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For flood protection and earthworks, specialist plans must show the ground disturbance actually proposed. FONTANA-EOD helps project owners, planners and site managers in Bavarian Swabia coordinate the explosive ordnance assessment needed for structures, groundworks and temporary working areas. Send ground disturbance plans, elevation data and existing explosive ordnance reports so that investigation needs can be clarified for each construction phase.
Show structures and groundworks separately.
Assign existing levels and planned working levels.
Include temporary ground disturbance too.
Mark the ground disturbance actually planned with position, depth and elevation datum. Add preliminary access routes, connections and temporary works. Specialist planning assesses investigation needs from these details. A planned flood area or permanent use area may have a different purpose and therefore does not alone define the scope of explosive ordnance investigation.
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Explosive ordnance surveying – Donauwörth – Donausteg Donauwörth
Service period: 2026-07
Service areas:Downhole magnetometry / deep-ground survey

For the Singold diversion, the Donauwörth Water Management Office distinguishes structures, ground modelling, hydraulic areas and permanent or temporary land use during construction. For the enquiry, describe your own earthworks with their depths and prerequisites. Identify the applicable plan version and changes from earlier construction and investigation documents. The different specialist plans are brought together in a clear overview of ground disturbance.
The administrative region of Swabia is part of Bavaria. The official administrative structure comprises ten districts and the four independent cities of Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten and Memmingen. Local hazard prevention follows the municipality of the actual project site. State the address or cadastral district and plot, and distinguish a city from a district area with the same name. For a project crossing municipal boundaries, assign the respective working areas and contacts. For projects crossing the border into Baden-Württemberg or into the neighbouring area of Upper Bavaria the project location and responsibility are determined separately for each work section.
Information on explosive ordnance surveying in Neu-Ulm supports preparation of your project enquiry. Documents and planned ground disturbance on the respective property are decisive.
The Donauwörth Water Management Office publishes different plans for the Singold diversion near Großaitingen, including structures, ground modelling and flood areas. It also distinguishes land needed permanently from land used during construction. The plan types are included in construction preparation according to their respective technical purposes. For explosive ordnance assessment, the actual earthworks are considered alongside existing explosive ordnance documents and the investigation results needed. The Water Management Office applied for plan approval for the Singold diversion on 17 February 2025. The published documents distinguish approval planning from later detailed execution planning; the project page describes the construction start as dependent on completion of the procedure and sufficient budget funds.
Your enquiry should make the actual earthworks identifiable from the plans. A hydraulically calculated flood area is not automatically the same as an excavation area. Conversely, access routes, connections or temporary installations may require ground disturbance outside the later structure. Whether and how these areas need investigation is clarified using the specific plans and existing findings.
The explosive ordnance task is coordinated with other specialist planning. An explosive ordnance investigation does not also answer questions of water law, hydraulics, geotechnical conditions or nature conservation. Clear working area labels and details of the conditions for access and execution are therefore helpful.
In its exhibition on the air war, the Augsburg City Archive documents the attack on MAN on 17 April 1942 and repeated bombing between February 1944 and April 1945. The chapter on the bombing raids of 25 and 26 February 1944 also describes the attack on the Messerschmitt works. The exhibition also documents recovery of an unexploded bomb in the Riegelehaus at Königsplatz in 1944. This describes an event at that time whose geographical and temporal context remains clear in historical research. Such local information is brought together with aerial photographs, property files and later changes during historical preliminary investigation. What matters for today's working area is which indications can be assigned spatially and which investigations are already documented. Other project locations in Swabia are assessed using their own land-use and investigation history.
For the commissioned work, the applicable technical requirements, permits, competence and responsibilities are clarified. The actual scope of work is what matters. Tasks and interfaces are described for the project and checked against the required authorisations.
The risk assessment, work areas and communication arrangements must suit the planned activities. Specialist explosive ordnance work is coordinated with the other construction activities. Site organisation, traffic safety and other technical assessments retain their own responsible parties. Joint coordination assigns the relevant specialist work and responsibilities to the affected construction sections.
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.
In Swabia, the respective municipalities, as local security authorities, are generally responsible for addressing local explosive ordnance hazards. The explosive ordnance disposal service commissioned by the Free State of Bavaria provides support in dealing with specific hazards from found ordnance dating up to the end of the Second World War. Precautionary property-specific investigation and commissioning suitable specialist contractors remain separate.
The Donauwörth Water Management Office publishes on its Singold diversion project page structure and ground modelling plans, hydraulic illustrations and information on areas needed permanently or during construction. For construction preparation, these are brought together with their respective purpose and the current ground disturbance plan.
The BFR KMR guidelines on clearance planning link the investigation task to the subsequent sequence. The guidance on geophysics supports method selection, and that on Documentation supports handover of results. The DGUV FAQs on explosive ordnance clearance distinguish visual observation during excavation alone from specialist surveying methods. The Bavarian notice on explosive ordnance hazard response dated 13 August 2026 sets out precautionary measures, responsibilities and hazard prevention.
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 client describes the project and provides the available project records. The operator adds requirements for use, access and timing. A coordinating contact brings the parties together; individual tasks remain assigned to the named parties. Before commissioning, it is clearly recorded what information is missing, who will obtain it and what decision the result is intended to prepare.
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. Documents needed for an official procedure are determined by the site, project and requirements of the competent body. The technical report describes the specialist service completed with its documented area, depth and service scope. The respective competent bodies make official decisions.
In Bavaria, municipalities generally perform local security duties. The police act where urgent intervention is required. The explosive ordnance disposal service commissioned by the Ministry of the Interior supports responses to specific hazards from found old ordnance. The Munich disposal unit is generally responsible for Swabia. The Donau-Ries district is an exception and falls within the Nuremberg disposal unit's area. Property-specific research and technical investigation are prepared as separate specialist commissions. Activities of the commissioned service on old ordnance that are free of charge under the Bavarian notice are distinct from these private services.
Show existing ground and planned working levels with a clear elevation datum. Specialist planning can then assess which findings are needed for the volume of ground affected. Stating the later excavation depth alone may remain unclear without this reference. Results already available are assessed together with their documented scope and the actual changes.
Compare suitable specialist servicesWet areas and changing access may affect preparation. Identify known conditions and requirements from other specialists. The explosive ordnance investigation is coordinated with the sequence; hydraulic, water law and geotechnical questions retain their own subject. A service intended on land is not applied to underwater work without separate assessment.
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Historical documents and earlier investigation reports are brought together with the current ground disturbance plan. Identify areas where excavation, foundation work or other ground disturbance is actually intended. A large overall boundary may contain different tasks. Specialist planning therefore checks the precise area covered by available results and identifies missing information specifically.
Before awarding the work, relate earlier uses and construction phases to the proposed working areas. Include existing reports with their results plans and appendices in this comparison. If the evidence is incomplete, commission the necessary historical research and aerial photograph analysis. Their results help target technical investigation at the relevant areas and depths. Later changes in ground levels are considered where documented. Remaining gaps in knowledge stay clear for construction planning and definition of the next specialist commission.
Relate existing reports to the ground disturbance
The investigation follows the result needed and actual conditions. Ground conditions, existing structures, water conditions and access are considered. Identify known restrictions early. The specialist service selected must suit the proposed task; its suitability cannot be inferred solely from the size or name of the planned area shown.
Describe the proposed construction condition for each section. Give position and depth details for preliminary connections, access construction and foundations too. Identify known utilities, structures and restricted access with their plan version. Specialist planning can then assign the findings needed to a specific investigation scope. The tender describes tasks, prerequisites, documents to be provided and the expected handover of results. Site management clarifies with the parties which technical prerequisites must be established before each set of groundworks.
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If soil is excavated or a different working level created, the reference for later ground disturbance may change. Check the documented investigation areas and depths against it. Site management receives complete results and remaining limits. A section already investigated can thereby be used for further works without attributing general findings about every deeper volume of ground to it.
The results plan establishes the relationship between the investigation and subsequent works. If the ground surface is lowered or filled, the original elevation datum remains important for interpreting depths. Site management and contractors receive the complete reports with the current ground disturbance plan. New working locations are compared with the documented results. Agree necessary additions before the affected works. Earlier specialist services that remain usable are retained clearly in the project file.
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 reliable programme distinguishes tasks already technically resolved from prerequisites still outstanding. If an area will be only partly accessible, account for this when commissioning work. Results handover and assessment also need time in the construction programme. Agree timing and the work required once scope, access, documents, construction conditions and the date a decision is needed are clarified.
Discuss the scope and scheduleMark on the site plan where soil will be excavated or replaced and where foundations are proposed. Add the planned depths. Otherwise, a large plan boundary leaves unclear which subareas concern the actual investigation commission.
Provide the existing ground elevations and planned working levels in a clear relationship to each other. If a surface is lowered before further works, check whether existing investigation results cover the ground subsequently affected. State a changed elevation explicitly.
State whether access routes, utilities or temporary installations will disturb the ground. An area needed only during construction is not insignificant for that reason. The planned work is decisive; describe an area without ground disturbance accordingly.
Identify restricted access, wet areas and requirements from other specialists where known. These details help assess whether the proposed investigation is possible under the actual conditions. A plan alone does not show the water conditions under which later works will take place.
A hydraulically calculated area describes a different relationship from planned groundworks. Show the actual ground disturbance separately in the enquiry. Connections or preliminary work may also be needed outside a structure. The investigation scope is defined from these tasks and existing findings rather than treating different area definitions as equivalent.
State whether a temporarily required area will only store materials or whether creating it involves earthworks. Give position and depth details for the ground disturbance. A short period of use does not answer the explosive ordnance question. The actual work and specialist findings required for its specific scope remain decisive. For completed clearance works, the clearance record describes the areas actually addressed, methods, findings and outstanding tasks. The stage of work reached can then be traced for temporarily used areas too.
Include site plans, planned excavation areas, structures and corresponding elevation data. Add temporary ground disturbance and known access restrictions. The initial discussion relates these plans to existing explosive ordnance documents. Further investigation needs can then be identified for specific works rather than deriving a general survey commission from an overall project plan.
If terrain, construction boundaries or connections change, mark this on the new plan version. Compare available results with the changes. Supplementary questions remain visible for subsequent execution. The complete documentation shows which findings are used for which ground disturbance and what further specialist service still needs agreement before the relevant groundworks.
Historical aerial photograph assessment and other old records help place the basis for suspicion in its spatial context. The available images, their evidential value and the limits of the area considered matter. The absence of an identifiable indication must be distinguished from a technically surveyed ground area. The assessment is considered together with the planned intervention and other available findings. It can support the choice of a survey, but is not a measurement of the present-day subsurface or confirmation for all future works.
Understand aerial photograph assessmentMagnetometric methods detect magnetic anomalies. Whether they can address the specific survey task depends, among other things, on the expected objects, ground conditions, interference and required survey area. Fences, utilities or existing structures may affect interpretation. A measurement signal is therefore not described as ordnance solely because of its strength. Method, interpretation and any further investigation are planned as a connected specialist task.
Understand the scope of magnetometryElectromagnetic investigations can be suitable for particular metallic targets and site conditions. Their suitability must be explained for the task, rather than inferred simply from the availability of equipment. Interfering installations, accessible areas and the findings required must also be considered. Results are documented with their location and survey conditions. The specialist assessment determines whether a supplementary method is needed; this remains a project-specific decision.
Understand electromagnetic surveyingUnder suitable conditions, ground-penetrating radar can provide information about subsurface structures and reflections. Ground conditions, moisture, installations and the particular survey task affect interpretability. An anomaly is not automatically ordnance, and an area with no apparent anomalies is not general evidence for arbitrary depths. The specialist interpretation and its limits are documented with the instruction. A survey for another purpose is not adopted without checking as ordnance evidence.
GPR and limitationsFor deeper groundworks, it may be necessary to establish whether a surface investigation can provide the required findings or another approach is needed. Preparation includes the location, depth, borehole layout and existing services. Creating access for the investigation must also be properly planned by specialists. A general depth figure or standard grid cannot replace that work. Findings remain limited to the areas actually investigated and the method used.
Prepare deep interventionsIf a necessary preliminary investigation cannot be completed, the specialists assess whether a planned approach during construction is suitable. This includes coordinated investigation, interpretation and communication of findings within the intended work sequence. Visual observation of excavated material is not an interchangeable substitute for a necessary survey. Site management needs a clear description of when specialist work will take place, how new findings will be handled and which areas remain unresolved.
Agree the approach during constructionThe Surface survey may be suitable for appropriate open working areas. The investigation objective, actual measurement conditions and possible interference are decisive. The size of a flood illustration therefore does not establish a general survey commission.
If historical evidence remains incomplete, the Historical aerial photograph analysis is brought together with other available records and existing investigation reports. The assessment distinguishes indications of earlier wartime effects from later changes to terrain and use. Information from neighbouring areas retains its actual spatial reference. For the project, determine which findings can be used for the specific working area and which questions need further technical investigation. The resulting commission also identifies limits of the available documents.
For deep foundations or other interventions at individual points, the suitability of the deep or borehole survey must be assessed. This needs the position, planned depth and working level. An area investigation must not be applied unchecked to different ground disturbance.
The Surveying is designed for target objects, ground composition, existing utilities, interfering metal objects and the depth required. Existing structures and operational installations may affect measurement or interpretation. Identify existing reinforced concrete structures and paving too. Assess the suitability of deep surveying or borehole clearance for the volume of ground actually affected. Access and necessary preparation receive their technical prerequisites. Results of a near-surface investigation are assigned to the area covered and compared again with deeper or relocated ground disturbance.
Whether ordnance surveying during construction is suitable is assessed against the task and existing findings. It does not follow automatically from difficult access or staged earthworks. Visual observation during excavation alone is not explosive ordnance surveying; the agreed sequence must also account for interruptions and reporting channels.
Agreed ordnance surveying during construction is coordinated with the defined working area, available findings and necessary protective measures. Necessary investigations, any required area clearance and Ordnance recovery receive their respective scopes. If a suspicious object is found, stop the affected works and inform the police immediately. Work completed, findings and remaining limits are included in the documentation. These determine further specialist needs before the affected follow-on ground disturbance.
Send the plans for proposed earthworks and the corresponding elevation data. The initial discussion records the project location, construction task, working areas and date a decision is needed.
Assign earlier explosive ordnance reports and appendices to the affected areas. Document review includes complete explosive ordnance reports and their appendices. If the evidence is incomplete, the necessary historical research and aerial photograph analysis are carried out.
We clarify with you which investigation should cover each ground disturbance and what information is still missing. Method selection considers target objects, ground, interference and required depth. The agreed surveying or suitable supervision addresses the defined scope; findings and measurement limits are assessed by specialists.
Pass on investigation areas and restrictions in relation to the next works. The report and results plans document the services completed. The follow-up decision determines further specialist needs before the affected subsequent ground disturbance.
An investigation report must show the area and depth covered and under what conditions. If terrain or plans change later, compare those findings with the new ground disturbance. Areas not sufficiently assigned remain identifiable; simply carrying over an old plan does not make them investigated.
Handover of results includes site plans, assessment and evidence of specialist services actually completed. A clearance record documents the scope of clearance works. The documents are related to today's construction sections and planned depths. If the contractor changes, retain the plan versions and elevation data used. Investigated and outstanding areas are assigned clearly. Before the next ground disturbance, determine which results can be used for it and which additions are technically necessary.
In Bavaria, the notice distinguishes property research from duties in specific explosive ordnance hazards. It states that there is no central explosive ordnance register. The necessary specialist assessment therefore concerns the available findings and specific project. A plan or approval under water law is not evidence of a technical explosive ordnance investigation merely because of its title.
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.
Check whether a boundary describes a structure, land use or hydraulic effect, for example. For explosive ordnance preparation, make the actual ground disturbance clear in addition. Different plans can usefully work together. Their different spatial references remain, however, so that specialist findings are not applied to an area defined differently.
Understand investigation reports and their limitationsWhen passing on results, include the elevation datum used. Identify later excavation or fill on the current plans. The specialist review can then compare the next ground disturbance with the volume investigated. An unchanged depth figure is not always sufficient for reliable assessment without this reference.
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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.
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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. Describe the planned groundworks and investigation results needed in your enquiry. Operational conditions for industrial and infrastructure projects also belong in the 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 documentationThe illustration alone does not define the investigation scope. First consider the ground disturbance actually planned and existing findings. Structure areas, working areas and flood areas may differ. Specialists define the necessary scope for the specific task. The sequence connects document review, necessary historical research and method selection with investigation or suitable supervision, assessment and documentation.
Identify temporary works too if they involve ground disturbance. These may include preliminary access routes or temporary connections. Whether investigation is needed follows from the planned execution and existing findings. Clarify the needs before the respective preparatory groundworks and pass the relevant results to the contractors.
This must be checked against its documented scope. What matters is whether the areas and depths investigated cover the subsequent ground disturbance beneath the new working level. The level change does not automatically require a particular additional investigation, but specialists must take it into account.
No. Position, access and water conditions must be clarified for the specific commission. An investigation on land cannot simply be applied to an underwater area. Which service is possible under the actual conditions is agreed separately.
Stop work in the affected area immediately. Do not touch or move the object. Leave the danger area, keep your distance and keep others away. Inform the police immediately on 110. Follow police instructions. The municipality, police and commissioned explosive ordnance disposal service perform their respective hazard prevention duties.
Research needs, area and depth, access, existing structures and interfering metal objects affect the work required. Other factors include the suitable method, interpretation and documentation, and investigation of findings where necessary. Usable earlier reports help limit supplementary work to outstanding questions. The specialist services needed are coordinated with the actual stages of groundworks and construction.
The existing ground surface and planned working levels with an unambiguous reference, supplemented by the planned depths of ground disturbance.
The areas affected, known water conditions, obstacles and requirements from other specialists, and the planned work sequence. Include a site plan with working areas, depths and elevation datum, together with complete explosive ordnance reports and their appendices.
Mark excavation, structures and temporary ground disturbance with elevation references. Add the plot, plan version and known gaps in as-built documents.
State access, water conditions and existing reports. Assign reports to the proposed working locations and identify the date a decision is needed for the next construction phase.
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.