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Public ordnance disposal service, authority and private specialist company
Who may investigate, who decides on measures and where should a find be reported? For clients, planners and contractors, responsibility at the project location and the precise specialist commission are decisive. Kampfmittelräumdienst and Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst designate bodies organised differently by region. As a private specialist company, FONTANA-EOD supports project-specific investigation and documentation. Your proposed intervention and existing documents provide the starting point.
Clarify the local procedure.
Separate authority and specialist service.
Assign permit and scope.
Technical assessment
Clarify task allocation at the project location
The BFR Kampfmittelräumung generally assign public hazard response to the federal states; task allocation, organisation and funding differ under the relevant federal and state provisions. The responsible authority, commissioning route and specialist service needed are therefore determined for the specific site. For a possible explosive ordnance find, stop the affected work, do not touch or move the object and leave the danger area. Notify the police from a safe distance, on 110 in Germany or 113 in Luxembourg, and keep others away without putting yourself at risk.
Distinguish service designation, specialist task and result
Coordination depends on whether a term designates an authority, level of evidence or activity. This distinction helps direct an enquiry to the correct recipient.
Private specialist companies undertake specialist investigation, surveying, clearance and documentation services within the authorised and commissioned scope. Responsible authorities make official decisions. Before deployment, it is recorded which task the public service, local authority and commissioned company undertake. This includes documents needed, contacts and handovers. A company may, for example, provide measurement data and a results plan for coordination; the responsible authority handles its assigned procedural question. Site management must be able to identify which response concerns which work step.
Suspicion and suspected area
Suspected explosive ordnance is an initial situation requiring specialist clarification. A suspected area assigns it spatially. For official coordination and the specialist commission, the evidence base and proposed interventions are described together. The name of an authority involved alone says nothing about the work status of the area.
Assess suspicion in relation to the projectSurveying
A geophysical survey records ground anomalies using suitable measurement methods and assesses them in relation to suspected explosive ordnance. The commission defines volume, depth, conditions and the record needed. A current site plan, proposed intervention depth and known interference support this. The specialist company justifies the appropriate method; integration of results into the local procedure is clarified with the responsible parties. The result remains assigned to the ground volume actually investigated.
Distinguish survey tasksClearance and recovery
Explosive ordnance clearance addresses a defined area through planned search for and removal of ordnance. Recovery concerns proper retrieval of identified ordnance by duly authorised specialists. For a commission, scope, necessary authorisations and handovers are defined. This includes which work a specialist company performs and who undertakes further handling of ordnance actually identified. Safety assessment and necessary measures rest with the authorised specialists and responsible authorities.
Distinguish clearance and recovery technicallyClearance statements and documentation
A specialist assessment is read with area, depth, task and documented limitations. Report and results plan make this scope traceable. For planned foundations, for example, it is checked whether starting elevation, alignment and final depth lie within the treated volume. Additional official decisions or operational permits to work are assigned to their own procedures. At handover, parties should use the same plan version and be able to identify unresolved areas.
Read evidence and its limitsEOD and UXO
EOD stands for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and describes specialist ordnance disposal. UXO stands for Unexploded Ordnance: ammunition prepared for use or deployed that has not exploded. In international task descriptions, the terms are connected with the service actually commissioned and responsibilities at the deployment location.
Translate EOD requirements into specialist tasksKBD, KMBD, KRD and MBD
KBD and KMBD stand for Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst, KRD for Kampfmittelräumdienst. MBD is used, for example, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Munitionsbergungsdienst. The actual organisation at the project location remains decisive. Keep its full name, project location and existing correspondence together. A query can thus be assigned to the responsible contact even if the abbreviation used in an earlier project differs.
Assign authority and private tasksBFR KMR and DGUV
BFR KMR means Baufachliche Richtlinien Kampfmittelräumung; DGUV stands for Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, the German Social Accident Insurance. Respective documents are used with their scope and activities. The specialist commission specifically identifies requirements for planning, execution and documentation. A regulatory reference should therefore be connected with the service actually needed. Clients can ask which reports, spatial appendices and conclusions they will receive on completion and who needs these for the subsequent procedure.
Distinguish the prerequisites of the specialist taskExcavation supervision
Excavation supervision is connected with suitable equipment, qualified personnel and a defined construction phase. Necessary technical investigation remains part of planning; merely observing excavation does not fulfil this task. Before work begins, affected ground volume, investigation and removal steps, documentation objective and interfaces with site organisation are described. Responsible parties also agree how to respond to deviations or a suspicious object and who can authorise resumption of an affected work step.
Describe the service during constructionDefine the task
Who is responsible for which task
Responsible hazard response authority
Official responsibility depends on state law and project location. Planned work must follow the relevant application, participation and reporting routes. Official notices and statements are assigned to the respective case; technical information from a company describes its investigation task or result. Clarify with the responsible authority who decides and which documents are needed. Keep file reference, date and appendices together so that a query can be assigned unambiguously to the property and proposed construction activity.
Public explosive ordnance disposal service
Depending on state organisation, a public service provides particular expertise and operational explosive ordnance disposal tasks. Access may be through the local authority. Specific responsibility and cost arrangements are clarified for the measure concerned. Preparatory services, technical investigations and handling of an actual find may be assigned to different task holders and cost bearers. Scheduling must record which documents need to be available first and who initiates the next step. A private quotation is coordinated with this procedural status.
Private specialist company
The contract describes the specialist service assigned, its scope and necessary interfaces. Qualifications and necessary permits are checked in relation to the activity. The company documents its own investigations and their limits; responsible authorities make official decisions. Where several contractors are involved, it must be clear who carries specialist responsibility for each section and who combines reports. Even when the contractor changes, existing investigation status and outstanding tasks remain part of handover.
In project practice
Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia illustrate the differences
In Lower Saxony, the LGLN explosive ordnance disposal service identifies the municipality as the responsible hazard response authority. Commercial specialist companies can be commissioned there to undertake hazard investigations such as surveys; the municipality takes its assigned sovereign measures. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the Düsseldorf district government describes explosive ordnance disposal as a task of local public order authorities; its disposal service covers the administrative districts of Düsseldorf and Cologne. For other administrative districts, the responsible authority there is identified. The specific procedure also distinguishes the investigation type. The City of Cologne describes particular prerequisites for private safety and borehole detection and for explosive ordnance clearance during construction, for example. This local information is related to the respective task.
Identify the project location in the enquiry and use regional pages for spatial orientation. Clarify with the locally responsible authority which existing documents can be used. Agree there how the proposed private specialist service is incorporated. Also ask which notifications or decisions are needed before execution. Describe the property and construction activity for this. For a changed design, mark the relevant areas or depths so that the query concerns the actual new intervention.
Preparation and handover
Which records clients should check
Company permit
Section 7 SprengG governs the permit in Germany for the commercial handling of or trade in explosive substances described there. For the proposed activity, its specific scope and any associated restrictions are checked. Assign the record to the company actually commissioned and proposed service scope. Technical suitability of an investigation method is additionally justified by the task and local conditions. Official responsibilities and decisions follow from the applicable procedure. For cross-border projects, requirements at each deployment location must be clarified separately.
Competency of responsible persons
Section 20 SprengG concerns the certificate of competency in Germany for the responsible persons designated there. It must be distinguished from the company permit. For the commission, the responsible person, actual proposed activity and qualification records needed are assigned. If personnel change, specialist responsibility in the project must remain unambiguous. An investigation report's assessment also follows from the agreed scope and work performed. Clients should therefore consider personal prerequisites as well as the specific service specification and later documentation.
Commission and result
Record which area is treated, which assessment is required and who receives the documents. Specialist documentation must identify its area, depth and method references. Additional official decisions or declarations needed for the next step are clarified in the local procedure and maintained as separate documents. Agree which plan version underlies assessment and which appendices belong to it. For part of an area, boundaries are shown on the plan so that neighbouring or deeper volumes remain distinguishable when passed on.
Resolve typical coordination questions before execution
Official information, a private investigation commission and planned construction may concern different questions. Parties therefore compare the subject of correspondence with the work actually proposed. The unresolved question determines which specialist work or further coordination is required.
Correspondence exists but the specialist task remains unclear
Read the assessment, appendices and spatial reference together. Compare them with the current intervention design and identify the unresolved question. Clarify, for example, whether an existing plan concerns the whole construction site or only particular suspected points. The necessary service is determined from this comparison. A file reference, plan version and marked extract help with a targeted query. The result needed should be defined before equipment selection.
A report is to be used for a changed design
Before further use of a report, it is checked whether area, depth and conditions correspond with the changed design. Utilities, ground composition, interfering objects and measurement limits may restrict the assessment. Specialist comparison is documented; any further official coordination needed remains identifiable as a separate process. Identify relocated structural elements and additional depths specifically. Additions can thus relate to the affected ground volume while results already usable retain their limits.
Several authorities or parties need different documents
Clarify who should receive the specialist report, results plan or separate declaration. Record purpose, work status and unresolved questions. The project file distinguishes technical assessment, official decision and subsequent site organisation. An overview plan for site management remains linked with complete technical appendices. Where several recipients are involved, agree who passes on documents and who answers specialist queries. Changes are communicated with dates and the associated plan version.
Describe interfaces as specific handovers
For each handover, identify information needed, affected working area and recipient. An unclear elevation reference or missing appendix is referred to the party with specialist responsibility before the next intervention. A response is then connected with the relevant work step and documents.
Connect the enquiry with the subject of the case
State project location, property, construction activity and authority already involved. Include complete correspondence. This shows whether the task concerns new official information, preparation of an investigation or use of existing results. Where the client is represented, also clarify who should submit documents and receive responses. Contacts and their tasks remain unambiguously identified for specialist work.
Pass on technical limitations understandably
A technically restricted or uninvestigated zone receives a traceable spatial reference. Describe the unresolved assessment and further clarification needed. The recipient must be able to identify which ground volume the limitation concerns. Where known, cause and affected depth are stated. For construction planning, it is then determined which investigation or other preparation is needed before the work concerned. This arrangement remains linked with the section.
Compare design changes before reuse
Relocated points, additional excavations or greater depths may extend beyond the previous commission. The change is connected with the existing record. Additional specialist needs and any further coordination required are then clarified. State which plan version is replaced and which structural elements remain unchanged. The new investigation scope and later result handover can then relate to the actual change.
Define the specialist service needed before commissioning
Task clarification begins with the specialist question. The appropriate service and its integration into the local procedure follow.
Prepare historical evidence for planning
Describe the historical documents already available and volume to be considered. Assessment follows the evidence objective needed. Existing official information and provisions are communicated so that work builds on the actual case. Where property designations differ, historical maps and the current site plan are assigned by specialists. The source and its assessment limits remain traceable for subsequent technical investigation.
Define deep interventions spatially
For drilling and foundation points, describe location, depth, construction method and the record needed. The specialist company receives a specific task including starting elevation and spatial alignment. At the same time, it is clarified which documents the local procedure needs and how results should be passed to authorities involved. Proposed preparatory interventions and known existing utilities also belong in coordination.
Place tasks during construction within the sequence
Identify the construction stage at which investigation is to take place and known access or measurement limits. The technical service and its interfaces are agreed before the next intervention. The specialist sequence includes necessary investigation, assessment and, where applicable, removal steps. Parties define which areas are accessible when and how results are handed over for the next working layer. Local provisions for involving authorities remain part of preparation.
Connect responsibility with the construction project
Project conditions affect the specialist task and its interfaces. The responsible procedure continues to be clarified for the specific location.
Linear development across several work sections
A route may involve different areas, construction stages and contacts. An enquiry identifies affected sections and the interventions proposed there. Existing correspondence is assigned unambiguously so that its assessments are not transferred to other areas without review.
Assign route sections and specialist tasksConstruction within existing facilities
Ongoing operations and installed infrastructure may restrict access and investigation conditions. Describe these constraints early. Operator coordination, occupational safety organisation and explosive ordnance assessment are brought together with their respective tasks. For a change of construction stage, define who communicates actual accessibility and known utility information. Necessary operational permits to work are issued by the responsible bodies and compared with the investigation status.
Describe existing conditions for coordinationPhased development of an area
For a later extension, it is checked which volume the previous work covers. The new commission identifies additional areas or depths. Handovers show which results exist and which decision is needed for the next section. Documented intermediate stages retain their section designation. Completed investigations, unresolved areas and later additions thus remain traceable even if site management or contractor changes.
Connect development sections with the record statusCoordinate the specialist commission and local procedure
The sequence depends on evidence, task and project location. Existing official information is assessed with its appendices; for a new case, first clarify which authority needs which documents. Commissioned specialist services are coordinated with this preparation.
Identify the project location and specialist question at initial contact
State the property, proposed work and authorities already involved. Describe the decision needed and documents available so far. A specifically marked working area facilitates assignment. For several construction measures, affected sections are identified individually so that queries and later results belong to the correct case.
Assign documents and procedural status
Correspondence, site plans and earlier results are read together. Missing appendices and unresolved responsibility questions are recorded before a new scope is defined. Contradictions between plan versions or property designations are clarified. Further work identifies traceably which information can be used and what is still needed.
Add historical information where needed
The historical task is described with volume and evidence objective. Research or aerial photograph assessment is incorporated into further planning insofar as suitable for the specific question. Existing assessments are provided with sources, appendices and assessment limits. Remaining investigation needs follow from these and the proposed intervention.
Define investigation scope and handovers
Area, depth, constraints and the record needed determine the technical approach. Measurement conditions, existing utilities and necessary access are considered. Contacts and necessary coordination are connected with the work sequence before execution. Commission and local procedure should identify which results must be presented for subsequent work and who clarifies unresolved questions.
Prepare execution and safe reporting routes
Site management, specialist company and other contractors coordinate access, working areas and necessary protective measures. Those responsible for specialist queries and deviations are identified. A possible explosive ordnance find is reported immediately through the safe police reporting route; responsible authorities undertake further hazard response. Local notifications and responses needed before execution are assigned to the relevant work step.
Carry out the commissioned investigation
Surveying or suitable work during construction is performed within the agreed scope. Measurement data, findings and limitations receive location and depth references. Deviations from the commission are referred to those with specialist responsibility and clarified before affected subsequent work. A possible ordnance find follows the safe reporting route. Further assessment and handling of the object are undertaken by the authorised specialists and responsible authorities.
Interpret results and document them for the case
Measurement data and findings are assessed by specialists and connected with the investigation volume. The report describes method, location and depth reference, limitations and unresolved areas. Agreed spatial appendices are included. For further official coordination, the specific question is connected with these results so that the recipient can identify the investigation status reached.
Hand over documents and distinguish further decisions
The specialist company hands over its documented results. Parties assign necessary technical, official and site-operational decisions to their respective scope. For unresolved areas, further work needed is identified. Design changes are compared with the record status. Site management receives documents relevant to its section and knows the contact for specialist queries.
Align the enquiry with the support needed
The appropriate starting point follows from the unresolved task and documents already available.
Commission a specialist service
Identify investigation objective, affected ground volume and local procedural status. The specialist service can then be described specifically and coordinated with unresolved official questions. State whether a new investigation, an addition or assessment of existing reports is needed. The quotation relates to this described scope.
Select the specialist service according to the taskOrganise documents for coordination
Compile complete reports, site plans and correspondence. Identify the recipient and decision needed. An appendix list facilitates assignment; marked questions help with responses. Different editions remain identifiable so that coordination uses the same basis.
Prepare records and handoversUnderstand responsibility at the project location
State municipality, property and existing cases. Regional assignment supports a targeted query about the responsible authority. For several sites, cases are maintained separately. The technical task description can be reused while participation and procedural requirements applicable at each site are clarified locally.
Assign the project location and previous involvementDiscuss a specific service scope
FONTANA-EOD agrees the private specialist task with you using your project. Existing official documents and unresolved interfaces are considered. Identify the next intervention and result needed for it. The commission describes preparation, investigation, interpretation and agreed documentation in relation to this.
Agree the specialist commission with project documentsBring documents together for the commission and further coordination
The evidence chain begins with the initial situation and ends with a clearly described assessment. Different document functions remain identifiable.
Initial situation and commissioned volume
Historical documents, official information and earlier reports are assigned to the plot, construction site or route section. Site plan and task description show which area and depth are to be considered for the current construction activity. Plan version, elevation reference and known changes are also recorded. If an appendix needed for assignment is missing, it is requested before further use or the remaining uncertainty described explicitly.
Investigation and specialist conclusion
Measurement data, survey results and assessment of findings are connected with the volume treated. Method and limitations remain traceable. The report explains which assessment the result supports and which questions remain open. A specific finding is distinguished from an unresolved measurement signal. For further planning, affected areas are shown with their location and depth information and necessary follow-up measures identified.
Final documents and next decision
The report, results plan and clearance record where applicable record the service performed. Unresolved areas remain identifiable for the project file and site management. Additional official decisions needed are maintained with their own purpose. Agree whether recipients need complete original documents, particular spatial data or an additional section overview. The overview refers to the relevant reports and appendices so that their scope is preserved when passed on.
Clarify the scope of existing records
Do you want to use a report for a proposed intervention or understand its limitations? Compare the existing records with the current construction design. Specify area, depth and the outstanding decision. Further specialist work can then be coordinated precisely.
Discuss records and the proposed interventionAssign qualifications and the regulatory framework according to activity
For a specific commission, company permit, personal competency, technical methods and official case are assigned to their respective tasks. Responsibilities of client, employer and contractor also remain identifiable. Contacts and responses needed for later changes are defined during preparation.
For BFR references, their scope must be considered; BFR KMR govern construction tasks on federal properties within their described scope of application. Relevant responsibilities and procedures are additionally clarified for each project location. The legal framework and specific service specification are therefore considered together when preparing documents for an investigation or further coordination.
Permit scope and personal specialist knowledge
In Germany, the Explosives Act distinguishes company- and person-related requirements. The First Ordinance on the Explosives Act supplements the framework with provisions on specialist knowledge and state-recognised courses, among other matters. Prerequisites needed are checked against the activity actually commissioned. Permit scope, personal competency and technical task allocation are assigned to the deployment. For a changed task or staffing, it is checked which records and coordination are necessary.
Occupational safety in the commissioned working area
The respective employers in Germany assess the hazards to their employees and organise necessary protective measures. Where several companies are involved, shared interfaces and mutual information are agreed. The DGUV Information 201-027 addresses risk assessment and protective measures during explosive ordnance clearance. The DGUV Rule 113-003 concerns dismantling or destroying explosives or corresponding objects, including disposal of found ordnance; its application follows this activity scope. The work sequence specifically identifies responsible persons, instruction, access and response to deviations. Workplace protective measures and official hazard response are coordinated with their respective responsibilities.
Local procedure and specialist commission
BFR KMR provide a specialist approach within their scope. Official find and hazard response procedures and interfaces with public disposal services are considered by project location and case. A private commission identifies the specialist service and handovers, while official decisions remain assigned to the respective procedure. If a specialist company is commissioned to prepare documents or specialist queries, the content and scope of this support are agreed. Contacts must be able to identify who acts for the client and which technical or official decision remains outstanding.
Features of clear commission and task allocation
Agreements should remain traceable even through changing construction stages.
Defined project location
Local assignment is connected with the property and case.
Specific specialist task
Area, depth and the assessment needed are described.
Assigned qualifications
Prerequisites are checked against the activity.
Clear recipients
It is clear who needs which results.
Understandable limits
Unresolved areas remain visible in report and plan.
Separate decisions
Specialist assessment, official case and construction organisation are assigned.
Make the local case clear for the enquiry
Regional orientation is supplemented by specific project documents.
Location and existing official information
State the municipality, address and, where applicable, plot reference. Include correspondence with appendices and dates. For Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, each case is assigned to its project location; a procedure from another federal state is reassessed against requirements applicable there. Identify any responsible authority already known and the file reference. The next query can thus build on the actual status and concern a specifically identified working area.
Understand the project location and existing official information
Specialist support for a specific intervention
Describe the affected ground volume and record needed. State which investigation has already taken place and which tasks remain open. For official coordination within the project, technical documents are connected with the specific procedural question. Identify the recipient and response needed for the next intervention. This facilitates preparation of a clearly described private commission and necessary further handovers.
Enquire about the specialist task with location and documentsPass on evidence and results understandably
For targeted coordination, documents are read according to their task within the project.
Historical information for further planning
An assessment is used with its source, volume and limits. Official information remains part of the case with its own content. Specialist work is aligned with the evidence needed. Keep historical maps and the current plan version together if property boundaries or area designations have changed. Assignment must be traceable for further investigation planning.
Assign historical specialist documents correctly
Service scope for the affected ground volume
The private specialist service describes task, conditions and result. Investigation, clearance task and work during construction are defined according to actual need. Existing official provisions and known limitations belong in commission clarification. For a change during execution, the additional or omitted scope affected is identified and coordinated with proposed handovers.
Compare specialist service tasks
Documentation for subsequent parties
The results plan and report explain the stage reached. For transfer, unresolved questions and follow-up needs are identified. A specialist conclusion and additional official decision needed retain their respective subjects. The next company receives documents relevant to its ground volume with the associated plan version and documented limitations.
Hand over results with a traceable scope
Clarify technical terms, records and commissioning
Assign the unresolved question to a specific task: understand a technical term, compare existing results with the intervention or commission a private investigation. Appropriate documents are assigned to this question.
Understand technical relationships
Assign a service designation to the responsible organisation and an activity designation to the planned service. For a precise query, project location, existing official information and the specialist task needed are identified together. Unclear terms in correspondence can be clarified with its author and specialist parties before an investigation commission or further site organisation is derived from them.
Explore the basis for task clarificationPrepare records and official coordination
Coordinate commission, investigation and result handover with the proposed intervention. Complete reports and spatial appendices show the documented scope; official correspondence identifies respective procedural requirements. Record which recipient needs which documents and which response remains outstanding before the next work. Changes are communicated with the affected section and plan version.
Agree specialist handovers and recordsDiscuss a private specialist service specifically
Submit the project location, intervention and existing official information. Identify the support needed. The specialist task can thus be clarified on the basis of your actual project status.
Discuss the specialist commission with documentsQuestions and answers
Frequently asked questions about authorities and specialist companies
Are Kampfmittelräumdienst and Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst the same?
The terms are used differently by region. The actual organisation and assigned tasks are decisive. For an enquiry or commission, the responsible authority at the project location is identified. State its full name and the existing file reference. The query can then be assigned to the correct case and the next step needed clarified.
Can I commission a private specialist company directly?
The possible commissioning route is clarified for the specific activity and project location. A private specialist service may involve separate official participation, notification or a decision. First describe the investigation volume needed and provide existing official information. Client and specialist company agree the scope with this procedural status. Organisation used on an earlier construction measure is checked again at the new site.
What significance does a certificate of competency have for the commission?
In Germany, the certificate of competency concerns the person's responsible activity defined by law. It is compared with the company permit and proposed assignment. The assessment from an investigation follows from the commission, actual execution and documented limits. Responsible authorities make official decisions; the specialist company hands over its agreed investigation and result documents.
How are the costs of official procedures and a specialist commission assigned?
Responsibility for costs is clarified according to project location and specific task. State involvement may entail different rules for preparatory work, investigation and find handling. For a private commission, preparation, execution, interpretation and documentation are defined in the quotation. Identify known areas, depths and access conditions and unresolved quantities. For a change, it is checked which additional or omitted scope is affected. The costs and responsibility for them remain connected with these tasks.
Whom do I notify about a possible explosive ordnance find?
Stop work in the affected area. Do not touch or move the object, leave the danger area and keep others away without putting yourself at risk. Notify the police immediately from a safe distance: 110 in Germany and 113 in Luxembourg. Follow the responsible authorities' instructions. A quotation enquiry or email to a specialist company must not delay safe find notification.
Which documents facilitate coordination between authority and specialist company?
Provide the complete official information with appendices, a current site plan, intervention description and existing investigation reports. Identify the outstanding decision and authorities involved. Depths are stated with their elevation reference; changed plan versions remain identifiable. For a query about a report, the exact page and a marked plan area help assign the technical answer to the relevant ground volume.
Does an earlier commissioning route also apply at a new project location?
The commissioning route is checked again at the new site. Organisation, procedures and documents needed may differ. An earlier commission helps describe needs technically. For the new project, however, location, responsible authority and the actual task needed are brought together before execution and necessary handovers are agreed.
Who needs to know about a change to the proposed intervention?
The change is compared with the existing investigation and record scope. The project clarifies which technical and official interfaces are affected. Relocated points or greater depths are marked on the current plan. Client, specialist company and other responsible parties agree what addition or notification is needed before the changed intervention.
Prepare information for the specialist enquiry
The enquiry connects the proposed intervention with the existing procedural and evidence status.
Project location and spatial task
State the address or region, property and plot reference. Mark the construction site, route, borehole points and additional working areas on the current site plan. Describe intervention depth and construction method insofar as defined. Include available sections and elevation references. For unresolved alternatives, state which version should be considered first and which areas are not yet defined.
Documents and previous involvement
Include official correspondence, known authority conditions, historical assessment, earlier reports and utility plans. Identify authorities involved and missing appendices. Different plan versions are marked. This also includes terrain or demolition changes since an earlier investigation. An existing file reference and date of the last response help connect the specialist enquiry with the official case.
Service needed and next decision
State project status, construction dates and the next work step. Identify the investigation, report assessment or handover needed and result recipients. State who can answer queries about planning and actual site conditions. Unresolved responsibility questions are clarified separately. The private commission and necessary official or operational decisions remain traceably assigned to their respective subjects.
Have your project assessed
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.
