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For project owners, specialist planners and site managers in Lower Bavaria, geotechnical, dewatering and explosive ordnance documents are assigned to their respective investigation purposes. FONTANA-EOD clarifies the explosive ordnance task with you for the planned groundworks and carries out the agreed specialist services. Send the complete reports with maps and the plan of the next construction works or exploratory locations.
Know each report's purpose and area investigated.
Include exploratory locations and sampling too.
Describe the explosive ordnance task specifically.
Assign each report to its investigation purpose, area and depth reference. Show planned ground disturbance on the same site plan. The specialist contractor can then check which findings relate to explosive ordnance and which tasks concern other specialists. Differences in investigation scope remain visible even if all documents belong to the same construction project.
Documented location references
Select a project location on the map or in the location list. The associated entries lead to the protected reference overview.
The markers indicate locations associated with documented references, rather than exact find or construction site coordinates. Several entries may relate to one project. References without a reliable location assignment are available in the complete reference overview.
Map data: © BKG (2026), VG250 / GN250, Data licence Germany – attribution 2.0. Area outline projected for display. Selection and project assignment: FONTANA-EOD.
Explosive ordnance surveying – Plattling – track 20, area clearance Plattling
Service period: 2026-10
Service areas:Surface surveys: GPR, TDEM and magnetometryMethod used in this project: Ground-penetrating radar

The official Sittling–Altheim document list separates soil protection and the Water Framework Directive, among other topics. The LfU describes ABuDIS separately for contaminated land and chemical changes to soil. For your project, each specialist contribution is similarly assigned to its question. Explosive ordnance planning needs the relevant findings and actual ground disturbance; other environmental documents may provide important additional conditions.
Lower Bavaria is an administrative region in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. It comprises nine districts and the independent cities of Landshut, Passau and Straubing. City, district, municipality and regional government are different administrative levels. Identify the project address and municipality concerned for local assignment; the name of a large utility route project does not replace these details.
The Government of Lower Bavaria publishes separate documents on different specialist topics for the Sittling–Altheim project, section C of the Juraleitung. These include a soil protection document and a specialist report on the Water Framework Directive. This structure shows why a planning file addresses several different questions. On its own, it establishes neither explosive ordnance contamination nor an explosive ordnance investigation.
The Bavarian contaminated land register also has a different purpose: the State Office for the Environment describes ABuDIS as a system for recording and handling contaminated land, suspected sites and harmful chemical changes to soil. Information from it is therefore not an explosive ordnance certificate. Conversely, an explosive ordnance investigation report does not automatically answer questions about pollutants or the ground's bearing capacity.
For a specific project in Lower Bavaria, the specialists should be able to relate their results to the same site plan. This does not mean that one specialist service replaces another. An overview showing which area, ground disturbance and outstanding question each report concerns is helpful. This allows targeted clarification of what the next works actually need.
A specific historical local context is identified by the Reconstruction Atlas of the House of Bavarian History for Landshut: the railway junction was among the targets; severe damage to the station and adjacent residential areas is documented for 19 March 1945. A historical assessment compares this local evidence with the actual investigation area. It does not establish current explosive ordnance contamination on every property or utility route section in Lower Bavaria.
For commissioned activities in Germany, clarify the relevant technical requirements and questions of permits, competence and responsibility. The actual proposed scope of services is the basis. It describes the specific activities and points of coordination with the parties responsible.
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.
Regional sources: Government of Lower Bavaria: Sittling–Altheim documents · Bavarian LfU: ABuDIS contaminated land register.
Planning and documentation: BFR KMR: clearance planning with a clearance plan – introduction · BFR KMR: geophysics · BFR KMR: documentation · DGUV: explosive ordnance clearance FAQ · Bavaria: protection against explosive ordnance hazards, notice of 13.08.2026
The BFR KMR are used as technical guidance; locally applicable requirements and responsibilities must be clarified separately.
Permits, certificates of competence and responsibilities for the specific activity are assessed 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 activities planned. 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 investigation and documentation scope. Official requirements and decisions are clarified with the competent authorities concerned. The documents needed for a particular procedure depend on the location and project. The technical report describes the specialist service performed; its conclusions are not presented unchecked as general authorisation for further groundworks or as an authority's decision.
First clarify which explosive ordnance question remains unanswered for the planned ground disturbance. Existing results and actual investigation conditions are considered. A technically suitable approach follows from them. A method used for another question about the ground is not thereby an explosive ordnance investigation; the documented commission and its findings remain decisive.
Data from earlier technical measurements also retain their original investigation objective. A suitable addition is defined for the findings still needed. Other specialists identify the information they each require. Planning can then consider the actual investigation conditions before services and dates are coordinated.
Compare suitable specialist servicesIdentify contacts for explosive ordnance, pollutants, geotechnical matters and any further tasks. Agree what information each needs before the next work stage. Shared plans make handovers easier. Individual services and responsibilities remain clear even when dates and access are coordinated for efficient working.
Under a combined commission, describe the individual specialist contributions clearly in the scope of services. Clarify who brings together plan changes and who assesses each set of results. A statement still outstanding remains identified as an open task. From this, site management receives the status relevant to the next ground disturbance.
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Collect existing information on the property's history and explosive ordnance investigations already completed. Identify these separately from pollutant or geotechnical reports. Their specialist findings can then be brought together with the plans. Missing findings are identified specifically so that a substantial planning file is not mistakenly assumed to be complete.
Document the site's history with its geographical reference. Information about pollutants may be relevant to planning without providing findings on explosive ordnance. Conversely, an explosive ordnance report is not treated as soil analysis. Additional historical findings are assigned to the specialist assessment needed.
Organise reports by investigation purpose
Geotechnical or environmental investigations may themselves require ground disturbance. Communicate their position, depth and working level early. The explosive ordnance task is related to these interventions and the available findings. The commissioned parties agree the sequence and necessary handovers so that preliminary exploration remains part of the shared work programme.
Also identify access routes, ancillary pits and any relocated replacement points. Clarify necessary investigations and protective measures before the affected works. Compare a changed design with the agreed version. Assign the findings needed to the exploration actually to be carried out, rather than filing them only under the later overall project.
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At handover, make clear which report answers which question. Keep the corresponding maps and restrictions available. The site management team receives a clear assignment to the planned works. Findings on explosive ordnance are thereby kept distinct from soil reuse, bearing capacity or requirements under water law; other necessary findings remain separately visible.
Keep the versions and maps used linked to the report. Identify data still outstanding and their significance for the next work stage. A result added later receives its own investigation purpose. Contractors can then see which findings are available for their working area and which specialist task remains outstanding.
Document findings and their limitationsFirst establish which decision the commission needs to support. Is the task an initial assessment of existing documents, an investigation of a specific area or examination of an anomaly that has already been assessed? These tasks require different evidence. A general wish for safety does not define an investigation that can be carried out. The enquiry therefore specifies the groundworks, location, depth and available findings. Suitable specialist work and the required reporting are then agreed on that basis.
Define the specialist taskRequired access and survey conditions are clarified before the site visit. This may include keeping areas clear, obtaining service information and coordinating with other trades. The method and site determine which preparations are actually needed. Changes to the surface or additional groundworks are not undertaken unilaterally simply to prepare for a survey. Their sequence is agreed with the specialist designers and responsible parties.
Clarify preparatory work in the programmeA sound workflow distinguishes work already clarified technically from outstanding prerequisites. If an area will be accessible only in part, commissioning must take this into account. Handover and assessment of results also need time in the construction sequence. An enquiry therefore does not imply a blanket commitment on dates or cost. Specific coordination connects the described scope with access, documents, execution conditions and the date by which a decision is needed.
Discuss the scope and scheduleProvide existing reports with their title, date, appendices and stated investigation purpose. A cover sheet or single map often does not show the conclusion supported by the complete report. Add the specific question for which you wish to reuse the report.
Mark contradictory location or area information. If an appendix is missing, identify that specific gap for further coordination. Resolve an unclear spatial reference through specialist assessment before applying a finding to new ground disturbance. Usable parts of the existing knowledge remain clearly available.
If geotechnical drilling, probing or sampling involving ground disturbance is planned, include its position and depth in coordination. The explosive ordnance question requires separate assessment for these interventions. A soil investigation commission does not also define a suitable method for explosive ordnance investigation.
Describe a proposed point with its planned working space and elevation reference. If several points are investigated together, their labels remain unambiguous. Relate the explosive ordnance commission to the actual exploration scope. Compare any later relocation with the investigation status achieved before execution.
Show where point exploration becomes a larger excavation or an excavation moves. A result can be used meaningfully only if its spatial reference and technical scope remain clear. Compare the change with the earlier investigation scope; additional work does not follow automatically.
Show the changed areas on an identified plan version. Each specialist assesses the affected part of their task. Distinguish new results from those that remain usable. The shared plans keep clear which findings are still needed for an additional excavation or changed exploration volume.
Identify paved areas, utilities, areas that cannot be entered and known structures. Add restrictions imposed by other specialists on work at the site. Specialists assess whether these conditions affect surveying and what preparation is needed.
Necessary preliminary work is agreed with the parties responsible. An enquiry does not require you to remove unknown structures or expose the ground yourself. Existing photographs and as-built plans can initially describe the circumstances. The planned sequence clarifies which prerequisites must actually be established before the specialist work.
Several reports may address the same property yet cover different areas or depths. Show these differences on the shared plan. A label such as investigation area should not be used unnoticed for several differing scopes. Compare the next ground disturbance with the findings relevant to its question, including their limits.
A point list brings together known coordinates and elevation data. Different working spaces are shown with the corresponding specialist contribution. An area investigated only partly remains identifiable as such. At handover, link the necessary results to the groundworks actually planned so that differing scopes remain understandable.
A borehole for geotechnical investigation is already a specific activity in the ground. Include its starting point, depth and date in preparation. Also identify planned pits or preliminary excavation. The explosive ordnance service needed is assessed from this task, rather than inferred solely from the later purpose of the overall construction project. Where clearance work is carried out, retain the corresponding clearance record in the project file with the areas and depths addressed.
Send available documents with appendices and maps. Add current plans for ground disturbance and an overview of exploration still proposed. The initial discussion clarifies which existing findings relate to explosive ordnance. Missing documents or different investigation areas are identified explicitly so that the further commission addresses a specific technical question.
Identify the upcoming project decision and the findings needed for it. Distinguish a contribution not yet commissioned from results already produced. The coordinating person can collect missing documents or plan changes. The scope and prerequisites of further specialist services are expressly agreed from this information.
Bring together the report versions used, corresponding areas and outstanding questions in the project file. The site management team must be able to see which evidence is used for which ground disturbance. Changes to points or depths are checked again. Shared filing does not replace this assignment but supports it if the individual specialist contributions are available in full.
Where clearance works are actually required and carried out, retain the corresponding clearance record with the areas addressed. Coordinate area clearance, necessary investigation of findings or emerging recovery needs with the competent parties. The project file distinguishes these services from pollutant, geotechnical and water-related specialist contributions.
Historical aerial photograph analysis relates suitable images and further findings to a defined explosive ordnance question. The available evidence and areas assessed are identified. A geotechnical report provides different findings and remains separately assigned. Where historical questions remain, the necessary research or supplementary aerial photograph analysis is carried out. The specialist assessment relates the results to the planned ground disturbance. A shared project file can bring the contributions together; it does not extend their respective investigation scopes. Necessary further tasks are agreed with the parties responsible and described clearly.
Understand aerial photograph assessmentGeomagnetic surveying is a passive method for measuring the magnetic field. An object's magnetic effect determines its detectability; electrical conductivity alone is insufficient. Before investigation, the objective and actual conditions are considered. Existing utilities and other structures can cause interference. Geotechnical exploration results do not replace this assessment. Specialists interpret the measurements together with their limits. Detected anomalies do not yet conclusively identify explosive ordnance. The documented findings are assigned to the volume of ground actually investigated so that other specialists use them appropriately for their planned ground disturbance.
Understand the scope of magnetometryTransient electromagnetic methods, or TDEM, interpret the electromagnetic response of conductive objects over time. Their suitability is assessed against the investigation objective and actual measurement conditions. Specialist planning considers available technical results and known structures. A new exploratory location may concern a different volume of ground from the earlier investigation. The additional scope needed is therefore defined in advance. Data interpretation identifies findings, interference and limits. The report and plan then allow assignment to the specific point or construction section; outstanding locations remain identifiable with the necessary follow-up task.
Understand electromagnetic surveyingUnder suitable conditions, ground-penetrating radar can show structures and reflections in the ground. Ground composition, water content and existing structures affect interpretation. The information needed is defined for the specific specialist task. An imaged structure does not automatically identify explosive ordnance. Equally, another ground investigation does not establish general evidence of detection. Results are identified with their actual method and investigation volume. For later ground disturbance, check which results answer its question. Specialist interpretation, restrictions and necessary further steps are documented clearly.
GPR and limitationsExploratory boreholes, deep foundations and shafts receive their own position and depth descriptions. Specialist planning checks whether available findings cover the volume of ground required. Otherwise, a suitable approach is defined, including necessary deep or borehole surveying. The starting point and elevation datum must be clearly assigned. Necessary investigations and protective measures are clarified before the affected ground disturbance. Compare a changed borehole position with the results again. A report for a neighbouring point remains assigned to the volume it actually investigated; the geotechnical and explosive ordnance findings are passed on separately.
Prepare deep interventionsNecessary explosive ordnance investigation during construction is planned by specialists alongside the proposed groundworks. It may include necessary excavation in layers, specialist exposure of objects and additional surveying. Visual observation of ordinary excavation alone is insufficient for detection. Other accompanying specialist tasks are considered with their own responsibilities. Areas addressed, findings and restrictions receive clear documentation. Before the following construction section, existing results and outstanding tasks are handed over to the parties responsible. A change in execution is compared again with the findings actually needed.
Agree the approach during constructionFor historical research, the available sources are assessed for the specific property. The Historical aerial photograph analysis addresses a different question from pollutant analysis. Its results and limits inform further explosive ordnance assessment; they are not replaced by a report from another discipline.
The Surface survey may be suitable for appropriate accessible areas. Relevant factors include the findings sought, the ground and possible interference. Which measurements can deliver reliable results must be checked before the method is defined.
For exploratory boreholes or deep foundations, the suitability of the deep or borehole survey must be assessed against the specific plans. Mere visual observation of the ground is not explosive ordnance surveying during construction. Such supervision does not automatically replace a missing preliminary investigation either.
Bring together existing reports and mark the areas they investigated. The initial discussion identifies the project location and the findings needed. Existing plans, statements and reports are checked for currency, spatial relevance, completeness and gaps.
Where historical questions remain open, necessary research and aerial photograph assessments are actually carried out within the commission agreed by specialists. Existing assessments are considered with their respective subareas and conclusions. Additional findings are assigned to the present area of ground disturbance and used in investigation planning.
Identify planned earthworks and preceding exploratory works with their position and depth.
We clarify with you which explosive ordnance questions the existing documents answer and where information is missing. A suitable method is selected according to the investigation objective, depth of ground disturbance, ground composition, existing structures and actual measurement conditions. Access and necessary prerequisites are clarified with the parties responsible.
Coordinate the content and timing of the explosive ordnance investigation and other specialists' services.
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.
Specialists interpret the data and findings collected against the investigation objective and actual measurement conditions. The assessment considers interference and the limits of the findings. The report and plan appendices document the specialist assessment, areas addressed and their position, elevation and depth references. Necessary follow-up tasks are derived from them. Results and outstanding tasks are handed over to site management and the parties responsible for the next ground disturbance.
The Bavarian notice distinguishes property-specific research from duties of the state-commissioned service in specific explosive ordnance hazards. Investigation of a construction site is not replaced by general information on a different environmental matter. For planners and site management, the scope and restrictions of each report remain decisive.
Identify outstanding or insufficiently investigated areas in relation to the next construction section. Confirmation about explosive ordnance must not be understood as clearance for all other specialist matters. Pollutant investigations, geotechnical reports and questions of water law are separate tasks to address with the specialists commissioned for them.
We assess the planned groundworks against the available documents and their design revision. Before attending site, we agree with you what needs to be investigated, which areas are accessible and what findings are required. If the design or site conditions change, we check whether the agreed scope remains appropriate. The report states what was actually investigated and the limits of the findings. This allows designers and site management to see which findings they can use and where questions remain.
Discuss the investigation taskWe first establish the investigation objective: which question must it answer? We then select a technically suitable method. The availability of a particular device or experience on a similar neighbouring site is not enough to justify the choice of method on its own.
Inaccessible areas and limited conclusions are identified. They do not disappear into a total area figure. Designers and site management can then decide specifically which areas still need attention and when a suitable survey becomes possible.
A new location, additional depth or different construction method is compared with previous results. A familiar project name does not replace this comparison. Feedback is provided before the affected work so that an outstanding question can be included in the sequence.
The technical conclusion remains connected to its location references and appendices. A brief summary helps orientation but does not replace the documented survey scope. This basis is retained even if site management or contractors change.
A report title provides orientation but does not always describe the complete investigation scope. Read the task definition, maps, results and restrictions together. This establishes the findings actually available. If the explosive ordnance relevance is unclear, clarify that question with the competent specialist before using the document as evidence. A documented project from Lower Bavaria is Plattling, track 20: construction supervision, ground-penetrating radar and subsequent volume clearance. The original radargrams and 3D measurement data views and the sample report with the limits of the work show the services' relationship to the site.
Understand investigation reports and their limitationsUse unambiguous point numbers and the same plan version for the specialists involved. Their results remain distinguishable by investigation purpose. This combination makes comparison easier without mixing different technical findings. For every following work stage, check which required results already exist and which specific task still needs completion.
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. ABuDIS records contaminated land, suspected sites and harmful chemical changes to soil. The Bavarian notice separately states that Bavaria has no central explosive ordnance register. Findings on explosive ordnance need the relevant evidence.
This cannot be inferred from an investigation addressing another specialist question. What matters is whether, and to what extent, explosive ordnance was actually part of the documented investigation. Check the investigation purpose and limits of the complete report.
Position, planned depth, working level and existing findings are particularly important for explosive ordnance coordination. Also describe preliminary earthworks and access conditions. A suitable further investigation is assessed for this specific project.
The explosive ordnance contribution covers the agreed investigation and its documentation. Pollutant and geotechnical reports are separate services to coordinate with the specialists commissioned for them.
Not necessarily. Different specialist questions may concern different areas or depths. The differences must be clear, however, so that a result is not applied unchecked to a different area or task.
The work required depends on available documents and historical findings, outstanding questions, areas, depths, access, existing structures and interference, necessary preliminary work, suitable methods, interpretation and documentation. Usable results are considered. Additional exploratory works or changed working spaces may require a different scope. The explosive ordnance service is described separately from other specialist contributions and agreed according to actual needs.
Use unambiguous point numbers and the same plan version. Assign each result to its investigation purpose so that explosive ordnance assessment, geotechnical investigation and pollutant investigation remain distinguishable. Before the next work stage, check which required findings are available and which task remains outstanding.
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.
Send reports with their purpose, maps and existing restrictions.
Assign the plan version used to the relevant report. Identify unknown or differing area details. Specialists can then specify the additional information their task needs. The enquiry also includes project decisions still outstanding and the person bringing the available documents together.
Mark exploratory locations and construction works with position and depth.
Include preliminary boreholes, sampling, working spaces and proposed replacement points. Add known elevation data. Mark changes since an earlier investigation on the plan. Coordinate the sequence of contributions with the specialists before the affected groundworks. State the project location in Bavaria 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.