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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013
d
&
ri
SITE REPORT
T
he building that saw that the Hitachi
high reach make its debut is, according
to Herr Trinkl, at the bottom end
of project size that his company normally
undertakes at 15,000 m
3
(530,000 ft
3
), with
the building being brought down to make
way for a new residential development. At the
other end of the scale, the company has in the
past undertaken projects such as the Siemens’
headquarters building, which covered 300,000
m
3
(10.6 million ft
3
) and the demolition of
army barracks of a similar or larger size. Trinkl
undertakes between 50 and 70 projects per year
of all sizes.
The compnay predominantly operates
in the south of Germany, and the bulk of
Germany’s heavy industry is located in the
north, with the industry in the south focussed
around bio-technology and engineering, such
as at BMW’s Munich headquarters. As a result,
Trinkl has had to maintain a wide focus and be
prepared to take on the likes of the project it
was undertaking at the time of
D&Ri
’s visit.
Herr Trinkl added: “Currently there is a
boom in residential real-estate in Munich. Four
The first Hitachi Zaxis 470-5LCH in Germany has been
bringing down an outdated residential property in the
heart of the German city of Munich.
d
&
ri
was there to
see it at work and talked with
Florian Trinkl
about the
state of the southern German demolition sector
or five years ago, you would have paid between
€5,000 (US$6,600) and €6,000 (US$7,900) per
square metre in this area of Munich, which
is a good part of the city next to the English
Garden. Today, for a penthouse apartment
here, the equivalent price would be €20,000
(US$26,350). This level of cost was unheard of
here until little more than 18 months ago.”
The reason for this boom is simple, in Herr
Trinkl’s belief. Germany is Europe’s only really
strong economy and Munich itself has full
employment and very low interest rates with, at
least until 18 months ago, affordable residential
properties as discussed.
There is another legacy
that is fuelling this drive for
residential redevelopment.
As is the case almost
everywhere in Germany,
Munich has a large number
of buildings that date from
Hitachi debuts
According to Florian Trinkl, the working height of the
ZX470-5LCH is ideal for conditions in Munich
The five storey building was constructed
using brick and reinforced concrete
