{"id":14228,"date":"2021-09-16T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/?p=14228"},"modified":"2025-05-07T00:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T00:18:22","slug":"damage-assessment-help-to-quickly-rebuild-after-catastrophic-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/updates\/damage-assessment-help-to-quickly-rebuild-after-catastrophic-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid and efficient damage assessments help to quickly rebuild after catastrophic flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-grid  layout-grid layout-grid--outer-margin-large layout-grid--expanded\"><div class=\"grid grid--child-margin-large\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-column  column is-6-small is-6-medium column--expanded\"><div class=\"layout-column\"><nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"breadcrumbs__inner\"><a class=\"breadcrumbs__home\" href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/\" aria-label=\"Link Home\"><svg class=\"breadcrumbs__home-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#home\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a> <svg class=\"breadcrumbs__delimiter\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg> <a data-is-distributor=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/updates\/\">Updates<\/a> <svg class=\"breadcrumbs__delimiter\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"breadcrumbs__actual-page\">Rapid and efficient damage assessments help to quickly rebuild after catastrophic flooding<\/span><\/div><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-grid  layout-grid layout-grid--outer-margin-small layout-grid--expanded\"><div class=\"grid grid--child-margin-small\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-column  column is-6-small is-3-medium column--expanded\"><div class=\"layout-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-text  wp-block-dbec-core-layout-text--expanded\"><div class=\"layout-column layout-column--text\"><div class=\"article-header\"><div class=\"article-header__tags\"><a class=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/updates\/?categories=9\">News<\/a><\/div><h1 class=\"article-header__headline\">Rapid and efficient damage assessments help to quickly rebuild after catastrophic flooding<\/h1><div class=\"article-header__date\">September 16, 2021 &#8211; 7:30 am<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-sub-headline\"><p class=\"sub-headline\">The experts at DB Engineering &amp; Consulting (DB E&amp;C) are helping Deutsche Bahn on the damage assessment in the flooded areas of western Germany using Ground-Penetrating-Radar (GPR), multicopters and TRACKORD, an app for digital site inspections. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-figure\"><figure class=\"figure\"><div class=\"figure__inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1024x683.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-768x512.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1280x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1920x700.jpg 640w\" alt=\"damage assessment: aerial survey of flood damage on the Eifel route\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1330px) calc(((1200px - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), (min-width: 768px) calc((((100vw - 130px) - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), calc(100vw - 60px)\"\/><div class=\"enlarge-image\"><template data-name=\"lightbox-content\"><div class=\"lightbox-image\"><div class=\"lightbox-image__image\" style=\"background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-scaled.jpg&quot;)\"><\/div><div class=\"lightbox-image__caption\"><span>Heavy damage due to flooding on the Eifel route, Germany<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/template><\/div><div class=\"label-reference\" data-image-reference=\"DB Engineering &amp; Consulting \/ Anna Gebker\"><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">Heavy damage due to flooding on the Eifel route, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-July of this year, parts of the German states North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate experienced extremely severe flooding. The infrastructure on seven regional transport routes suffered such massive devastation that Deutsche Bahn will have to restore or completely rebuild it all. DB E&amp;C is assisting <a href=\"https:\/\/fahrweg.dbnetze.com\/fahrweg-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DB&nbsp;Netz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahnhof.de\/bahnhof-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DB&nbsp;Station&amp;Service<\/a> with damage assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading headline-h3\"><strong>Using Ground-Penetrating-Radar at 50 stations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, damage isn&#8217;t obvious at first glance. Vast quantities of floodwater can wash out station platforms, destabilizing them and making them dangerous. Using a <a href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-12_DB-EC_Flyer-Georadar_en_Einzelseiten.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GPR<\/a> system to non-destructively inspect and check the condition of traffic routes and structures, damaged areas and phenomena such as cavities in the earth up to a depth of four&nbsp;meters (13&nbsp;feet) can be identified and revealed. The resulting data can be mapped using <a href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/bim-building-information-modeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">building information modeling<\/a>, thus providing a solid starting point for design work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-gallery  undefined--expanded\" data-delay=\"4\" data-auto-swipe=\"false\"><div class=\"gallery gallery--bullets-outside\"><div class=\"glide\"><div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\"><ul class=\"glide__slides\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-slide-image  glide__slide\"><figure class=\"slide-image slide-image--ratio-1-1\"><div class=\"slide-image__wrapper-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-rotated.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-1024x768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-768x576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-1280x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-1920x700.jpg 640w\" alt=\"damage assessment: flood damage Eifel route undercutting\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1330px) calc(((1200px - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), (min-width: 768px) calc((((100vw - 130px) - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), calc(100vw - 60px)\"\/><div class=\"enlarge-image\"><template data-name=\"lightbox-content\"><div class=\"lightbox-image\"><div class=\"lightbox-image__image\" style=\"background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-1-rotated.jpg&quot;)\"><\/div><div class=\"lightbox-image__caption\"><span>Undercutting of the tracks due to flooding in Western Germany<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/template><\/div><div class=\"label-reference\" data-image-reference=\"DB Engineering &amp; Consulting \/ Peter Josef Haaks\"><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"slide-image__caption\">Undercutting of the tracks due to flooding in Western Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-slide-image  glide__slide\"><figure class=\"slide-image slide-image--ratio-1-1\"><div class=\"slide-image__wrapper-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-rotated.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-1024x768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-768x576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-1280x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-1920x700.jpg 640w\" alt=\"damage assessment:damage assessment: flood damage Eifel route\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1330px) calc(((1200px - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), (min-width: 768px) calc((((100vw - 130px) - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), calc(100vw - 60px)\"\/><div class=\"enlarge-image\"><template data-name=\"lightbox-content\"><div class=\"lightbox-image\"><div class=\"lightbox-image__image\" style=\"background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-1-rotated.jpg&quot;)\"><\/div><div class=\"lightbox-image__caption\"><span>Flood damage on the Eifel route, Germany<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/template><\/div><div class=\"label-reference\" data-image-reference=\"DB Engineering &amp; Consulting \/ Peter Josef Haaks\"><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"slide-image__caption\">Flood damage on the Eifel route, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-slide-image  glide__slide\"><figure class=\"slide-image slide-image--ratio-1-1\"><div class=\"slide-image__wrapper-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-rotated.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-1024x768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-768x576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-1280x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-1920x700.jpg 640w\" alt=\"damage assessment: Flood damage Bad Neuenahr\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1330px) calc(((1200px - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), (min-width: 768px) calc((((100vw - 130px) - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), calc(100vw - 60px)\"\/><div class=\"enlarge-image\"><template data-name=\"lightbox-content\"><div class=\"lightbox-image\"><div class=\"lightbox-image__image\" style=\"background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Schaeden-Bad-Neuenahr_4-2-rotated.jpg&quot;)\"><\/div><div class=\"lightbox-image__caption\"><span>Flood damage Bad Neuenahr, Germany<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/template><\/div><div class=\"label-reference\" data-image-reference=\"DB Engineering &amp; Consulting \/ Peter Josef Haaks\"><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"slide-image__caption\">Flood damage Bad Neuenahr, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glide__footer\"><div class=\"glide__play-pause\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"glide__play-pause-button\" aria-label=\"play\/pause automatic swipe\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"controls__icon-pause\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-pause\" \/><\/svg><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"controls__icon-play\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-play-small\" \/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><div class=\"glide__bullets\" data-glide-el=\"controls[nav]\"><button class=\"glide__bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 1\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 2\" data-glide-dir=\"=1\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" aria-label=\"Go to slide 3\" data-glide-dir=\"=2\"><\/button><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Within a very short timeframe, an interdisciplinary team of DB E&amp;C specialists in <a href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/productportfolio\/environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ground-penetrating-radar, surveying and geotechnical engineering<\/a> spanning multiple regions was formed to inspect 50 stations in the flooded areas (including ones in the Ahr Valley).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading headline-h3\"> <strong>Flying over the Eifel route with multicopters<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The portion of the Eifel route between Euskirchen and Netterhsheim and the routes leading from Euskirchen to Bad&nbsp;M\u00fcnstereifel and Rheinbach were severely damaged by floodwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multicopters were used to conduct fly-overs of large sections of the route in very little time, which allowed them to identify damage from the air. On August&nbsp;12, the first multicopter took off from the <a href=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/en\/productportfolio\/construction-supervision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Construction Supervision <\/a>Center in Dortmund. A second team from the Construction Supervision Center in Cologne provided another multicopter to assist with the fly-overs. In total, the teams surveyed damage along 58&nbsp;km (36&nbsp;mi) and at 13 stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-figure\"><figure class=\"figure\"><div class=\"figure__inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1024x683.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-768x512.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1280x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-1920x700.jpg 640w\" alt=\"damage assessment: aerial survey of flood damage on the Eifel route\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1330px) calc(((1200px - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), (min-width: 768px) calc((((100vw - 130px) - 35px * 5) * (3 \/ 6)) + (35px * (3 - 1))), calc(100vw - 60px)\"\/><div class=\"enlarge-image\"><template data-name=\"lightbox-content\"><div class=\"lightbox-image\"><div class=\"lightbox-image__image\" style=\"background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/db-engineering-consulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DJI_0194-2-scaled.jpg&quot;)\"><\/div><div class=\"lightbox-image__caption\"><span>Mutlikopter flight of the Eifel route from Euskirchen to Nettersheim, Germany<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/template><\/div><div class=\"label-reference\" data-image-reference=\"DB Engineering &amp; Consulting \/ Anna Gebker\"><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"figure__caption\">Mutlikopter flight of the Eifel route from Euskirchen to Nettersheim, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The high-resolution aerial images have been used to create orthophotos \u2013 distortion-free scale representations of the earth&#8217;s surface. In addition to 2D orthomaps, the processed data can be used to create 3D point clouds for future designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading headline-h3\"><strong><strong>Site inspections using Trackord<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The section of the Eifel route running to Ehrang in Rhineland-Palatinate was also dramatically impacted by flooding, as was the section of the Ahr Valley route running between Walporzheim and Ahrbr\u00fcck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mere two days after the catastrophic floods, the first damage to rail infrastructure was logged using TRACKORD, a site inspection app developed by DB&nbsp;E&amp;C. The app can be used to quickly and conveniently log damage caused by flooding, and a web app can be used to access data from previous site inspections as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the damage assessment in TRACKORD, infrastructure managers are able to develop necessary measures in real time to reinforce rail infrastructure as quickly as possible and ensure rail operations can be resumed safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the rapid assistance and cooperation of colleagues from all business units of DB AG, the reconstruction planning can now begin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-column  column is-6-small is-2-medium is-offset-left-1-medium column--expanded\"><div class=\"layout-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-layout-text  wp-block-dbec-core-layout-text--expanded\"><div class=\"layout-column layout-column--text\"><div class=\"wp-block-dbec-core-social-sharing\"><div class=\"social-sharing\" data-subject=\"Here is an article for you: [TITLE]\" data-recipient=\"mail recipient en\" data-body=\"Here is an article by DB Engineering &#038; 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