Completed Projects

 

 

  • Betongrubenfelder
  • Betongrubenfelder
  • Contaminated Site N55&56 / Lower Austria

    Betongrubenfelder

    Subject of Project
    The concrete pit fields ("Betongrubenfelder"), which have to be remediated, are situated south-east of the already cleaned up „Fischerdeponie“. They originated before 1945 in the course of gravel exploitation for the construction of concrete fundaments. Up to the seventies, the pits were filled with garbage, construction waste, excavation materials and barrels with various contents (distillation residues, mineral oil products, organic solvents etc.). The containers that were recovered and some of the contaminated excavation material were disposed of. After the installation of a sealing layer approx. 1 m thick, the remaining excavation material was put back and also covered in an upward direction with a sealing layer of approx. 1 m.

  • Contaminated Site N55&56 / Lower Austria

    Betongrubenfelder

    Subject of Project
    The concrete pit fields ("Betongrubenfelder"), which have to be remediated, are situated south-east of the already cleaned up „Fischerdeponie“. They originated before 1945 in the course of gravel exploitation for the construction of concrete fundaments. Up to the seventies, the pits were filled with garbage, construction waste, excavation materials and barrels with various contents (distillation residues, mineral oil products, organic solvents etc.). The containers that were recovered and some of the contaminated excavation material were disposed of. After the installation of a sealing layer approx. 1 m thick, the remaining excavation material was put back and also covered in an upward direction with a sealing layer of approx. 1 m.

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    Remediation measures:

    • Remediation by so-called soil-suction and cleaning of the contaminated air by sending it through an exhaust air treatment system.
    • Operation of the soil-suction equipment for approx. 3 years.

    Services provided by BALSA:

    Complete realisation and carrying out of remediation measures:

    • basic engineering / planning of project filing / detailed planning
    • design and carrying out of detailed exploration
    • engineering of remediation measures
    • carrying out of tendering and award procedures
    • all agenda in connection with project management and project steering

    Closure of the project: December 2012

  • Donnerskirchen
  • Donnerskirchen
  • Donnerskirchen
  • Burgenland

    Donnerskirchen

    Subject of Project

    The objective of this project is the removal and treatment of illegally deposited waste materials of upper calorific value according to the laws. The materials in question consist of preprocessed municipal and commercial waste, as well as preprocessed waste from construction sites, which were stored in a former warehouse. According to the underlying enforcement ruling, all in all 325.22 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to thermal treatment plants within 2 days.

  • Burgenland

    Donnerskirchen

    Subject of Project
    The objective of this project is the removal and treatment of illegally deposited waste materials of upper calorific value according to the laws. The materials in question consist of preprocessed municipal and commercial waste, as well as preprocessed waste from construction sites, which were stored in a former warehouse. According to the underlying enforcement ruling, all in all 325.22 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to thermal treatment plants within 2 days.

  • Burgenland

    Donnerskirchen

    Subject of Project
    The objective of this project is the removal and treatment of illegally deposited waste materials of upper calorific value according to the laws. The materials in question consist of preprocessed municipal and commercial waste, as well as preprocessed waste from construction sites, which were stored in a former warehouse. According to the underlying enforcement ruling, all in all 325.22 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to thermal treatment plants within 2 days.

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    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Eisenstadt-Umgebung:

    • Planning groundwork
    • Carrying out of tendering and award procedures
    • Local supervision of works in progress
    • Project Management

    This project has been completed in March 2009.

 

  • Erdwerk Deutsch Jahrndorf
  • Burgenland

    Erdwerk Deutsch Jahrndorf 

    Subject of Project 
    After the shutdown of the "Deutsch Jahrndorf earthworks" in 2005, sludge, drainage water from dumps, tyres, packing material, bins containing dangerous materials, building rubble and textile waste were stored on the area. During the period 2006 – 2008, project planning and clearance of the area were executed. Overall, approx. 6.800 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to external disposal plants.

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    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Neusiedl:

    • Planning earthworks
    • Carrying out of tendering and award procedures
    • Local supervision of works in progress
    • Project Management

    This project has been completed in January 2008.

  • Fischer Deponie 1
  • Fischer Deponie 2
  • Fischer Deponie 3
  • Fischer Deponie 4
  • Fischer Deponie 5
  • Fischer Deponie 6
  • Fischer Deponie 7
  • Fischer Deponie 8
  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project 
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project

    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

  • Contaminated Site N1 / Lower Austria

    Fischer Deponie

    Subject of Project 
    The area of the Fischer landfill site ("Fischer Deponie") east of Theresienfeld – once used as a gravel pit – was filled with domestic, industrial and commercial waste, oil-contaminated materials and building rubble throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Contrary to the original allocations, non-permitted waste materials were deposited far beyond the borders of the original landfill site – even underneath the upper level of ground water.

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    In the period of 2001 – 2008, the remediation of the Fischer landfill site was executed by the Republic of Austria, represented by the district authorities of Wiener Neustadt. To that, the complete waste body had to be cleared. The dug out waste materials (mainly domestic waste and contaminated soil, as well as barrels filled with solvent liquids) had to be transported to external treatment plants to be disposed of according to the laws.

    Disposal balance:

    940,000 t waste / approx. 15,000 containers / 1.1 million t subsoil material

    Overall project costs:

    approx. € 130 Mio (inkl. VAT)

    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Wiener Neustadt:

    At the beginning of 2005, BALSA was charged with the continuation of the project management.

    This project has been completed in January 2008.

 

  • Gaertnerei Thianich 1
  • Gaertnerei Thianich 2
  • Gaertnerei Thianich 3
  • Gaertnerei Thianich 4
  • Gaertnerei Thianich 5
  • Contaminated Site ST7 / Styria

    Gärtnerei Thianich

    Subject of Project
    Up to the beginning of the 1980s, the “Gärtnerei Thianich” was located on this plot of land at the east end of the municipality of Zettling. The company´s equipment included a heating house and a mineral oil stock. On the areal of the former heating system, contaminations of the underground were detected. In the 1970s, oil ingresses into the nearby well happened. In 1992, the contaminated subsoil was partially trenched. Part of the contaminated soil was stored on the site wrapped in polyethene sheets.

  • Contaminated Site ST7 / Styria

    Gärtnerei Thianich

    Subject of Project
    Up to the beginning of the 1980s, the “Gärtnerei Thianich” was located on this plot of land at the east end of the municipality of Zettling. The company´s equipment included a heating house and a mineral oil stock. On the areal of the former heating system, contaminations of the underground were detected. In the 1970s, oil ingresses into the nearby well happened. In 1992, the contaminated subsoil was partially trenched. Part of the contaminated soil was stored on the site wrapped in polyethene sheets.

  • Contaminated Site ST7 / Styria

    Gärtnerei Thianich

    Subject of Project
    Up to the beginning of the 1980s, the “Gärtnerei Thianich” was located on this plot of land at the east end of the municipality of Zettling. The company´s equipment included a heating house and a mineral oil stock. On the areal of the former heating system, contaminations of the underground were detected. In the 1970s, oil ingresses into the nearby well happened. In 1992, the contaminated subsoil was partially trenched. Part of the contaminated soil was stored on the site wrapped in polyethene sheets.

  • Contaminated Site ST7 / Styria

    Gärtnerei Thianich

    Subject of Project
    Up to the beginning of the 1980s, the “Gärtnerei Thianich” was located on this plot of land at the east end of the municipality of Zettling. The company´s equipment included a heating house and a mineral oil stock. On the areal of the former heating system, contaminations of the underground were detected. In the 1970s, oil ingresses into the nearby well happened. In 1992, the contaminated subsoil was partially trenched. Part of the contaminated soil was stored on the site wrapped in polyethene sheets.

  • Contaminated Site ST7 / Styria

    Gärtnerei Thianich

    Subject of Project
    Up to the beginning of the 1980s, the “Gärtnerei Thianich” was located on this plot of land at the east end of the municipality of Zettling. The company´s equipment included a heating house and a mineral oil stock. On the areal of the former heating system, contaminations of the underground were detected. In the 1970s, oil ingresses into the nearby well happened. In 1992, the contaminated subsoil was partially trenched. Part of the contaminated soil was stored on the site wrapped in polyethene sheets.

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    Remediation measures:

    • Disposal of temporarily stored, contaminated excavation materials
    • Exploration of subsoil / registration and demarcation of contaminated underground areas
    • Clearance of contaminated subsoil (esp. groundwater fluctuation range)
    • Disposal of excavation materials
    • Backfilling / Recultivation

    Services provided by BALSA:

    Complete realisation and carrying out of remediation measures:

    • Basic engineering / planning of project-filing / detailed planning
    • Design and carrying out of detailed exploration
    • Engineering of remediation measures
    • Carrying out of tendering and award procedures
    • All agenda in connection with project management and project steering

    Closure of the project: December 2008

  • Going
  • Tyrol

    Going

    Subject of Project
    The objective of this project is the reconstruction of stabilisation measures after the landslide in Going a.W.K. by refortification of the scarp, including a reinforcement and drainage system. Excavation materials have to be definitively disposed of according to the rules.

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    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Kitzbühel:

    • Planning groundwork
    • Carrying out of tendering and award procedures

    This project has been completed in November 2011.

 

  • Recycling Pont Blumau 1
  • Recycling Pont Blumau 2
  • Recycling Pont Blumau 3
  • Lower Austria

    Recycling Point Blumau

    Subject of Project

    The objective of the project in the municipality of Blumau-Neurisshof was the clearing of all stacks and piles of waste materials which had been illegally deposited from the mounted operational area and from the plant warehouses of a bankrupt company.
    During the period 2005 – 2006, approx. 80,000 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to appropriate treatment plants.

  • Lower Austria

    Recycling Point Blumau

    Subject of Project
    The objective of the project in the municipality of Blumau-Neurisshof was the clearing of all stacks and piles of waste materials which had been illegally deposited from the mounted operational area and from the plant warehouses of a bankrupt company.
    During the period 2005 – 2006, approx. 80,000 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to appropriate treatment plants.

  • Lower Austria

    Recycling Point Blumau

    Subject of Project
    The objective of the project in the municipality of Blumau-Neurisshof was the clearing of all stacks and piles of waste materials which had been illegally deposited from the mounted operational area and from the plant warehouses of a bankrupt company.
    During the period 2005 – 2006, approx. 80,000 t of waste materials were cleared and transported to appropriate treatment plants.

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    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Baden:

    • local supervision of works

    This project has been completed in March 2006.

  • Reifendeponie Grosswarasdorf 1
  • Reifendeponie Grosswarasdorf 2
  • Burgenland

    Reifendeponie Großwarasdorf

    Subject of Project
    On this plot of land near Oberpullendorf, scrap tyres and shreds were stored over many years without any fortification with regard to the subsoil. During the period 2006 – 2007, the project planning as well as the clearance of the area were handled. Overall, approx. 3.000 t of scrap tyres and shreds, as well as minor quantities of harmful substances, industrial waste and bulky refuse were cleared and transported to various waste treatment and disposal plants.

  • Burgenland

    Reifendeponie Großwarasdorf

    Subject of Project
    On this plot of land near Oberpullendorf, scrap tyres and shreds were stored over many years without any fortification with regard to the subsoil. During the period 2006 – 2007, the project planning as well as the clearance of the area were handled. Overall, approx. 3.000 t of scrap tyres and shreds, as well as minor quantities of harmful substances, industrial waste and bulky refuse were cleared and transported to various waste treatment and disposal plants.

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    Services provided by BALSA by order of the district authorities of Oberpullendorf:

    • Planning groundwork
    • Execution of tendering and award procedures
    • Local supervision of works
    • Project Management

    This project was completed in December 2007.

 

  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 1
  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 2
  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 3
  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 4
  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 5
  • Teerfabrik Lederer Mellitzer 6
  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

  • Contaminated Site ST1 / Styria

    Teerfabrik Lederer-Mellitzer

    Subject of Project
    On this areal in the community of Stocking, factory equipment for the production of tar-products was based after World War II. For the storage of tar and tar-products, cellars and tar pits were erected. Due to the operation of the plant, subsoil and groundwater were contaminated with tar-products. In the course of rehabilitation measures in the 1960-ies, approx. 8.000 litre creosote trickled into the ground during the removal of a vessel. In addition, it was found out, that the industrial well had been utilized for the absorption of overflowing tar-products and surface water. In 1990, tar was detected on the surface by the water surveillance authorities.

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    Remediation measures:

    • Exploration of subsoil / registration and demarcation of contaminated underground areas
    • Pre-excavation in the non-saturated zone
    • Demolition of former tar-pits and underground structures
    • Excavation of the contaminated subsoil by means of large diameter drillings
    • Cleaning of pumped out water
    • Disposal of excavation and demolition materials
    • Backfilling / Recultivation

    Services provided by BALSA:

    Complete realisation and carrying out of remediation measures:

    • Basic engineering / planning of project-filing / detailed planning
    • Design and carrying out of detailed exploration
    • Engineering of remediation measures
    • Carrying out of award procedures
    • All agenda in connection with project-management and project-steering

    Closure of the project: December 2012

  • Teerfabrik Rütgers-Angern
  • Contaminated site N53 / Lower Austria

    Teerfabrik Rütgers-Angern

    Subject of Project
    This old site is an area of around 11.2 hectares where a tar product company and a factory for the production of wood impregnation agents and a wood impregnation plant were operated between around 1860 and 1924. The soil is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in almost the entire area of the old site, and in some places there are even tar leaks on the surface. 

    Based on the surface contamination, an extensive plum of BAK and BTEX and, to a lesser extent, heterocyclic aromatic and phenolic hydrocarbons and arsenic has formed in the groundwater. The outflowing pullutant loads are very high.

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    Immediate Measures in accordance with § 30 Environmental Support Act:

    Based on the results of soil analyses and the professional advice of the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt GmbH), the topsoil was exchanged in order to foreclose potential health risks. The essential element was the exchange of approx. 50 cm of the highly polluted topsoil in the area of approx. 48 plots of land (total area approx. 50.000 m²).

    Assignments of BALSA:

    Realisation of the project, acting as master of the works in substitution of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management:

    • detailed planning
    • carrying out of tendering and award procedures
    • project-steering
    • local technical and financial supervision of works

    Finalization of immediate measures in accordance with §30 Environmental Support Act in May, 2015.