Selected project examples

Combined Main Sewer in Torgau-West, Germany

Combined Main Sewer in Torgau-West, Germany

For the sewerage system Torgau-West the task consisted in updating the combined sewer system to the latest state of technology on the basis of the drainage master plan.

The main project tasks included the construction of 3 sewers DN 2,200 with bottom relief, the replacement of the entire sewerage network in the area of the river "Schwarzer Graben" (first-order water body) as well as the direct delivery of wastewater from the separate sewer system to the sewage treatment plant Torgau by means of a wastewater pumping station including sewerage force main.

Fichtner services

  • Data collection and analysis
  • Hydraulic investigations
  • Pressure surge calculation for the sewage force main
  • Civil engineering structures (baseline investigations, preliminary design, detailed engineering design, official approval procedure, final design, ender documents and tender action, assistance in contract award, construction supervision, follow-up during warranty period)
  • Structural engineering (baseline investigations, preliminary design, detailed engineering design, official approval procedure, final design, ender documents and tender action)
  • Construction supervision
  • Safety and health coordination
  • Start-up operation

Technical data

  • Laying of 2,060 m of sewer pipes, egg-shaped profiles 700/1,050 - DN 2,200; (reinforced concrete with PE-HD coating)
  • Construction of a wastewater pumping station and 2,500 m of sewage force main PE-HD 250 x 22.7 mm
  • Crossing of railway tracks using the shield driving method with a jacking pipe DN 1,600
  • 3 combined sewage relief structures

Client

Zweckverband zur Trinkwasserversorgung und Abwasserbehandlung Torgau-Westelbien, Deutschland
(Water Supply and Sanitation Association Torgau-Westelbien), Germany