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Rothensee waste-to-energy plant
Customer Project in the Field of Industry and Infrastructure
The Rothensee waste-to-energy plant (MHKW) near Magdeburg was successfully commissioned back in 2005. Since 2020, EEW Energy for Waste GmbH, based in Helmstedt, and Städtische Werke Magdeburg have been commissioned to build a new waste incineration plant in addition to the two existing units.
There were many reasons in favour of expanding the plant, not least the high volume of waste, particularly waste with a high calorific value.
In Rothensee, the new block will incinerate around 270,000 tonnes more waste per year than before.
In addition to the centrepiece, the waste incineration plant, an integrated sewage sludge incineration plant was built. This means that a further approx. 55,000 tonnes per year (dry matter content 25%) are disposed of in a professional and energy-saving manner. The completion, handover and subsequent inauguration of the new building was celebrated in September 2024.
Until then, around 650,000 tonnes per year of household waste and similar waste had been thermally converted into electricity and district heating at the power plant. This volume can be increased to approx. 1,000,000 tonnes per year with the new block. This makes the Magdeburg site the largest plant in Germany and one of the largest plants in Europe. The integrated mono sewage sludge incineration also provides sewage sludge ash for phosphorus recycling.
The region benefits from climate and resource-friendly energy and scores highly as an economic factor.
Special Challenges and the Use of poolarPROJECT
The construction of the additional block repeatedly presented the clients with new, unforeseeable challenges. For example, it was not advantageous that the preliminary and design planning phase, the approval phase and the tendering phase of the main lots fell exactly in the corona lockdown phase.
The poolarPROJECT project space enabled the digital networking of all participants and created transparency regarding progress, to-dos and responsibilities. The minutes module enabled the immediate documentation and processing of what was discussed during the online meetings. The allocation of information and tasks “at the touch of a button” directly after meetings to the respective responsible parties facilitated the process.
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An unplanned, very extensive deep sounding for the clearance of explosive ordnance took additional time and caused high costs. In addition, there were supply bottlenecks for building materials and electronic components. Thanks to the dashboard, it was possible to keep track of delays and adjusted conditions. Additional costs could be transparently communicated and monitored in the invoice workflow module (project controlling).
At that time, many tenders had not yet been finalised and it was difficult to conclude contracts. The use of the contract module facilitated documentation, overview and finalisation.
Rothensee waste-to-energy plant
Project
Construction of MHKW Rothensee Block 3
Client
Rothensee GmbH waste-to-energy plant
Location
Magdeburg
Defect Management is enormously helpful for us because we list all defects here. In the past, there were Excel lists that required a lot of effort to maintain. With the defect management system, we have a proper workflow and can directly involve those involved via email and access. In addition, we save time here and have good verification management.
Jens Esslinger Project Manager EEW Energy from Waste GmbH.
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The digital Workspace, with its structured Plan and File Storage, forms the centerpiece of collaboration in construction projects between all project participants. The Workspace follows the principle of a Common Data Environment (CDE) – a centralized platform for project-related information.
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Issue Manager according to BCF standards: Distribution, organization, and evaluation of BCF issues directly in the 3D model – regardless of the BIM software used.
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Recording, locating, and processing defects directly on the construction site—including photos, status tracking, and notification of the responsible trades.
Centralized, cross-trade documentation of construction progress – mobile recording and audit-proof storage, including weather data, photo documentation, and automated PDF reports.
Capture, tag, and manage photos—with a structured image database and powerful search and filter logic.
In addition to the browser version, some modules are also optimized for mobile use in the app of the same name, poolarPROJECT.