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Thousands of tourists visit the Lake Hallstatt in Upper Austria every year and take a stroll at its banks. To make sure nobody accidentally gets thrown in at the deep end, the footbridges, arcades as well as the plank bridge on the eastern hiking path need regular structural inspections. We are commissioned with these inspections by the local authorities of Bad Goisern, Hallstatt and Obertraun.
First we get an overview with a drone flight and marvel at the lake’s beauty along the way. These shots form the basis for the technical documentation of the in-situ inspection later on. With the results of our inspections the neighbouring municipalities will induce potentially required reconstruction works before the winter closure of the path is going to be repealed.
With the early snow in November we started the Christmas season last Friday too: Our traditional Christmas do took place on 1st December in the Hotel “Rössle” in Braz once more. We were looking forward to meeting colleagues from near and far as well as to enjoying a delicious meal in the restaurant. We had a great time with tasty food, a lot of fun together and can hardly wait for the next year to do it all again.
Will bridge and building inspections with a cherry picker soon be a thing of the past? Objects have already been inspected by drones in the U.S.A. However, the technology is not yet so far developed that it works independently. Still it will help engineering to enter new dimensions.
The advantages of an additional inspection of road or bridge buildings with drones are obvious: Difficult of access areas can be examined at close range, an overview of the object can easily be achieved, according to the size of the project the time for the survey can be reduced considerably and projects can be carried out more efficiently and exactly.
We are happy to announce that three of our engineers have now got a flight licence for large drones and are enthusiastic about getting acquainted with this latest technology. We are looking forward to this new field of activity and oncoming projects.
and pride we can inform you that our Hubi has successfully passed his final apprenticeship examination. Now he can use all his know-how for exciting projects and share his knowledge with our new apprentice.
We are very proud of you, Hubi!
is a typical motto in our county of Vorarlberg. This applies to our planning tasks for the complete overhaul of the tunnel group Werfen on the A10 motorway too. During an inspection before putting the facilities into service our employees could have a look at the building site.
Additionally to the currently executed overhaul of the tunnelling system Ofenauertunnel, Hieflertunnel and the tunnel group of Werfen – Brentenberg-, Zetzenberg- and Helbersbergtunnel the P+D/P+R areas near the junctions Werfen, Eben and Bischofshofen as well as next to the service station Eben on the A10 Tauern motorway were built in spring/summer 2023.
In 2021 amiko bau consult was tasked with the planning works (water permit application design and construction design). It has to be pointed out that efforts were made to minimize permanent soil sealing in this area. Therefore the temporary parking spaces of the P+D area Werfen, junction Eben and Bischofshofen were built with gravel lawn. Only the traffic lanes were bituminised.
Almost every one of us has it constantly at hand: the smartphone. Whether for private or business reasons. Not only that you are available at any time of the day and you can talk to someone, but you can also take pictures with it. However, we don’t always succeed in capturing these beautiful moments for social media.
Today smartphones are equipped with powerful cameras, which offer a wide range of features and it should be learned and practiced how to use it best.
Our girls Katharina and Laetitia were able to get acquainted with the possibilities of their company phones during a two days’ workshop regarding “smartphone photography”. They were taught in the basics of photography and also got some tips about how to use their knowledge straight away.
We are looking forward to the sights they’re gonna show us soon.
We don’t just work future-oriented in the office but also at home in our families. Therefore, it is time for an update regarding our baby band:
- To the growth of the Sparr-family Alexander’s son Nico made his contribution in November 2020.
- In February 2021 Walter got more male backing at home thanks to little Tim.
- We could be happy with Katharina Gut in November 2021 about the birth of her daughter Hailey.
- This year Lio made Alexander Grujic a proud Dad for the second time.
- And just now in June Anja gave birth to her son Benjamin.
Who knows, maybe there is a future member of our staff among these little ones?
Our latest mission for the ASFINAG took Marina, Stefan and Georg on a long journey to the far east of Austria. They travelled to Lower Austria where they inspected the viaduct Schottwien on the S06, Semmering freeway. The bridge is about 630 m long and towers 130 m above the village. Marina and Georg inspected the foreland protection in dizzying hights at the piers and abutments. With climbing kits equipped they checked the tie beams including anchors and read the measuring boxes as well as the extensometer. Meanwhile, Stefan (proud owner of a drone pilot’s licence) inspected parts of the bridge with our new drone. In addition to that he could take some spectacular pictures – see below.
On Monday, 25th April 2023, we went on tour again to the BAU - World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems.Apart from useful information, discussions, innovations and trends we could not let out the well-deserved ice cream.
We are definitely looking forward to our next company outing.
Laetitia just finished her apprenticeship as draughtsman successfully and has already started a new in-service training. She attends a course to become an apprenticeship trainer and therefore doesn’t get tired of upskilling herself. We are very proud of Laetitia’s commitment for everything concerned in and around our office!
As we caught up on our Christmas do from 2021 last summer we met for the second time on Thursday, 15th December 2022. In good tradition we decided to be pampered once more at the Gasthof Rössle in Braz (A). First we gathered outdoors in the garden with hot cider and campfire. It is always nice to meet our colleagues to whom we usually speak via the internet only.
In the comfortable restaurant a delicious meal was waiting for us. From tuna over lamb meat balls and saddle of veal with vegetables to chocolate nut soufflé everything you could dream of was there. And we must not forget the excellent wines, of which we gladly tasted “a little”.
Once more the amiko-team has reason to celebrate. After all Marina and Stefan finished their master studies of civil engineering in Innsbruck and are now working for amiko as graduate engineers. We are happy that they decided to stay with us after several internships and are supporting us now in full-time. Already we can’t imagine our team without them because of their friendliness and their commitment.
More happy news come from Laetitia, who took her final apprenticeship examinations as draughtswoman in November. She already shares her theoretical and practical knowledge with our new apprentice for engineering drawing, Bojana Panic. Surely Bojana will learn many things thanks to Laetitia’s skills and helpfulness.