History of technology

Year

History of technology

1898 / 1899 Development and construction of the deep freezing plant “System Gebhardt” and the first contract for sinking the freezing shaft at HANSA-SILBERBERG

 

 
1907 Patenting the “Gebhardt’s Lotuhr” (depth indicator) for safe measuring of freeze holes
   
1906 / 1907 Sinking the shaft HAIN 1 at the Nordhausen potash works
   
1910 GEBHARDT & KOENIG receives the “Grand Prix” at the World Exhibition in Brussels for its contribution to the development of the freezing process
   
1925 Development and patenting of the so-called “Joosten-process” for the solidification of sand by grouting technique
   
1947 / 1952 Soil stabilisation and grout curtains on the dam wall of RAPPBODE dam
   
1955 / 1959 Construction of the RAPPBODE tunnel using the so-called core construction method
   
1960 The first cementation of plate dolomite in MARXENGELS 2 shaft in Unterbreizbach by a self-developed cast steel base
   
1961 First freeze filter shaft ESPENHAIN-WEST with a self-developed and constructed shaft drilling system of up to 100 m depth
   
1964 / 1965 Remediation of the railway tunnel EDLE KRONE during continued railway traffic, by using a new type of tunnel barrier wagon, designed and produced by SBN (successful experimental construction)
   
1964 / 1970 Sinking of the potash freeze-shafts ZIELITZ 1 and 2
   
1968 / 1971 Production of the first underground gas storage BURGGRAF-BERNSDORF in a former salt mine by means of installing a self-developed and patented mechanical-hydraulic sealing system in the shafts, which has been ensuring safe gas storage ever since
   
1969 Commencement of the drilling operations on the BRUECKEN 1 shaft with a shaft drilling system for bedrock, developed and built by SBN, used and further developed for 6 more ventilation shafts before 1990
   
1970 / 1981 Main contractor for mining the complete rock-cavity construction for the first underground power station in the GDR in Markersbach
   
1977 The first breaking of ground in Industrieweg 2a in Nordhausen, where the company stands today
   
1978 / 1982 Development and construction of a tunnel boring machine for excavation of a nearly 20 km drinking water supply tunnel in the Thuringia highlands
   
1982 Construction of the first borehole utilizing the “Raise- Boring-Method” over 41 m at the air shaft RAMSTEDT 1
   
1988 Construction of the underground dam structure in the mining area of the copper slate mine THOMAS MUENTZER in Sangerhausen for hydrological closure of the west field
   
1990 Construction of the first steel bridge in the Nordhausen workshops after the German reunification
   
1991 Starting the operations in the project for long-term safekeeping of potash mining shafts
   
1993 / 1995 Turnkey construction of the extension to the Nordhausen sewage treatment plant
   
1993 Start of an extensive activity in manufacturing of components for specialist foundation engineering machines made by our sister company BAUER Maschinen, which continues to this day
   
1995 Co-development of a pilot process for long-term safekeeping of solution-filled salt shafts at the south-west flank of the Stassfurter saddle
   
1998 Development, patenting and use of the so-called bridge-shifting module for processes of sliding-in steel and composite bridges
   
2000 First order for expansion of a bio-gas plant in Nordhausen for the VAN ASTEN animal breeding
   
2003 / 2005 Excavation of a connection drift over a rock burst field between the mining areas Angersdorf and Teutschenthal
   
2003 Construction of the first highway viaduct on the BAB A38 using a launching girder construction
2006 First use of the co-developed weld-restoration method “HIFIT” (High Frequency Impact Treatment)
   
2007 Development of the biogas plant construction activity as general contracter using self-developed components (steel fermenter, equipment container, dosing feeder for solid matter)
   
2009 Completion of the investment program “workshop expansion” to modernize the production of machinery in Nordhausen
   
2010 Completion of structural rehabilitation and weld-restoration work within the project THE SQUAIRE (Frankfurt/Main Airport)
   
2011 Completion of Schnettker Bridge, Dortmund, having used the self-developed and patent-pending lift-andshift mechanism to erect the central supporting arch
   
2011 Repository for radiaoctive waste Konrad Mine, start driving connecting tunnel between mine shaft and repository chambers
   
2012 Rhine Bridge Leverkusen, start reconstruction of bearing structure and welding seams repair for further sustain of traffic on Motorway A1
   
2013 Chrome ore mine in Kazakhstan, start driving 4000 m long connection tunnel into new ore field
   
2014 Construction of 5 sideways moveable bridges for infrastructure project near Magdeburg finished
   
2014 Construction of biogas plant for methane finished in Nordhausen
   
2015 Development and construction of semimobile mining winch SBN FH 25
   
2016 Finishing of first mast for prototype drill rig according to API standard for engineering company NEORig in Conroe, USA
   
2017 Sea transport of complete girder arch bridge from Wilhelmshaven/Germany to Kirkenes/Norway and installation at Bøkfjord