The most beautiful Christmas presents
are the hours spent
with the people we love.

We wish you a magical Christmas, relaxing holidays and a peaceful time with your families. Have a happy and healthy start to the new year!

Thank you to our employees, customers and partners who have made this year a successful one with us.

We will be on Christmas break from December 23rd to January 7th, and will be back on January 8th 2024.

Ground has been broken for the expansion of the Constantia Teich plant in Weinburg. Constantia is one of the world's leading manufacturers of flexible packaging materials and in its rolling mill 2 produces aluminum foil for the food and confectionery industry, such as chocolate foil and coffee capsules, as well as for the pet food and pharmaceutical industries .

Constantia is investing 50 million euros in the expansion, which includes an additional rolling stand, a cutting machine, three pre-rolling strip furnaces and three finishing annealing furnaces, the expansion of the high-bay warehouse and the adaptation of the infrastructure. The building covers an area of approx. 1900 m².

BHM INGENIEURE is the general planner for the construction measures. The earthworks and special civil engineering had already begun in August. Building construction is currently underway.

SBB is continuing to expand its train maintenance plant in Olten. A new hall for work on railroad carriage bodies will be built by mid-2025. It will measure around 49 x 113 meters and have six bays, for sandblasting and painting among other things.

The ground-breaking ceremony has taken place and construction work has begun. A total area of 6500 square meters will be built over.

BHM has been commissioned with the general planning. The new hall extends the existing Tannwald vehicle hall and is operationally connected to the 3x150m hall completed in 2018 and also planned by BHM. The total investment sum for the current project is around CHF 46 million.

Ground is broken for the construction of Metsä Tissue's Future Mill. The paper mill in Mariestad, Sweden, will be expanded and modernized.

BHM INGENIEURE is planning the major project which will double production capacity, to around 145,000 tons per year. The plant is scheduled to go operational in the second half of 2025.

Read more about the project here, and watch the video of the groundbreaking ceremony here.

Commissioning is in full swing at the new Siezenheim II combined heat and power plant in Salzburg. At the same time, final construction work is underway. The power plant should be fully operational this fall.

Recently, a milestone had been reached. After 14 months of construction, the "first fire" was lit and the boiler was put into operation for the first time. The plant generates heat and electricity from wood chips through cogeneration. It has a total fuel heat capacity of 18.6 MW.

BHM INGENIEURE is the general designer for this project, which is one more step towards CO2-neutral energy supply for Salzburg AG.

Foto: Salzburg AG

Constantia Flexibles, one of the leading manufacturers of flexible packaging, is expanding its Constantia Teich plant in Weinburg. Core elements of the expansion are a new rolling mill including ancillary units, a slitting machine, annealing furnaces and an adapted infrastructure.

The expansion will increase Constantia Teich's capacity for the production of aluminum foil by 30 percent to a total of 90,000 tons per year. Weinburg mainly produces foil for the pet food, food and pharmaceutical industries.

Construction is scheduled to start in October 2023. The new facilities are scheduled to go into commercial production in 2025.

BHM INGENIEURE has been commissioned with the general planning and local construction supervision for the construction measures.

Progroup AG operates one of the world's most modern paper mills in Sandersdorf-Brehna. In the future, the mill will be supplied with clean electricity and heat by its own waste-to-energy power plant. Residual materials from the mill's production or from other recycling processes in the area will be thermally recycled. This saves valuable fossil resources.

Construction work on the plant is in full swing. It includes the following points:

Fuel supply: Delivery, fuel bunker, conveying
Waste-fired boiler with fluidized bed combustion (rated thermal input 105 MW)
Flue gas cleaning plant including ash store
Steam turbine set 17 MWel
Connection to the media supply and disposal system of the site, pipe bridges
Auxiliary condenser
6-story functional building
Spare parts store

Trial operation is scheduled for mid-2025.

This project is being implemented in close cooperation between the Progroup power plant team, plant designer Eproplan and BHM INGENIEURE, who have been commissioned with the tender and execution planning for the construction work as well as the local construction supervision.

The Brantner Group is specializing in waste management and transport logistics. In addition to Austria, it is also active in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Romania.

At its headquarters in Krems, Brantner Kunststoff Verarbeitungs GmbH is building a new plastics sorting plant. BHM INGENIEURE was commissioned with general planning and local site supervision for construction and building services.

A sorting hall and a deep bunker hall are being built on a site of about 22,000 m². The bunker will be built to a depth of eight meters which poses a special challenge in terms of water drainage during planning and implementation.

The plant is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2024.

Brantner Group traces its roots back to 1936. It is managed by the third generation in Krems on the Danube. Brantner has more than 60 branches and joint ventures in six countries and employs around 2,700 people. The company's activities comprise the Brantner green solutions and Brantner logistic solutions divisions.

"It's time to say thank you for what was,

so that what will become begins under a good star."

We would like to thank our employees, customers and partners for the year 2022. It was a special year in which we celebrated the 30th anniversary of BHM INGENIEURE.

We wish you Merry Christmas, relaxing holidays and a happy new year!

Our office will be closed from December 23rd to January 8th due to our christmas holidays. We will be back on January 9th 2023.

And last but not least: Again we have set up our Wish Tree. Team BHM fulfills wishes of children from families who do not have much money for presents. Thanks to all who participated!

UPM Nordland Papier has commissioned a new power plant at its Dörpen site. The 84 MW plant operates with cogeneration and will supply the paper mill not only with electricity but also with heat, which is needed in particular for drying paper.

CO₂ emissions are expected to fall by around 300,000 tons per year as a result of its efficient use. The power plant's high level of efficiency and flexible usability make it a pioneering project.

The power plant is also connected to the public energy grid and can support stability there. The plant is also designed for a future use of hydrogen instead of gas.

BHM INGENIEURE was entrusted with the overall structural planning and the local construction supervision for this 100 million euro project.

Click here for a TV feature about the power plant.

The BHM project for Metsä Tissue in Mariestad / Sweden has reached another important milestone - the environmental permit for the Katrinefors paper mill expansion has been granted by the authorities.

Read the official announcement from the tissue paper manufacturer here.

BHM is currently busy with the detailed planning for the start of the construction work and with the awarding of the construction trades.

BHM INGENIEURE has completed the project for J. u. A. Frischeis in Upper Austria. On an area of 48.000 m² an all new plant for the wood wholesaler has been built in Asten/St. Florian.

BHM INGENIEURE in cooperation with the J. u. A. Frischeis construction planning department was entrusted with the general planning including local construction supervision.

The final works have recently been completed. Frischeis was already able to move into its new location at the turn of the year 2021/22.

Paper manufacturer Norske Skog has opened a new power plant at its Bruck site in Styria, Austria, consisting of a reject incineration boiler and a fuel storage facility. BHM INGENIEURE Engineering & Consulting GmbH was appointed for the civil design and owner´s construction management for this € 72 million project.

BHM INGENIEURE supported the project team of Norske Skog from the basic design phase to the commissioning of the power plant.

The focus of the project is on sustainable combined heat and power generation with a total thermal output of 50 MW. By using substitute fuels, process steam - which is required in paper production - and power are generated. Exceeding power and heat will be fed to the public grid.

The new power plant will be able to cover two thirds of the site's heating requirements and one third of its electrical energy needs. The use of regional substitute fuels and residual materials will reduce the consumption of natural gas by up to 75 % and at the same time significantly reduce dependence on natural gas. As a result of the new power generation fossil CO2 emissions will also be reduced by up to 150,000 tons per year.

In addition, more than 20 new jobs have been created in the region.

Construction of the power plant started in July 2020. The project included a new boiler house, as well as a fuel storage incl. related infrastructure. A 60-meter-long steel conveyor bridge was erected to transport fuel from the fuel storage facility to the boiler house. After substantial completion of the building construction works by beginning of February 2021, the process installation started. The power plant was commissioned on time at the beginning of the second quarter of 2022.

Construction work for the expansion at life science company Cytiva in Pasching, Austria, has begun. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in February. In the meantime, the first floor slab, walls and ceiling have been completed.

Globally active Cytiva produces liquid and powdered basic medical products in Pasching. Capacities are now to be doubled which will also create 90 new jobs.

BHM INGENIEURE has been commissioned with structural engineering for the project as well as planning of the office and social areas. Completion is scheduled for the end of the year.

The groundbreaking ceremony for Salzburg AG's new biomass cogeneration plant "Siezenheim II" has been held. Construction work is in full swing.

The plant is scheduled to go into operation in the fall of 2023. It will cost around 41 million euros and is part of a strategy on the way to climate neutrality. Through combined heat and power generation, it will produce electricity as well as heat. Siezenheim II will supply around 8300 households with district heating and another 9500 households with green electricity.

Salzburg AG has given order to BHM INGENIEURE to provide the general design for this project.

Göweil has started production at its new location in Rainbach im Mühlkreis (Upper Austria). In the complex consisting of paint shop, assembly hall and dispatch hall, special equipment for agriculture (bale wrapping and pressing) is produced.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the overall design of the new plant. The production takes up a total area of 15,500 square meters, plus an office building with 2100 square meters.

The expansion of the Linz container terminal is running at full speed. Half-time has been reached in the expansion of two track groups.

Construction work on the track group G has been largely completed, with the final work taking place in January 2022.
This will be followed by the expansion of the track group K, which is scheduled for completion in June.
 
Specifically, the project includes the electrification of the two track groups from the Stadthafen marshalling yard to the terminal using overhead lines. This will allow electric locomotives to run directly to the terminal in the future. The tracks in the terminal will also be extended to block train length (750 meters). A total of around 3.5 kilometers of track will be laid. In addition, storage and road areas of 26,000 square meters will be built, as well as a flood protection wall and a retaining wall.
 
BHM INGENIEURE provides general planning including site management.

May your days be merry and bright!

We wish you and your families merry Christmas and a happy new year! We wish you time to relax, enjoy and be happy!

At BHM INGENIEURE it has been very Christmassy the past weeks. Our employees have been busy wrapping presents and putting them under our Make a Wish Tree. They will make children's eyes light up on Christmas Eve in families in need.

Thanks to all who participated and to Hilfswerk Feldkirch for the great organization!

Our office will be closed from December 23rd to January 9th due to our christmas holidays. We will be back on January 10th 2022.

Walter Pflügl has left his mark on Vorarlberg. His engineering firm has planned the technical building equipment for numerous construction projects that shape public life in the state: from the state hospitals to fire stations, schools and kindergartens to the Bregenz Festival Hall and the Landhaus.

Walter Pflügl is now ending his professional activities. For his succession he has chosen BHM INGENIEURE as his partner. We want to continue his work together with his team.

Technically mature, economically optimized and sustainable solutions were the premises of Walter Pflügl's planning. The number of long-standing customers reflects this philosophy. BHM intends to carry this forward in the future. "We are looking forward to this, because we also rely on long-term partnerships with our customers," says Christoph Zech, partner and head of the building services engineering department at BHM. He will be in charge of the succession at Pflügl Engineering.

The city of Graz and the province of Styria have launched the largest cycling campaign ever undertaken in Austria. By 2030, 200 kilometers of new bike routes, parking areas and supplementary facilities are to be built at a cost of 100 million euros.

For a feasibility study, five engineering firms in Graz each examined a specified section in the city for opportunities to expand the bike lane infrastructure. BHM INGENIEURE was commissioned for the "Northwest" section, which consists mainly of the districts of Gösting, Eggenberg, Wetzelsdorf and Strassgang, and drew up recommendations for projects. Some of these are already being implemented with the cooperation of BHM.

At the VCÖ Mobility Award Austria, the Graz cycling campaign won an award in the category of regional planning and settlement development at the end of September.

Intertrade Hellas A.B.E.E., one of the leading converters of Tissue Paper in Greece, is investing in a new state of the art Tissue Paper Manufacturing Facility in Oinofyta (approx. 20 km north of Athens), Greece, with an annual capacity of 65,000 tons.

The first phase of the Tissue Mill consists of a Pulp Storage, Bale Handling Building, Tissue Machine Building, Rewinder Hall, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sprinkler Tanks and Pumphouse, Gatehouse and exterior areas.

BHM INGENIEURE was appointed as engineering company in December 2018 to provide the following services:
- Site Development Plan
- Basic Design all Building and Exterior Areas
- Detail Design Paper Machine Building
- Consulting Services

Construction has started in October 2020.
The Start-Up of the Tissue Machine is scheduled for Q1/ 2022.

The Model Group, headquartered in Switzerland, produces high-quality cardboard packaging and is represented in eight countries throughout Europe. In the newly acquired paper mill in Eilenburg, the company is converting the production from newsprint to corrugated base paper.

BHM INGENIEURE received the order to plan all structural measures during the rebuild of the paper machine and to supervise them in site management.

Within the scope of the reengineering, the output capacity of the entire plant will be increased, to more than 620,000 tons per year. Extensive construction measures are necessary for this:

- Expansion of waste paper storage capacity

- Expansion of waste paper sorting facilities

- Rebuild of stock preparation

- Rebuild of the paper machine

- Automatic finished goods storage with a capacity of > 50,000 t

- Expansion and rebuild of the wastewater treatment plant

- New energy center

Designing started in August 2021. The first corrugated base paper is scheduled to be produced at the end of 2023.

Zerhusen Kartonagen produces around 200 million square meters of corrugated board annually and processes it into cardboard boxes. Now, the plant in Damme near Osnabrück is to be extended by an automatic roll storage.

BHM INGENIEURE has prepared a design plan in cooperation with the locally based company Tabor. In addition to the 106 meter long building for the roll store, a loading zone of 80x25 meters is also being built. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2023.

The new production hall of SWG Schraubenfabrik in Waldenburg has been honored at the German Timber Construction Award 2021. The 114-meter-long building received recognition for its construction method. The jury paid particular tribute to "the innovative technical implementation of this industrial construction task".

The supporting structure of the hall is made entirely of wood, the so-called Baubuche (construction beech). Here, the trusses span more than 40 meters without supporting pillars, so that the production area is hardly interrupted.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the structural design of the solid construction, technical building equipment, outside facilities and coordination of the specialist planners for this unusual project.

As part of an excursion, 11 students from the University of Innsbruck visited BHM INGENIEURE on September 2, 2021. After being introduced to the project and BIM planning in the office in Feldkirch, they went to Aalen (Germany) to see the construction site of the brand new paper mill PM5 at Palm.

During an impressive tour through stock preparation, paper machine hall and roll storage, the students learned a lot about the production of corrugated base paper. The special challenges of a rebuild or new construction during ongoing operation became clear at the end of the tour. During a photo shoot in the new waste paper storage currently under construction the students were able to observe demolition work of the last old machine hall.

We would like to thank the Palm company for the opportunity to visit and especially Mr. Anton Dollinger for his time and the exciting guided tour with behind the scenes insights to a paper mill.

In Arbing, LOC Holz is building the first plant for manufacturing cross laminated timber in Upper Austria. The project with a total cost of 47 million euros is paying particular attention to ecological construction.

BHM INGENIEURE has been chosen as general designer and will also provide site supervision. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 30, 2021. Construction shall be completed in fall 2022.

In a 16,000 m² hall various types of wood will be processed into cross laminated timber – a building material that stores more CO2 than is generated during production.

For years, the Trautenfels junction has been a neuralgic point for traffic jams in Ennstal, Styria. After two years of construction the new Grimming Bridge was opened to traffic on May 12, 2021. It will immensely ease up the situation in the area.

With a length of 135 meters, 3,456 cubic meters of concrete and 652 tons of steel, the bridge is one of the largest construction projects of the province of Styria and, together with the traffic circle below it, which has a diameter of 60 meters, will provide an optimal traffic solution for the intersection of the highway B 320 with the B 75 and B 145.

Final works are still to be carried out. Completion of the € 13.8 million project is scheduled for August 2021.

BHM INGENIEURE Graz has been commissioned as specialist planner for the superordinate road planning, the drainage planning including two water protection systems, the lighting planning as well as the architectural competition and the coordination of the other specialist areas bridge construction and architecture.

Construction works inside the new Göweil plant in Rainbach im Mühlkreis are in full swing. Painting plant, sandblasting plant, cranes and conveyor technology are gradually taking shape.

Göweil is a specialist for agricultural machinery in the field of bale wrapping and baling technology and is building a completely new site in Rainbach (Upper Austria). BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the general planning.

Finnish tissue paper manufacturer Metsä Tissue has chosen BHM as general planner for the expansion of its Mariestad mill in Sweden. The plan is to double production capacity from the current 70,000 to 145,000 tons. The new plant is scheduled to be fully operational in 2024.

The project planning phase has been completed by now. Metsä Tissue and BHM will gradually move to the implementation planning phase, starting with construction planning. 

"This agreement is an important step forward in our strategic Future Mill programme. We’re pleased to assign BHM to the Mariestad project because of their good reputation and involvement in many projects in the paper and tissue industry over the last decade. We’re looking forward to their expertise and knowledge in this strategically important project,” says Esa Paavolainen, Vice President, Projects, at Metsä Tissue.

Read more here.

"And suddenly it's there again

– this strange glow in us, around us and about us."

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

This year, our employees are once again making children's eyes glow. The numerous gifts under the BHM Christmas tree fulfill wishes of children from families that don’t have much money to buy presents.

Our office will be closed from December 19 to January 10th due to our christmas holidays. We will be back on January 11th 2021.

A milestone has been reached in Spremberg: Hamburger Rieger GmbH has started up the new paper machine 2. The production team has produced the first parent roll. The fully automatic roll storage is also ready.

BHM INGENIEURE has planned all buildings with the appropriate technology and is responsible for site management.

The PM2 produces white and brown corrugated board base paper based on waste paper. A production volume of 500,000 tons per year is planned.

BHM INGENIEURE is realizing another project with WEPA Group. The company, headquartered in Germany, is one of the three leading hygiene paper manufacturers in Europe and is now increasing its production capacity at its Brindgend site in Wales.

BHM has been commissioned with the overall design for the new tissue paper production line. In addition to the heart of the project, the new PM2 "NEPTUNE" paper machine, this also includes auxiliary equipment such as pulp storage and pulp dissolving facilities as well as pipe bridges and outdoor facilities.

Construction started at the end of September 2020, and the new PM2 is scheduled to go into operation as early as spring 2022. It will produce around 65,000 tons of tissue paper per year.

Special challenges of the project:

• As part of the construction work, a new access road to the mill will also be built.
• Due to the different terrain levels, large masses of earth have to be moved.

In addition, the project must overcome all current difficulties surrounding CoVid-19 and the upcoming Brexit.

BHM has been supporting WEPA in this project since the search for a location, has worked out the strategic and long-term plant layout together with WEPA and has also completed the entire approval process with the authorities.

Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf has inaugurated the new energy facilities. The Future Energy Plant is the largest project in the history of the paper mill in Upper Austria.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the submission planning, polishing planning, technical building equipment and fire protection planning.

At a total cost of 134 million euros, the entire energy generation system of the factory was modernized, a new recovery boiler was installed, as well as a new steam storage tank and a new steam turbine. In addition, a number of auxiliary plants were adapted.

In the future, 40,000 tons of CO2 per year can be saved. Almost 100 percent of the heat requirement can be covered by biomass which is produced during pulp production. About 55 percent of the electricity demand can be covered with the new plant.

BHM INGENIEURE has successfully completed the second project with Sofidel Group in the USA. The brand new paper mill in Inola, Oklahoma, has been inaugurated.

On a 240 acres site a plant with two paper machines and 14 converting lines was built – for a total production capacity of 120,000 tons per year.

BHM was part of the project right from the start with site development and provided consulting and design services. Read more about “The Birth of a Paper Mill” in the latest issue of Tissue 360°.

The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have opened their new training workshop in Knittelfeld, Styria. 200 young people are in training there for their new jobs.

BHM INGENIEURE provided overall design for the two-story building. On a total area of 5600 m² there are workstations for welding, forging, turning and milling as well as offices, class rooms and meeting rooms.

On the flat roof a photovoltaic system with a power output of 55 kWp has been installed.

UPM, based in Helsinki, is the world's leading manufacturer of graphic papers and supplies a wide product portfolio including magazine, newsprint and fine papers.

The German UPM mill in Dörpen employs 1300 people and has a capacity of approximately 1,235,000 tonnes per year. UPM is now investing there in a new combined cycle power plant. From 2023, it will save ten million euros a year in energy costs and reduce the mill's CO2 emissions by 300,000 tonnes.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall construction planning, including site management. A special focus of the planning is on the most efficient execution of the building structure. This is intended to increase the longevity of the building, while at the same time reducing maintenance costs.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the 95 million euro project took place on August 19, 2020.

In high alpine terrain at over 1,800 meters above sea level, the largest conversion work to date has begun on the Spullersee power plant. The plant in Vorarlberg is almost 100 years old and is used by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to generate environmentally friendly traction current.

The costs for the modernization amount to around 31 million euros. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on July 2, 2020. BHM INGENIEURE Linz is responsible in a planning consortium with IGT for submission planning, tendering and implementation planning.

The old penstocks will be replaced by a new, 1,460 meter long, buried steel penstock with a diameter of 1.1 meter. Work is also being carried out on the power plant itself, including the generators and the control system.

A particular challenge of the work is that it has to be carried out in up to 40° steep, inaccessible terrain. When the project is completed in 2022, the power plant will have a capacity of 36 megawatts (MW).

The Göweil company, specialized in agricultural machinery, is building a new production site in Rainbach im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria. The official ground-breaking ceremony on June 5th 2020 was delayed due to the corona crisis. Construction works are already in full swing. They started in April.

On an area of approx. 10 acres, a complex including assembly hall, paint shop and product dispatch with 15,000 m² is being built, as well as an office building with 2,100 m².

BHM INGENIEURE Linz has been entrusted with general planning, starting with the site development, including design, preliminary project, submission, tendering and execution, as well as site management for the technical building equipment and all building and ancillary trades.

At the screw manufacturer SWG Waldenburg, which belongs to the Würth Group, finishing works inside the new production hall continue unabated despite CoVid-19, adhering to strict safety measures. The hall has already been accepted and is in full operation. The huge supporting structure is made of wood only (BauBuche) and bridges spans of up to 82 meters with just one pillar in between.

The official acceptance of the administration building and the completion of the outdoor facilities is scheduled for May 2020.

Only recently a detailed project report was published on the website of the Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection. It can be read here.

BHM INGENIEURE has been commissioned with the structural design of the solid construction, plannng of technical building equipment and outdoor facilities as well as coordination of the specialist planners.

RAUCH will build a new refrigerated warehouse at its site in Rankweil. The mobile shelf with 16 shelving units will increase the storage capacity by 600 pallets.

In the area of raw material handling RAUCH will establish shed roofs to improve the room situation in regards to quality and an employee-friendly working environment.

It’s a particular challenge that the construction work will be carried out during ongoing operations with confined space conditions.

BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management.

The Mondi Group will upgrade its site in Ruzomberok (Slovakia). The PM 19 will produce 300,000 tpy containerboard, called “kraft top white” which is a two-ply-board.

The shell of the PM-building and the reel storage is nearly finished, the floor plate has been concreted, the roof and the facade are mostly completed. The machine assembly started in the stock preparation and the PM-building.

Also the construction work of the office bloc, the sewage treatment plant and the pipeline bridges are progressing.

The start-up of the new containerboard PM 19 is expected in late 2020.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the detail design regarding architecture, structural engineering, building services, external areas and the site supervision.

We are proud to announce that Metsä Tissue has chosen BHM as  partner for the pre-engineering study related to the 230 million Eur project at the Mariestad mill in Sweden.

More information you will find in the press release of Metsä Tissue.

On Tuesday 11^th February 2020, the ground-breaking ceremony for the modernization and expansion of the power plant of the Palm paper mill in Wörth took place.

The first gas turbine installation worldwide of a completely new generation sets new standards in environmental sustainability. The produced energy will be used for the paper mill, but also will supply the town of Wörth and neighbouring communities with electricity. 110 million euros will be invested in this project.

The new power plant will go into operation at the end of next year.

BHM will be responsible for the tender and detailed design of the boiler house 2, the residual materials storage 2  and the new foundation for the gas turbine.

Arkhbum Tissue Group has released a video from their new integrated tissue mill in Kaluga region. The paper mill is located on a 225,000 m² plot. Phase 1 of the development consists of one paper machine with a capacity of approximately 70,000 tons/year and several converting lines.

BHM INGENIEURE was in charge of the site development & conceptual logistics study, as well as basic design for all buildings and exterior areas. In addition BHM provided the detail design for the TM building and supported the client concerning procurement.

Here is the link to the video.

„The greatest events – these are not our loudest but our most silent hours.“

                                                                                                          Friedrich Nietzsche

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! We wish you a peacefull season and all the best for 2020!

Our office will be closed from December 21st to January 6th due to our christmas holidays. We will be back on January 7th 2020.

Agrana‘s 2nd wheat starch plant in Pischelsdorf has been completed. It will be inaugurated on November 25th.

Construction was started  in February 2018. Now the plant went operational at the begnning of November. BHM INGENIEURE provided designs for all construction trades.

Agrana invested 100 million Euros to double the production of wheat starch at the site in Lower Austria. The overall capacity for the processing of grain goes up from 820,000 to over a million tons.

Works on Smurfit Kappa’s new energy plant on the site of the paper mill in Nettingsdorf are progressing well.  A little more than a year after construction start plant engineering is in full swing. It shall be completed by the end of the year. The plant is scheduled to go operational in summer 2020.

The core elements of the project are a new recovery boiler and a steam turbine which are set to cut CO_² emissions of the paper mill by 40,000 tonnes. Smurfit Kappa has released a video about the transport and installation of the steam reservoir and steam drum. 

BHM INGENIEURE provides design services concerning permit and execution as well as technichal equipment and fire protection.

Palm Paper has celebrated the inauguration of the new paper sorting plant in King’s Lynn. It went operational after a construction peroid of nine months. BHM INGENIEURE provided overall design.

The 22,5 million Euro plant works fully automatically and seperates mixed paper from various collection points. Fibers suitable for news print are either directly transported to the PM7 – also planned by BHM – or temporarily stored at the storage area of the new plant.

The separated cardboard and corrugated cardboard packaging material is delivered to other paper mills in the United Kingdom and Europe for further recycling.

The new hydroelectric power plant Traunleiten in Upper Austria is almost completed. It shall soon provide green electricity to the 40,000 households of the town Wels.

Parts of the plant were synchronized with the grid on October 9th to produce power for the first time. Regular operation is scheduled for 2020. BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design for this project.

The new plant has a flow rate of 150 m³/sec, twice as much as the old plant which has been dismantled. The annual power output will increase from 54 to 86 Gigawatt hours.

The foundation stone for the new OEBB training workshop in Knittelfeld, Styria, has been laid. BHM INGENIEURE has been given order by the Austrian Federal Railways to provide overall design.

Preliminary works have already started. The construction area for the new two-story building has been prepared. Shell construction of the basement is far advanced.

On a gross floor area of 5,600 m² a modern machine hall with workstations for welding, forging, turning and milling will be built. In addition there will be office and meeting rooms.

The aim is to open the school by fall 2020. In total the OEBB invest 17 million Euros for the new workshop.

The public utilities company Stadtwerke Muenchen has given order to BHM INGENIEURE to provide overall design for three objects for subway maintenance at the workshop „Technische Basis“ in Froettmaning. Partner in this project is the planning consortium FahrKraft.

The order includes the construction of a new outside cleaning system for subway trains and a new parts cleaning system as well as the rebuild of the wastewater treatment plant.

The new hydroelectric power plant Danzermuehl has gone into full regular operation. From now on it will produce 43 gigawatt hours per year which will be used for paper production at the nearby plant of Laakirchen Papier AG.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for overall design and site management.

Pictures taken by a drone show the progress of construction works at the site of Hamburger Rieger’s PM2 in Spremberg. Assembly of the prefabricated elements for paper machine hall and stock preparation is almost completed.

In some areas roof panels are already being set up. Soon assembly of the facades will be started. Also some of the outdoor facilities have been completed, i.e. employee parking and dry well.

BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management for this project.

In a few weeks plant engineering for the paper machine, tanks and equipment of stock preparation as well as outside tanks can start. The construction team is working at full speed to prepare everything for this purpose.

At the Mondi SCP construction site in Ruzomberok, Slovakia, the first prefabricated roof emelents have been set up. Also the mill stand for the new PM19 is taking shape.

Furthermore the foundations for the up to 30 meters high storage chests in the stock preparation and the waste paper storage are currently being built.

BHM INGENIEURE provides overall planing and site management. The PM19 will produce a new containerboard grade (kraft top white) that combines virgin and recycled fibres.

Wood constructions are a significant contribution to climate protection. BHM INGENIEURE is currently part of a exceptional project in Germany where a huge production hall is being built for SWG screw factory in Waldenburg with a supporting structure made of wood only.

The building is 114 meters long and 96 meters wide. The supporting structure has a range of 82 meters with only one pillar in between.

BHM provides design for all supporting structures in massive construction, coordination of all specialist designers, building services / MEP, fire protection and design of outdoor facilities.

The most modern paper manufacturing facility is currently being built in Aalen-Neukochen, Germany, for Papierfabrik Palm. The ground breaking ceremony took place on June 7th 2019, attended by Palm’s CEO Wolfgang Palm as well as representatives from politics, administration and economy.

The centrepiece of this 500 million Euro investment by the family owned company will be the new paper machine PM5. From 2022 on it will produce corrugated base papers for sustainable packaging. The papers will exclusively be made of recycled fibres from waste paper.

BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management for this huge project.

The new, 30 meters long paper machine building will to a large extent „disapear“ visually into a slope. The colors used as well as large windows and a roof covered with greenery will harmoniously integrate the plant into the landscape. The existing factory will be completely dismantled.

One of two Kaplan turbines at the new hydroelectric power plant Danzermuehl in Upper Austria has been synchronized with the grid and has started to produce power. The entire plant on the factory site of Laakirchen Papier AG is scheduled to go operational in June.

BHM INGENIEURE has provided overall design and site management.

The new plant will provide an annual power output of 45 gigawatt hours which more than doubles the performance of the old plant. Two Kaplan turbines have been installed, managing to swallow 120 m³ of water per second. Also two meters have been added to the head by deepening the riverbed in the tailwater.

Tissue manufacturer ESSITY has expanded the converting facilities at their site in Mainz-Kostheim. A forth production building has recently been completed.

One of three new machines has already been installed and put into operation to produce Away from Home tissue like paper towels.

BHM INGENIEURE provided overall design for the new building.

Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf is about to go another big step with their Future Energy Plant project. Shell construction works for the new recovery boiler are almost finished. Plant engineering can start from there.

Besides the boiler which is set to cut CO_² emissions of the paper mill by 40,000 tonnes the project will also involve developing a new steam turbine, as well as several extensions and adjustments to upstream and downstream plants. 

BHM INGENIEURE provides design services concerning permit and execution as well as technichal equipment and fire protection.

Construction works for delfort group’s new paper mill in Olšany are in full swing. The 150-meter long mill stand is completed. Now prefabricated elements for the buildings are being set up with mobile cranes.

The PM6 at OP papírna will produce thin printing paper. BHM INGENIEURE does overall design and site management for the construction works. In total delfort invests 150 million Euros in the expansion of the plant in the Czech Republic.

Tissue World Milan, the world's largest dedicated tissue industry trade show, will take part in Milan from 25th to 27th March 2019.

We would appreciate to welcome you at our booth E670 in hall 3.

Earth and piling works at the construction site of the PM19 at Mondi SCP in Ruzomberok (SVK) are almost completed. More than 1200 piles have to be installed. Works on the foundation have also begun.

In all almost 200,000 m³ of soil have to be carried away. Despite of a tough winter with snow and icy temperatures works are progressing as planned. BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management.

Start-up of the PM19 is expected towards the end of 2020. It has an annual capacity of 300,000 tons and will produce a new containerboard grade (kraft top white) that combines virgin and recycled fibres.

Palm Paper Ltd. is expanding its site in King's Lynn, UK. In addition to the existing paper mill, a fully automatic waste paper sorting plant is currently being built. At the beginning of the year, construction for the buildings with a footprint of approx. 8,000m² began. After completed permit planning BHM INGENIEURE was also commissioned with the entire detail design and construction supervision.

In the fully automatic sorting plant with direct connection to the stock preparation of the paper machine, separately collected mixed waste paper is sorted from various collection points. The sorted deinking raw material is fed directly to the stock preparation process for paper production.

The separated cardboard and corrugated cardboard packaging material will be delivered to other paper mills in the United Kingdom and Europe for further recycling.

Palm Paper Ltd. operates the world's largest newsprint paper mill in King's Lynn. The site is growing steadily. Only in spring 2018 a power plant with a gas and steam turbine (CCGT plant) was put into operation, which supplies the mill with electricity and heat. The overall design services for the power plant were also provided by BHM INGENIEURE.

Things rise up high at the site of the PM2 at Hamburger Rieger in Spremberg, Germany. The first prefabricated elements have been set up. The 26 meter columns made of reinforced concrete make up the framework for the new paper machine hall.

Further civil works will be done for material processing, roll storage and offices among others.

The PM2 will produce white and brown corrugated base papers (testliner). BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management services for this project.

The construction of the 2nd full integrated tissue manufacturing facility from Sofidel America Corp. in Inola/Oklahoma is progressing well. BHM INGENIEURE is acting in this project as owner´s engineer as well as lead of owner’s construction management team.

The construction volume is comprised of approx. 1,800,000 sqft of buildings on a 216 acres site. Projected completion is mid-2020.

Laakirchen Papier AG will expand their paper mill in Upper Austria. They have given order to BHM INGENIEURE for general design of a larger automatic roll storage.

Laakirchen Papier belongs to the Heinzel group and specializes in the production of supercalendered paper for magazines or advertising material as well as light weight containerboard.

BHM INGENIEURE has been awarded with another contract by Suedzucker AG. Europe’s Number 1 in sugar production will expand the facilities for loading glucose at their site in Zeitz. BHM will do the general design.

Besides the sugar production Suedzucker is also running a  wheat starch factory in Zeitz that was designed by BHM, as well as a bioethanol plant and a CO₂ liquefaction plant.

We wish you a wonderful and prosperous holiday,
and also some time to relax and gather strength for a successfull 2019!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Our office will be closed from December 22nd to January 6th due to our christmas holidays.
We will be back on January 7th 2019.

Hungarian tissue manufacturer Vajda Papir Kft. celebrated the inauguration of its first fully integrated tissue mill in Dunafoldvar / Hungary on Friday November 9th, 2018.

The project, which is currently the most modern of its kind in Hungary, contains a tissue machine with an annual capacity of up to 40,000 tons and several converting lines. The plot with approximately 180,000m² allows for a future expansion of the plant.

BHM INGENIEURE provided the following services:

- Site Development Plan
- Basic Design for all buildings and site civil works
- Detail Design for Tissue Machine Building
- Preparation of Bill of Quantity for TM building
- Dynamic Analysis for Tissue Machine Foundations
- Consulting Services

Learn more about Vajda Papir and the project in this video.

After preparations were completed the construction phase for the PM2 at Hamburger Rieger in Spremberg has started. BHM INGENIEURE provides overall design and site management services.

The PM2 will produce white and brown corrugated base papers (testliner) based on 100% recycled paper. With a width of 7.80 metres, the machine has a capacity of 500,000 tons per year. Commissioning of the new plant is scheduled for summer 2020.

Arkhbum Tissue Group LLC (ATG) is currently constructing the most modern Tissue manufacturing facility in Russia at the industrial park “Vorsino” located in Kaluga region. The plant is a fully integrated tissue mill and will have in phase 1 a tissue machine with an annual capacity of 70,000 tons and several converting lines. The start-up is scheduled for 2019.

The 224.000 m² plot owned by ATG allows for doubling at minimum the capacity of the plant for future phases. BHM INGENIEURE performed the following services:

- Site Development Plan
- Basic Design for all buildings and site civil works
- Detail Design for Tissue Machine Building
- Preparation of RFP documents for construction
- Dynamic Analysis for tissue machine foundation
- Consulting services

Mondi Syktyvkar (RUS) builds two new pulp tanks at their pulp and paper facility. They have awarded a contract to BHM INGENIEURE for the civil engineering of the tanks‘ foundation. The tanks have a capacity of 10,000 and 6,000 cubic meters and a height of 51 and 41 meters.

Pile construction and concrete works were carried out during Russian winter from December to March. Just for the bigger tank the foundation has to support up to 10.800 tons. It’s thickness is 3 meters and it is supported by 90 piles of 20 meters length.

SOFIDEL GROUP inaugurated their first greenfield tissue manufacturing facility in the USA, in Circleville, Ohio, on October 3rd 2018. It´s the largest, most modern and most sustainable to date integrated tissue mill of the Sofidel Group including two tissue machines with an annual production capacity of 140,000 tons.

BHM INGENIERURE was responsible for project management, design and tendering of construction works, building services and infrastructure.

The buildings of the plant have a total footprint of approximately 1.6 million square feet (150,000 m²) equipped with the latest technology concerning tissue paper production, converting and logistics. The plot has a size of 280 acres.

The period from start of building construction until start-up of the full plant was 24 months only.

Sofidel is currently building another greenfield facility in Inola, Oklahoma, that has an annual capacity of approximately 120,000 tons. BHM provides consulting, design and site management services.

Read more here.

InnoTrans 2018, the international trade fair for transport technology, innovative compontens, vehicles and systems will take part in Berlin from 18th to 21st September 2018.

We would appreciate to welcome you at our booth 310 in hall 21.

BHM INGENIEURE has gone into the final round of their project for the SBB Swiss Federal Railways in Olten, 30 minutes out of Basel. Trains have already been moved into the new maintenance facility for commissioning. Now SBB can do maintenance on multiple rail cars simultaneously on three rail tracks of 500 feet each in this workshop. That results in an impressive increase of efficiency.

BHM is in charge of the overall design. Construction works were carried out during full operation of the adjacent Olten facilities.

A picture showing the progress of mass earth works on the construction site in Inola, Oklahoma (USA), in May 2018 reveals the scale of the project.

BHM INGENIEURE supports the Sofidel Group with consulting, design and site management services in the construction of a full integrated tissue manufacturing facility that has an annual capacity of approximately 120,000 metric tons. The plot has a size of 240 acres.

In March 2018, Hamburger Rieger GmbH has started the scheduled construction of its second paper machine at its Spremberg location.

BHM is responsible for the overall planning and design and site management services.

Click here for the press release of Hamburger Containerboard.

BHM INGENIEURE received order for design- and consulting services from Sofidel Group for their 2nd greenfield tissue project in USA.

The Sofidel Group announced on March 16th, 2018 a $ 360 million capital investment for their 2nd fully integrated greenfield tissue paper manufacturing facility in Inola / Rogers County / Oklahoma. The plant will have a production capacity of 120,000 metric tons of tissue paper. The plot is approx. 240 acres. The footprint of all buildings will be approx. 1.8 million-square-feed (180,000 m²). The plant is expected to be operational by 2020.

BHM INGENIEURE performed already design- and consulting services for the Sofidel Group concerning their first greenfield tissue mill project in Circleville / Ohio, as well as for several other projects in Europe.

BHM INGENIEURE is proud that the Sofidel Group decided to continue the cooperation with BHM INGENIEURE also in this new lare scale project.

BHM INGENIEURE is an Austrian based engineering and consulting firm specialised in developing and designing paper mills, complex industrial plants and manufacturing facilities.

BHM INGENIEURE provides project management, procurement support, architectural design, structural design, civil work design, dynamic analysis, MEP engineering, fire-protection engineering, intra logistic studies and construct management services.

The ground breaking ceremony took place on Friday, March 16th, 2018, at Public Service Company of Oklahoma's Inola River Rail Industrial Site. Among the attendees were Governor Mary Fallin and CEO Sofidel Group Luigi Lazzareschi, as well as representatives from PSO, the Tulsa Regional Chamber, Rogers County and the City of Inola.

We wish you a reflective and restful Christmas season
and health, happiness and success in the New Year 2018!

Our office will be closed from 23.12.2017 to 07.01.2018 due to our christmas holidays.
We will be back on 08.01.2018.

Dunapack is investing in the expansion of the warehouse at their existing site.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall planning and design.

Click here for the article “Fibers in Process”.

Smurfit Kappa is expanding its energy supply at its site in Nettingsdorf.

In the framework of the FEP project (Future Energy Plant) a liquor recovery boiler with steam turbine are being built.

The plant will become operational in 2020/22.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for overall planning and design including technical building, fire protection and site supervision services.

Click here for the press release!

Vajda Papir Kft. establishes a new production site in Dunaföldvár.

The factory comprises a waste paper and chemical pulp deposit, as well as a paper machine with a capacity of 30−35,000 t/a.

It accommodates stock preparation, jumbo roll storage, converting hall and warehouse.

Construction started in May 2017. The first paper will be produced during the first quarter of 2018.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the master planning as well as the detailed and the construction design of the TM hall.

KPB is making structural alterations to PM2 at the site in St. Petersburg.

BHM INGENIEURE was entrusted with different preliminary tasks and will be responsible for the civil engineering and site supervision services of this project.

WEPA is further expanding its production facilities at its Polish site in Piechowice.

The newest TISSUE line includes a waste paper and chemical pulp depot, a paper machine hall with integrated stock preparation, a paper machine with a capacity of 30−35,000 t/a, a jumbo roll storage as well as the corresponding outdoor facilities.

The first paper was on put on reel in early February 2017 − congratulations!

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the overall construction planning and design, that is to say project management and all the technical planning and design services including site supervision.

The load-bearing structure and building shell of the production facilities have been finished off to a large extent. The assembly of the overhead crane was carried out successfully.

All in all, the project is developing well.

You can find a report and impressive photographs at Olteneinfach.ch.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the site development and layout planning and for the detailed and construction design of the PM foundation.

For all the other planning and construction matters, BHM INGENIEURE provided technical consultancy services.

Start-up is scheduled for 2018.

The project comprises a 2.80 m broad tissue machine.

The services provided by BHM INGENIEURE included site development, overall layout as well as detail and construction design for the PM hall.

This low-cast-project was launched in spring 2017.

For the fourth time, BHM INGENIEURE will be at the TECONOMY career fair at TU Graz. Visit us on May 4, 2017 at tent number 2, booth 77! 
We look forward to interesting talks with you!

At the following further career fairs, we are happy to inform you personally about job opportunities at BHM INGENIEURE.

• May 3, 2017: Network meeting in Graz for students from Vorarlberg
• May 17, 2017: Building forum at HTL Rankweil
• November 7, 2017: Network meeting in Vienna for students from Vorarlberg
• November 8, 2017: Teconomy at Freihaus, TU Wien
• November 2017: BIT-BAU at TU Graz
• December 2017: Network meeting in Bregenz

BHM INGENIEURE was represented at Tissue World trade fair in Milan from 10 to 12 April 2016.

The international trade fair, focused on the tissue industry provides a venue and platform for trade professionals from all across the globe.

The next Tissue World in Milan will take place from 25 to 27 March 2019.

BHM INGENIEURE was represented at the Tissue World fair from April 10 to 12, 2017.

The international fair for the Tissue Industry is a meeting point and platform for technical audience from all over the world.

The next Tissue World in Milan will take place from March 25 to March 27, 2019.

Tissue World Milan, the world's largest dedicated tissue industry trade show will take part in Milan from 10th to 12th April 2017.

We would appreciate to welcome you at our booth E600 in hall 3.

HERE you can obtain your personalticket free of charge.

Vorarlberg Milch processes milk supplied by some 500 farmers at its location in Feldkirch/Gisingen. The positive development requires an expansion of the production area and storage capacities.

Among other measures, the project comprises the expansion of the cheese cellar, the installation of a new rack-supported storage system as well as the development of a new concept and the expansion of the cheese packaging facility.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for all civil engineering services. This includes building, technical building services, fire protection engineering and infrastructure services.

BHM INGENIEURE supports the parent company Delfort by providing consultancy and design services.

The expansion of the site in Hungary includes a PM hall for rotary cutters as well as a wastewater treatment plant.

In its role as Owner’s Engineer, BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for all engineering matters.

Palm invests in combined cycle gas turbines at its production site in King’s Lynn in the southeast of Great Britain.

The generation of their own steam and power is aimed at optimising the paper production. The plant is scheduled to enter into operation in spring 2018.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall planning and design and site supervision services.

The Rellswerk plant, which is designed as a pumped storage plant, uses the discharge and energy of the upper Rellsbach River in the Luenerseewerk plant.

The plant operator Obere Ill-Luenersee of Vorarlberger Illwerke thereby implemented another optimisation measure. The machine group has a pumping capacity of 15 MW and a turbine bottleneck capacity of 12 MW.

The powerhouse is located in a red zone and is completely underground.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for civil, building, fire protection and mechanical engineering services.

ZEK-Hydro released an article about the Rellswerk plant in their February newsletter.

A system malfunction at cutter 2 resulted in a fire that had significant impact on the building.

BHM INGENIEURE immediately carried out an analysis on site and assessed the damage. Rehabilitation measures were planned and organised to be implemented based on the results of the analysis.

Within a few weeks only, the roof trusses were exchanged, 1,200 m² of roof were reinstalled and the crane track and the indoor crane were exchanged. The works were carried out during operation of the plant.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for planning and implementing the rehabilitation measures.

At their locations in Lenzing and Heiligenkreuz an ambitious investment program is currently being implemented.

In line with the group strategy, existing pants will be upgraded for increased capacities.

BHM INGENIEURE was awarded a contract as general consultant for the construction works.

PM 1 will be converted and expanded to allow for the desired increase in speed. The new requirements must be supported and covered by the existing machine foundations.

Based on vibration measurements carried out at the foundation segments concerned, BHM INGENIEURE conducted structural analyses and corresponding vibration calculations (dynamics).

The required construction measures were carried out in close coordination with the persons responsible for the general plant construction before as well as during the downtime of the machine.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for all measurements on site, for finding solutions and workable implementation including construction supervision.

We wish you a reflective and restful Christmas season and health, happiness and success in the New Year 2017.

Schoellerhammer constructed a new product line at its Dueren site, consisting of waste paper storage, stock preparation, PM hall with administrations building, reel storage and shipping station.

The project is complemented by the construction of a new access road to the plant as well as a wastewater plant.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the overall design services regarding building, building technology, fire protection and outdoor facilities/infrastructure services.

The implementation in compliance with the contract was secured by the site supervision services carried out by BHM.

Schoellerhammer broadcasted a video about the construction progress on its website.

The use of electric busses is being tested in the city of Graz. In case of a positive outcome, the buses are scheduled to enter into regular service in the course of 2017.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall design of the quick charge stations including site supervision services.

With some 8,000 employees, the Röchling-Gruppe generates a yearly turnover of 1.7 billion euros.

At the Oepping site in Upper Austria, the plastic company Röchling Leripa Papertech places a major focus on paper, agriculture and water. With a expansion of the plant by 4,800 m², new opportunities were created for research, development and innovation.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the overall planning and design of the entire design chain, from conceptional design to site supervision and handover.

Due to the massive increase in the amount of ecological flow required to be discharged into the Enns River bed, the extension of the Thurnsdorf weir became necessary.

BHM INGENIEURE Linz was responsible for the design services.

The construction of the intake structure for the powerhouse whilst impounding approx. 3 million m³ water in the Thaling dam turned out to be a particular challenge.

An article on this topic was published in the October edition of zekHYDRO. For more information, please follow this link.

The expansion will include the extension of PM 11 and the construction of a new recycling paper store as well as a new stock preparation plant.

Existing buildings and infrastructure will be expanded as part of the project.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall building design, including site supervision.

SBB upgrades and expands its site in Olten. The new construction comprises a new workshop hall including three tracks with a total lengh of approx. 200 m.

The project will be implemented without interrupting operation.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the civil and mechanical engineering design.

The Heinzel Group invests EUR 100 million in the expansion and conversion of its paper mill site in Laakirchen.

PM10 will be converted to produce lightweight corrugated base paper based on recycling paper, for the Group to remain competitive.

The production of supercalendered paper for magazines and catalogues is planned to be expanded to 800,000 tons.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the building design.

InnoTrans 2016, the international trade fair for transport technology, innovative compontens, vehicles and systems will take part in Berlin from 20th to 23rd September 2016.

We would appreciate to welcome you at our booth 310 in hall 21b.

Delfort develops new paper solutions for its clients. To this end, the company will expand its Traun site.

BHM is responsible for the overall building design.

The regional newspaper OÖ Nachrichten reported on this new development in its edition dated 19 August 2016.

On July 11, 2016 Sofidel Group, one of the word's leading manufactures of tissue paper for hygiene and domestic use, broke ground on its new 1.95 million-square-foot facility in Circleville, Ohio. The Circleville facility will be Sofidel's sixth manufacutring site in the U.S. and the company's first U.S. greenfield project.

"Today, we celebrate the commencement of construction of the first Sofidel integrated paper mill to be built from the ground up in the United States", said Sofidel CEO Luigi Lazzareschi. "It's goint to be a very big project for us".

US President Barack Obama himself recently mentioned this project at SelectUSA Summit in Washington D.C.: "... that wil create hundreds of jobs in a part of american Midwest that needs them. It will be the largest private sector investment in Circleville in decades ..."

BHM ENGINEERING & CONSULTING is responsible for project management, design and tendering of construction works, building, building services and infrastructure. 

The Circleville plant is expected to become operational by 2018.

For the third time already, BHM INGENIEURE was represented at the career fair at Graz University of Technology, engaging in interesting conversations with lots of students, most of whom were prospective engineers. We were especially delighted to welcome some of our interns at the BHM stand.
“Chancenland Vorarlberg” had invited us to join a network meeting for engineering students from Vorarlberg, held at the Gösser Bräu restaurant on the eve of the fair. Together with ten other company representatives and the organisers of Wirtschafts-Standort Vorarlberg (WISTO), we had plenty of opportunities to network with students from Vorarlberg in a relaxed atmosphere.

We will also be represented at the following career fairs taking place this year, where we will be happy to personally inform you on job opportunities within BHM INGENIEURE:

24 May 2016: Bauforum at Rankweil HTL (Secondary Technical and Vocational School)
8 November 2016: Vienna Network Meeting
9 November 2016: Teconomy in the Freihaus building at Vienna University of Technology
17 November 2016: BIT-BAU at Graz University of Technology
22 December 2016: Bregenz Network Meeting

The Heiterwang power plant is a pumped storage plant in the Ausserfern region of the Tyrol, operated by Elektrizitätswerke Reutte (EWR). The plant, which was first put into operation in 1977, is fed from an upper reservoir with a storage capacity of approx. 1.3 million m³ of water, the Rotlech reservoir.

In the framework of upgrading the dam to meet state-of-the-art standards in accordance with the requirements of the Austrian Committee for Storage Reservoirs, the dam was equipped with a second bottom outlet gate.

BHM INGENIEURE was assigned to provide the respective engineering services.

A newspaper article published in the zeKHYDRO journal can be found here.

BHM INGENIEURE performs the permit application design for the RENIL project of Heinzel Paper at the Laakirchen location.

The new converting pant of Swedish Tissue was successfully put into operation and is today the most automated production site of the Sofidel Group.

BHM was responsible for the overall planning and design including site supervision for the expansion of the Swedish plant in Kisa.

 For details, please refer to press release of Sofidel.

Zementwerk Hatschek - a company of the Rohrdorfer Group - modernise the plant in Gmunden.

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the permit application design.

The Italian Sofidel Group is establishing a new tissue production plant in Circleville (US State of Ohio). The factory ground will comprise 1.3 million m². The plant is expected to enter into production in 2017.

BHM was entrusted with the overall planning and design for this greenfield project.

For further details, please refer to the press releases of Sofidel and Tappi.

Hirschmann Automotive is expanding its plant in Kenitra (Morocco).

BHM INGENIEURE is responsible for the overall planning and design including site supervision.

The WEPA Group is investing in the expansion of the Piechowice site in Poland. The new tissue paper machine has an overall capacity of 32,000 t/a.

BHM INGENIEURE was commissioned with the civil engineering services for the new buildings.

With FOODBOARD, Mayr-Melnhof Karton has developed a new, high-quality coated recycled board suited for safe use in primary food packaging. The production required a complete adaptation of the coating section of board machine 3, reinforcement of the foundations and the construction of various ancillary facilities in the Frohnleiten plant.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the civil design of the adaption of the board machine (drying/processing), the industrial siding and the outdoor installations.

The new Rothleiten power plant at the Mur River is a replacement construction for the diversion power plant put into operation in 1925, which, with regard to its weir and electromechanical equipment, had reached the end of its life cycle. The new station was completed within a construction period of 1.5 only and generates four times as much electricity.

BHM was responsible for the overall planning and design including site supervision.

A newspaper article published in the zeKHYDRO journal can be found here.

BHM INGENIEURE was responsible for the permit application design, tender design and site supervision for the LIDL greenfield project, south of Graz.

The most modern and sustainable LIDL logistics centre in Europe was awarded a Pre-Certificate in Gold by the Austrian Sustainable Building Council (ÖGNI) and supplies approximately 60 branches in Styria, Carinthia and the south of Burgenland.