MENCK explained

MENCK GmbH
Foundation:	1868
Key People:	Bernhard Bruggaier, Managing Director Fabian Hippe, Managing Director
Industry:	Subsea Services
Products:	Hydraulic Pile Driving Hammers
Num Employees:	140
Homepage:	http://www.menck.com/

MENCK GmbH is a specialist offshore engineering company and part of the Acteon Group Ltd. Headquartered in Kaltenkirchen, North Germany, MENCK GmbH provides specialised hydraulic pile-driving services for the oil and gas industry and in the construction of other offshore structures such as bridges and wind farms.

History

MENCK GmbH can trace its roots back to 1868 when it was established in Hamburg by Johannes Menck and Diedrich Hambrock. The company started out as a steam and diesel shovel builder, but after the Second World War it focused more on the production of diesel hammers.In 1966 Menck was bought by the US company Koehring,^[1] which went bankrupt in 1978. In 1992 MENCK GmbH was formed and acquired by Jay Ray McDermott the following year. The company moved its headquarters to Kaltenkirchen, Germany in 2002 and was acquired by the Acteon Group Ltd in 2003.^[2] MENCK GmbH was the first-ever winner of the Ben C.Gerwick Award in 2008.^[3]

Major projects

Since 1996, MENCK GmbH has been involved in some major construction projects across the world including:

• Tokyo Bay Bridge, Japan (1992)
• Tagus Bridge, Portugal (1996)
• Jamuna Bridge, Bangladesh (1996)
• Utgrunden Wind Park, Sweden (2000)^[4]
• Rion Antitirion Bridge, Greece (2001)^[5]
• Samso Wind Park, Denmark (2002)^[6]
• Woodrow Wilson Bridge, USA (2002)
• Benicia-Martinez Bridge, USA (2003)^[7]
• North Hoyle Wind Park, UK (2004)^[8]
• Container terminal Bremerhaven, Germany (2006)^[9]
• Q7 Wind Park, Netherlands (2007)^[10]
• Jade-Weser-Port, Germany (2008)^[11]
• Gunfleet Sands Wind Park, UK (2009)^[12]
• Padma Bridge, Bangladesh (2015)

External links

• MENCK GmbH

Notes and References

1. Web site: Menckundhambrockarchiv.de.
2. Web site: [J. Ray McDermott Completes Sale of Menck GmbH]. 2003. 11 November 2011.
3. Web site: [MENCK Receives First Annual Ben C. Gerwick Award]. 2008. 11 November 2011.
4. Web site: [Organisations working on Utgrunden]. 2000. 12 November 2011.
5. Web site: [Hammer time]. 2008. 12 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425050143/http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6655&issueid=224. 25 April 2012. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: [Organisations working on Samsø]. 2008. 12 November 2011.
7. Book: [Deep Foundation Challenges at the New Benicia-Martinez Bridge]. Deep Foundation Challenges at the New Benicia-Martinez Bridge. http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?141550. 2009. 10.1061/40744(154)107. 11 November 2011. Gu. "Ronnie" Xingrong. Komorniczak. Bogdan. Pokrywka. Tim. Ambuehl. David. Baskerville. Andrew. 1183–1191. 9780784407448.
8. Web site: [Measurement and interpretation of underwater noise during construction and operation of offshore windfarms in UK waters]. December 2007. 11 November 2011.
9. Web site: [Offshore competence]. 2007. 11 November 2011.
10. Web site: [ North Sea construction: Installing monopiles for the Dutch Q7 offshore wind farm]. 2007. 11 November 2011.
11. Web site: [ Heerema Marine Contractors order largest hammer ever built]. 2007. 11 November 2011.
12. Web site: [ A fresh breeze from offshore]. 2010. 11 November 2011.