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If your construction project in Stade includes a stormwater basin, new services or chambers, these groundworks must also be included in explosive ordnance assessment. FONTANA-EOD clarifies with you which areas and depths need investigation. Results are assigned to the respective installation sections so that site management can identify what has already been investigated and what remains unresolved.
Compile basins, links and connections.
Specify groundworks for each installation component.
Pass results to subsequent trades.
A drainage system may consist of spatially separate areas with different depths. For your project in Stade, we compare basins, links and installations with existing investigation results. The findings needed are assigned to individual construction sections and their transitions.

Preparation in Stade requires the precise location of every installation component. The local Haddorf planning example shows stormwater retention considered separately; the investigation described there remains assigned to its area at that time. Assign enquiries and reports to your own land parcels and connections. Where installations lie elsewhere, the applicable local requirements and contacts are also included in coordination.
Stade is in the Stade district of Lower Saxony. For a drainage system crossing several municipalities, each component is recorded with its actual location and competent authority. For projects around Stade, Buxtehude or Drochtersen, the respective municipality is identified from the project address. Identify the document version associated with each site plan. The historical aerial photograph analysis is related to the affected groundworks and available findings.
For regional information relevant to your construction project, the Lüneburg administrative area overview leads to further local information.
The published explanatory statement for Stade development plan 246 “Westlich der Haddorfer Hauptstraße”, copy dated 2020, describes a stormwater retention basin and its connection alongside residential development areas. A separate investigation carried out in 2019 by another specialist company is mentioned for the basin area. This information concerns the project at that time and does not provide findings for other properties in Stade.
Show in your design how the installations are connected and which areas are to be investigated. A report on a construction area does not automatically answer questions about a distant basin or connecting service. Even with a shared drainage plan, check which components the existing reports actually cover.
The Stade museums document the Stade-Süd airbase and its military use during the Second World War, together with air raids on Stade in April 1945. Historical research compares these local relationships with the specific area and available records. The present investigation task depends on the planned groundworks and findings available for them.
For the commissioned activities, the applicable technical requirements and questions of permits, competence and responsibility are clarified. The services actually planned are decisive. Required permits and certificates of competence are assigned to the activities described and the responsible persons.
Risk assessment, working areas and communication must match the proposed activities. Explosive ordnance specialist works are coordinated with the other construction works. Operational organisation, site and traffic safety, and other specialist technical inspections retain their own responsible parties. Joint coordination relates specialist works and responsible participants to the construction sections concerned.
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.
The explanatory statement for development plan 246 in Stade-Haddorf describes the planning project at that time and the separate investigation of the basin area in 2019. The LGLN explains wartime aerial photograph analysis for hazard investigation and the tasks in explosive ordnance assessment. For the current project, these principles are compared with the property and ground intervention concerned.
The principles of clearance planning connect the specialist task with construction planning. The specialist geophysical principles help assess methods and measurement conditions. The BFR KMR documentation requirements relate the results to the areas, depths and conditions actually investigated.
The defined remit of the BFR KMR guidelines concerns federal projects. Their technical principles are compared with the locally applicable requirements and responsibilities for the project.
For work in Germany, the permit, certificate 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 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.
§ 7 SprengG concerns the commercial permit for activities requiring authorisation, and § 20 SprengG the certificate of competence of responsible persons. § 1b SprengG governs which provisions apply when searching for munitions that have been found. The commission identifies the planned activities and the persons responsible for them.
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 contractor performs the agreed investigation and documentation work. Official requirements and decisions are clarified with the respective responsible bodies. The records needed for a specific procedure depend on the location and project. The technical report documents the specialist work carried out and its area, depth and limits of conclusions. The responsible bodies make official decisions concerning subsequent groundworks.
Within the city, municipal requirements are agreed with the competent authority of the Hanseatic City of Stade. If an installation component lies outside the city, the municipality at its actual location is responsible. The state explosive ordnance disposal service supports municipalities in Lower Saxony within its remit.
Assign existing aerial photograph assessments and technical reports to the planned basin and service alignment areas. Their maps and stated investigation boundaries are essential. A separately investigated basin is substantiated only within the scope of its associated report. For further components, check which findings are available and which specialist question still needs answering.
Assess historical documentsAccess, existing installations and required depths may differ considerably between basin, service and chamber. A suitable approach is therefore related to each respective area. Planning describes required preliminary work and the assumed construction condition. A method used in an older project is not applied to a new installation without checking its suitability.
Compare investigation methods
A stormwater basin may be spatially separate from the buildings it drains. Describe its footprint, slopes and working space with their planned depths. Investigation of the main construction area is not extended to it merely because both serve the same project. The associated plans and specialist reports are needed. They allow existing findings and unresolved parts of the basin area to be assigned unambiguously.
Assign the planned base elevation and elevation reference to every area. Different volumes of ground may be affected between preparatory excavation and the later basin base. The required scope for slopes and working space at the sides is described separately. If the basin position changes, its new boundaries are compared with the existing report before the affected earthworks begin.
Provide specialist supervision of excavation
Services connect the individual parts but may run outside areas already investigated. Connection pits and crossings are also recorded with their dimensions and depths. Comparison uses the actual route. If different commissions are carried out along the alignment, their boundaries must match. A transition not covered remains an unresolved task until the specialist findings needed are available.
Clearly draw connection points, changes of direction and boundaries of sections already investigated. The specialist planners need the actual route and planned depths. If a crossing is moved, its excavations and working space are also considered. Site management receives the associated plan version so that the transition between two construction sections can be agreed using the same documents.
Specialist services and investigation tasks
A chamber or pumping structure may affect the ground differently from the adjoining service. Its excavation, working space and required depth therefore form an explicit part of the description. Investigation is planned against this task. A general depth for the entire drainage system may obscure important differences. Also show whether preliminary connections or access roads are to be built earlier.
For a deeper chamber, specify the maximum intervention depth and space needed for its construction. This may include additional groundworks for access. The investigation commission distinguishes this volume of ground from the adjoining service alignment. Where some areas are initially inaccessible, record their position, unresolved question and later date for specialist investigation.
Understand downhole surveysFirst 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.
For a drainage installation, initial investigation needs are derived from the overall system and individual interventions. The party responsible for site development compiles the plans needed. The specialist company identifies missing evidence and prerequisites for its work. Site management and the trades involved assign results handovers to the planned construction sections.
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.
The basin area, connection pits and service corridor may have different access prerequisites. Identify paving, existing services, neighbouring installations and known use restrictions. Before execution, necessary preliminary work is assessed for possible relevance to explosive ordnance. Creating measurement access thus remains part of preparation and is coordinated with the documents and responsibilities needed for it.
Clarify preparatory work in the programmeA reliable process distinguishes work already technically clarified from prerequisites still unresolved. If an area will only be partly accessible, this must be taken into account when commissioning the work. Handover and assessment of results also need time in the construction programme. Specific coordination connects the described scope with access, records, execution conditions and the date by which a decision is needed.
Discuss the scope and scheduleFor a planned basin, describe its footprint, base, slopes and required working space. Intervention depths may differ within this area. If the investigation commission is limited to the eventual water surface, slopes or working space may lie outside it, for example.
Draw the complete services between construction area, retention basin and connection point. Gradients, depth changes and crossings are relevant to the task. Investigation of the basin does not demonstrate that the onward service alignment was also investigated.
Chambers, pumping structures or other installations may extend deeper than adjoining service sections. If these structures are planned, they must be identifiable in the commission. Specify each such structure’s depth separately. A shared depth for the drainage system may be too imprecise.
Also plan groundworks for access and construction of the installation. Temporary routes and site setup must be distinguished from the later condition of the installation. An existing right of use or access is not explosive ordnance evidence for an intervention planned there.
Identify basins, service sections and installations unambiguously in the overview plan. The associated specialist reports are recorded with their date, area investigated and limitations. This keeps visible which part was actually investigated. The shared plan helps orientation and refers to the complete documents needed for the next work. The project file links the commission’s measurement data, survey results and assessment of findings with the report and associated plan appendices. After clearance work has been carried out, the clearance record, including its scope, results and remaining limitations, is assigned to the installation component actually investigated.
When moving from basin construction to service laying or chamber construction, the applicable results must be available. Also hand over plan appendices and unresolved areas. If connections are moved, compare the new route before groundworks. The handover should cover the actual next intervention rather than merely describe the general progress of the overall installation.
An access road, temporary connection or working area may be constructed before the basin itself. Record these interventions with their position and depth too. The documents and specialist decisions needed are included in scheduling preparation. The later appointment for the main installation does not establish when prerequisites for the first ground intervention must be in place.
If basins and services are built at different times, their investigation status remains separately traceable. Before each section, the current design is compared with the available result for it. Additional chambers and changed connections are reported in good time. A shared schedule organises handovers, while the complete reports document the specialist scope of each conclusion.
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 in full, it is assessed whether a specialist-planned approach during construction is suitable. This includes coordinated investigation, evaluation and communication of findings within the planned sequence. Any necessary surveying remains part of the agreed approach; visual inspection supplements it. Site management needs a clear description of when specialist work takes place, how new findings are handled and which areas remain unresolved. For explosive ordnance clearance during construction, the DGUV FAQ explain the necessary technical investigation works. Visual observation alone does not meet the state of the art for this specialist task.
Agree the approach during constructionThe aerial-photo analysis and other existing explosive ordnance documents are compared with the full planned installation scope. For spatially separate parts, check particularly whether their areas are included in the documents. A result from another construction project applies only to the area investigated there.
Available image capture dates, spatial coverage and identifiable features are brought together with the present-day plans. If historical matters remain unresolved, the necessary research and aerial photograph assessment are carried out. Later excavation, fill or other ground changes are considered in the assessment. For a basin planned outside the main construction area and its connecting alignment, check which findings actually cover their areas.
For any necessary geophysical survey, accessibility, paving, existing installations and the investigation objective must be considered. Different installation components may have different conditions. The method used in the older Stade project is therefore not automatically suitable for a new basin or another service.
Method selection considers target objects, ground conditions, interference and the investigation depth required. Existing services and other metal installations are identified with their known routes. Investigation areas and measurement limits receive an unambiguous spatial reference. If borehole surveying is necessary, describe starting points, depths and elevation references, together with the prerequisites for creating them. Results are interpreted by specialists against the actual measurement conditions.
A clearance plan can link the required investigation sections with the planned construction sequence. Lower Saxony’s allocation of responsibilities remains unaffected. Commercial hazard investigation must be distinguished from statutory municipal measures and the state explosive ordnance disposal service’s tasks.
If the assessment identifies further work needed, the clearance objective, volume of ground affected and approach are agreed. The tender specifies prerequisites, interfaces with groundworks and the documentation required. Where explosive ordnance is identified, recovery and further measures are coordinated with the competent authorities within Lower Saxony’s allocation of responsibilities. The survey report and clearance record document the specialist work actually carried out, with its conditions and limitations.
Bring the planned installations together on a shared overview plan. Each component includes its actual ground interventions and depths. Also mark connections outside the main construction area and identify who supplies their plans. For the first discussion, identify the project address, affected land parcels and planned start of groundworks. Describe the decision site management and planners need before the next section.
Assign existing findings to the individual parts. Describe what still needs clarification for each area. This defines the respective investigation commission. Technically connected components may have different investigation needs. The complete explosive ordnance documents are compared with the installation plan and its boundaries. If historical matters remain unresolved, the necessary research and wartime aerial photograph assessment are carried out. The findings obtained are assigned to the affected areas and further investigation needs.
For a necessary technical investigation, the method is selected according to target objects, ground conditions, intervention depths and interference. Specialist planners and the specialist company define the areas that can be investigated and access needed. Official requirements are agreed with the competent authority.
Where further work is needed, the planned surveys or specialist-agreed supervision tasks are carried out. Measurement data and findings are evaluated against the method and local conditions. Limitations remain identifiable by location. If an actual suspected item is found, the affected work is stopped and the competent authorities notified immediately.
Agree which results must be available before basin construction, service laying or chamber construction. Include preliminary groundworks too. The necessary prerequisites must be met for every intervention. The planned commissioning date does not replace this clarification. The documentation identifies the areas and depths actually investigated, method, results and remaining questions. Reports and plan appendices are handed over together. For separate installation components, it remains traceable which documentation applies to each subsequent intervention.
When trades change, the applicable reports and plan appendices are handed over too. Identify in particular the boundaries between investigated and unresolved sections. Changes to a connection are compared with the previous investigation scope before execution. Participants compare subsequent work with the existing results. If position, depth or execution changes, the affected areas are assigned again. Necessary further clarification, responsible contacts and the results handover needed are recorded before each intervention.
For each installation component investigated, the documentation should identify its area, method, investigation scope and limitations. Where useful, show the results on a shared overview plan. An uninvestigated connection or additional chamber must remain identifiable as unresolved, even if adjoining sections are complete.
Complete report appendices remain necessary for handover to the party responsible for site development, site management and other planners. The BFR Kampfmittelräumung provides specialist principles for planning and documentation within its stated scope. Specific official requirements and decisions must be considered separately for the respective project.
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 findings are identified. They are shown separately in the report and overview plan. Planners and site management can then decide specifically which areas still need work and when a suitable investigation will become possible.
A new location, additional depth or different construction methods are compared with the existing results. Changes are passed on with dates and clear plan references. Feedback is provided before the affected work so that an unresolved question can be incorporated into the workflow.
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 basin, service and chamber may serve the same drainage purpose. Their ground volumes may nevertheless have been investigated separately or involve different unresolved questions. Therefore read the results reports with their respective areas and depths. Only spatial comparison with the overall design shows whether the conclusions cover all planned interventions and their connections.
Understand investigation reports and their limitationsThe enquiry identifies the investigation objective for the next ground intervention. Describe which components are to be built and the findings available for them. Identify the conclusion still needed and working conditions. On this basis, a suitable approach is planned and its scope documented so that subsequent trades can assign the results to their interventions.
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.
Assess investigation reports


Historical assessment, technical investigation and subsequent work answer different questions. In your enquiry, describe the proposed groundworks and the findings needed for the next intervention.
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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 documentationOnly if the actual investigation scope includes the area and task concerned. A basin may involve separate interventions and conditions. The complete reports and plan appendices are decisive, rather than the shared project name alone. Before planned groundworks, agree investigation needs with the specialist company and official requirements with the Hanseatic City of Stade. The KBD supports the municipality within its remit.
The ground interventions must be identifiable in sufficient detail. Different depths, larger excavations or additional connections may require separate drawings. Use the design and investigation needs to determine which areas the commission must identify individually. A suitable method depends on the investigation objective, ground conditions, interference and achievable depth. Inaccessible areas or areas whose measurements cannot be interpreted are documented with their boundaries.
The official explanatory statement documents a specific project and an investigation carried out by another company in 2019. It does not provide findings for another property. For your project, the associated reports and planned groundworks must be checked.
Relocation may affect different areas, depths or measurement conditions. The change is compared with previous results. Whether further investigations are needed depends on the areas affected. The main installation remaining in the same place does not answer this question.
Stop the affected work, do not touch or move the object and move away. Keep others away and, in Germany, notify the police on 110. Follow official instructions and do not attempt to recover the object yourself.
Where its construction involves planned ground interventions, it is included with its position and depth. This must be distinguished from merely using an existing area. Describe the actual work so that specialist needs for the access and main installation can be assessed separately. The sequence begins by checking existing documents, followed by planning and carrying out necessary specialist work and assessing its results. The documentation is assigned to the subsequent intervention.
The complete reports, maps and current plan versions relevant to its intervention are needed. Outstanding sections and limitations remain visible. A shared overview plan helps assignment but does not replace the specialist conclusions and their appendices.
The area, depth, investigation objective and accessibility of each part, together with existing documents. Construction phases separated in time or different working conditions may affect execution. A complete overview of basins, connections and installations helps agree an appropriate scope of services.
Send the drainage plan and available sections showing basins, slopes, services, chambers and working space. Add their respective depths and existing specialist reports. Areas outside the main construction site should be identifiable, as should connection points not yet defined. If an area with suspected ordnance has been identified, include its boundaries and associated documents. State the specialist findings needed for the planned intervention.
State which component will be built first and which preliminary groundworks precede it. Identify the responsible planners, trades involved and dates by which decisions are needed. Known access restrictions or planned changes help agree the further scope traceably.
Add the project address and land parcels, current project status and existing official conditions. Provide as-built and service plans with their date and elevation reference. For every construction section, identify the reports needed, contacts and results handover dates. For spatially separate installations, keep their locations identifiable on the shared plan.
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.