Development of a New Salt Storage Facility, Baltmannsweiler - OT Hohengehren

The municipality of Baltmannsweiler planned the construction of a new salt storage facility with a depot on the outskirts of Hohengehren, as the area of the previous location proved to be ideal for the construction of a new food market and was made available for this measure.

The existing salt storage facility therefore had to be dismantled/demolished and newly erected west of the roundabout on the L1150, on the southwestern outskirts of Hohengehren.

A particular challenge of this measure was certainly the limited time window for construction execution. The existing salt storage facility could only be demolished after the gritting season, whereas the new salt storage facility had to be available again for the subsequent gritting season.

For the new construction of the salt storage facility, our office planned the entire development including traffic areas, wastewater and rainwater drainage, water supply and media supply (electricity, telecommunications).

Drainage was carried out in a separate system. Due to the elevation conditions, the sanitary wastewater from the buildings could not be connected to the public sewage system by gravity. A pump pressure station was required here. The drainage of the roof areas was carried out via a newly constructed retention area with surface discharge of the throttled water volume into a ditch towards the receiving watercourse (Sandpeterbach). The courtyard area, which is subject to greater stress compared to the roof area, was drained via the existing retention basin of the L1150.