigated areas, restricted access and relevant interference are recorded.
The collected data and findings are assessed against the investigation objective and actual measurement conditions. The assessment takes account of interference and limitations. The report and plan appendices document the technical assessment, areas addressed and their position, elevation and depth references. Required further tasks follow from this.
Those carrying out the work need results that relate to the work actually planned. Give the plan handed over a clear revision identifier and include the associated reports. Limitations must not disappear because only a short summary is passed on.
A route relocated during construction may again lie outside the investigated area. Have such changes compared before ground disturbance. The specialist assessment determines whether the existing conclusion applies or which addition is required. Starting a construction section does not extend the scope of earlier results.
In Baden-Württemberg, the explosive ordnance disposal service at Stuttgart Regional Council carries out statewide duties. Advice, searching and recovery are provided subject to available capacity and reimbursement of costs; if the service cannot undertake the work, private companies must be commissioned. Defusal remains the state service's responsibility.
FONTANA-EOD agrees the specialist services for the specific construction project with you. The competent public authorities issue official decisions and information on applicable construction law. Outside their federal scope, the BFR KMR provide technical guidance for explosive ordnance planning. Local findings and planned ground disturbance remain decisive for the commission.
FONTANA-EOD carries out the agreed assessment, investigation and documentation commission for the changed construction task. Existing reports are compared with current ground disturbance. The commissioned area, surrounding area included and individual result areas remain distinct. Construction management receives the conclusions actually usable with their plan appendices. Outstanding tasks are identified for the volumes concerned. Earlier results retain their original scope and are not silently extended to further areas by a new plan.
Discuss the investigation taskFor an additional shaft or relocated utility, the conclusion needed is defined with position and depth. Specialist planning compares this task with existing results and actual measurement conditions. A map outline alone describes neither the earlier brief nor the new method required. The appropriate investigation scope follows from the technical comparison. Its prerequisites are clarified with responsible parties before the affected preparatory work and groundworks.
Areas that cannot be assessed and volumes still needing investigation remain identifiable in the working status. The existing legend and reasons for the assessment are passed on with the result. For new ground disturbance in such an area, further specialist requirements are determined. Usable conclusions for other areas remain available. Handover therefore makes clear which task has been addressed and which finding is still needed before the next groundworks.
Any further drawing version is sent to the specialist planners involved before the affected work. New areas, depths and working volumes are marked against the previous basis. FONTANA-EOD compares the change with the agreed scope and work already completed. Required additions receive a clear area reference. Construction management receives the updated status with usable results and outstanding tasks. A section already started does not replace this comparison for later relocated or deepened ground disturbance.
The report, legends and maps stay together in the project file with the drawing version used. Identify recipients in design and construction management. When contractors change, the locations of outstanding areas and remaining prerequisites are also handed over. Later additions are assessed by comparing the new construction task with this status. Keeping complete appendices makes it possible to identify earlier commission boundaries and specific assessments even after another construction section has been completed.
A wider assessment area may provide information for a smaller commissioned area. The actual conclusions are stated in the report and its maps. Read the area definitions and legend together. The technical review assigns the planned ground disturbance to the relevant results without treating the outer mapped area as a blanket conclusion.
Understand investigation reports and their limitationsA project can change while the plot and address remain the same. New foundations, deeper ground disturbance or additional connections therefore belong in the comparison. Existing results are checked against this scope. Additions receive a clear drawing reference so that the updated status remains traceable later.
Understand the service scope
Aerial photograph interpretation is related to the actual groundworks. Its purpose and geographical scope remain distinct from a technical investigation of the ground as it is today.
Understand aerial photograph assessment
The findings, their locations and limitations are handed over together. This makes clear to those carrying out the work which area has been investigated and which task remains outstanding.
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Historical assessment, technical investigation and further work answer different questions. The service overview helps distinguish these tasks in an enquiry.
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Preparation connects the commission, site work and handover of findings. Changes to the project can then be incorporated into technical coordination in good time.
Process and documentationNo. The notice of 25 April 2025 concerns the planning amendment and refers to the available documents. It does not itself contain an explosive ordnance investigation result.
The notice names the city's Urban Development and Town Planning department as the place to inspect plans, explanations and underlying assessments. It also refers to the geoportal for the development plan.
Not automatically. Its investigation area, results and limitations are compared with the changed ground disturbance. This establishes which conclusions remain usable and where additions are needed.
All differences affecting the ground volume, such as a larger excavation, deeper component or relocated utility. Position and depth must be identifiable for the technical comparison.
Stop the affected work. Do not touch, move or relocate the suspicious object, and do not uncover it further. Leave the danger area, keep others away and call the police on 110 from a safe distance. Do not take the object to a police station. Follow the competent authorities' instructions.
They explain the meaning of boundaries, colours and hatching. Without them, the commissioned area and result areas may be confused.
No. The actual commission and conclusions for individual areas follow from the complete report and its appendices.
The work involved depends on complete existing reports and maps, outstanding historical questions, the size and depth of changed ground disturbance, access and preparatory work, suitable methods and interference, and analysis and documentation. Additional services are determined for the areas and prerequisites actually outstanding. A new drawing version does not automatically trigger the same investigation again. Changed working volumes and initially inaccessible areas are agreed according to their actual scope; preparatory construction work and specialist services remain distinct.
Include all appendices, legends and known later additions.
Include the appendix list and available additions. Identify any missing map or unclear assignment to the report. Describe the next construction stage and the conclusion needed for it. Communicate known structures, access and areas not yet available. The coordinating contact brings together design changes and responses from the affected specialist planners for further comparison.
Show positions, depths and changes from the earlier project.
Also show additional working volumes and preparatory ground disturbance with the required depths and reference elevations. Clearly identify the new drawing against the earlier basis. For work in stages, state the areas needed first. Include actual results of investigations already carried out. Specialist work still planned is agreed as a further task with its prerequisites and the access needed. Identify the project location in Baden-Württemberg or the different federal state concerned.
Whether historical aerial photograph analysis, explosive ordnance surveying, surface surveying using GPR, magnetometry or TDEM, deep-ground surveys, downhole surveys, excavation supervision, area clearance or ordnance recovery is needed depends on the location, ground disturbance, depth, ground and existing documents. An early ordnance assessment provides clarity for tendering, programming, occupational safety and construction.
FONTANA-EOD combines its Section 7 SprengG licence, specialists holding Section 20 SprengG certificates of competence, suitable survey and clearance methods, and traceable documentation. Send the site plan, depth of ground disturbance, construction phase and existing documents for an initial technical assessment.