AUGUST REINERS Gründung

1914

FOUNDATION OF THE AUGUST REINERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

The ori­g­ins of the HEGEMANN GROUP date back to Novem­ber 1, 1914, when August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung was foun­ded. The com­pany spe­cia­li­zes in civil engi­nee­ring work such as track, ear­thworks, sewer and con­crete construction. 

Detlef Hegemann

1954

DETLEF HEGEMANN JOINS THE COMPANY

Det­lef Hege­mann starts as a site mana­ger at AUGUST REINERS and beco­mes the second part­ner of both com­pa­nies in 1959 — along­side his uncle Bern­hard Reiners.

Stahlwerksschlacke

1958

FOUNDATION OF DETLEF HEGEMANN GMBH

After par­ti­ci­pa­ting in the major pro­ject to build the “Hütte am Meer”, a new steel­works in Bre­men, Det­lef Hege­mann founds the com­pany of the same name. The new com­pany suc­cessfully takes on the task of pro­ces­sing steel­works slag after a pre­vious com­pany fails. 

Detlef Hegemann

1974

CREATION OF THE HEGEMANN GROUP

From now on, Det­lef Hege­mann con­ti­nues to deve­lop the company’s for­tu­nes under his sole respon­si­bi­lity. AUGUST REINERS Bau­un­ter­neh­mung GmbH and DETLEF HEGEMANN GmbH are now part of the newly for­med HEGEMANN GROUP. 

SCHÄLERBAU

1983

SCHÄLERBAU BECOMES PART OF THE GROUP OF COMPANIES

The HEGEMANN GROUP takes over Schä­ler­bau Ber­lin GmbH, which was foun­ded by Her­mann Schä­ler in 1880, and expands its range of ser­vices to include buil­ding con­s­truc­tion, turn­key con­s­truc­tion, bridge con­s­truc­tion, civil engi­nee­ring and buil­ding refurbishment.

In the midst of indus­tria­liza­tion and only a few years after the foun­ding of the Ger­man Reich in 1871, Ger­many deve­lo­ped from an agri­cul­tu­ral to an indus­trial coun­try due to the enorm­ous eco­no­mic ups­wing. Fac­to­ries and trans­por­ta­tion rou­tes had to be built. 
Peeler construction - History
1880
In the young, impe­rial Ger­many, the impe­rial capi­tal in par­ti­cu­lar was expe­ri­en­cing a strong con­s­truc­tion and indus­tria­liza­tion boom. The Ber­lin mas­ter buil­der Her­mann Schä­ler reco­gni­zed the signs of the times at that time and foun­ded his “Spe­cia­list com­pany for fur­nace and chim­ney con­s­truc­tion”. He built steam boi­ler sys­tems and the asso­cia­ted chim­neys for the gro­wing indus­try. The com­pany flou­ris­hed and soon the muni­ci­pal works were among the company’s regu­lar customers. 
In the 1990s, Ger­many deve­lo­ped into the lar­gest indus­trial nation in Europe until the begin­ning of the First World War.

Peeler construction trailer history1911
Her­mann Schä­ler dies. His wife and son sold his life’s work to the archi­tect Erich Grun­dey. He expan­ded the company’s field of busi­ness by taking on lar­ger indus­trial con­s­truc­tion con­tracts and buil­ding com­plete com­mer­cial faci­li­ties. In the fol­lo­wing years, SCHÄLERBAU incre­asingly gai­ned the trust of large-scale indus­try. The con­ti­nuous ups­wing was cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the con­s­truc­tion of com­plete indus­trial plants and admi­nis­tra­tive buil­dings for large com­pa­nies such as Knorr-Bremse AG, All­ge­meine Elec­tri­ci­täts-Gesell­schaft (AEG) and Mer­ce­des Benz. 

Herrmann Schäler Holzverwertung - Peeler construction1923
Foun­ding of Her­mann Schä­ler AG für Holz­ver­wer­tung, which, in addi­tion to its own saw­mill, also included a tim­ber trade, a joi­n­ery and a wood­wor­king factory.

At the end of the 1920s , the glo­bal eco­no­mic cri­sis left its mark: the Her­mann Schä­ler com­pany had to reduce its work­force to around 200 men.
In the 1930s, the high­way net­work in Ger­many began to be expan­ded. During this time, the “Her­mann Schä­ler” com­pany had to make fur­ther serious cuts. 
The 1940s were overs­ha­dowed by work to clear the rub­ble. SCHÄLERBAU also faced an arduous recon­s­truc­tion of the com­pany. But the effort was worth it: years of growth followed. 
Allbeton construction method Peeler construction
1954

The tech­ni­cal deve­lo­p­ment in the con­s­truc­tion indus­try and espe­ci­ally in the field of pre­fa­bri­ca­tion pro­gres­sed: SCHÄLERBAU became the world’s first licen­see of the “all-con­crete” con­s­truc­tion method based on the bulk­head wall prin­ci­ple. This ope­ned the door to turn­key con­s­truc­tion and the urgen­tly nee­ded crea­tion of new living space was now pos­si­ble in a con­sider­a­bly shorter con­s­truc­tion time. 

Prefabricated shell construction History1950s / 60s
Acqui­si­tion of a num­ber of turn­key con­s­truc­tion con­tracts, par­ti­cu­larly in resi­den­tial, hos­tel and hotel con­s­truc­tion in Ger­many and abroad, with own tech­ni­cal depart­ments and pre­cast plants in “all-con­crete” con­s­truc­tion method. At the time, Schä­ler­bau not only car­ried out con­sul­ta­ti­ons and con­s­truc­tion con­tracts in other Euro­pean count­ries, but also in Saudi Ara­bia and Kuwait, for exam­ple. As a tra­di­tio­nal Ber­lin com­pany, the com­pany nevert­hel­ess remained true to its “very own” mar­ket. The focus here was on the clas­sic fields of buil­ding con­s­truc­tion and turn­key con­s­truc­tion as well as refur­bish­ment — from small detached hou­ses to hotel, office, muni­ci­pal and indus­trial buildings. 

Corpus concrete room cells Peeler constructionThis was fol­lo­wed in the early 1960s by the deve­lo­p­ment, manu­fac­ture and sale of a sin­gle-storey detached house made of pre­fa­bri­ca­ted rein­forced con­crete ele­ments, the so-cal­led “Schä­ler-Bau­herz house”. The core of this pre­fa­bri­ca­ted house was a 10-ton, ready-to-use instal­la­tion cell, con­sis­ting of a bath­room and toi­let, kit­chen wall with fit­ted kit­chen, hea­ting and hot water sys­tem and elec­tri­cal con­trol cen­ter — a once Swe­dish inven­tion cal­led “buil­ding heart”. SCHÄLERBAU Ber­lin was the first com­pany in Ger­many to have its “Schä­ler-Bau­herz-Haus” included in the pre­fa­bri­ca­ted house direc­tory of the Fede­ral Minis­try of Housing. 

Corpus sanitary unit Peeler construction1970s

Deve­lo­p­ment of the “Cor­pus” sani­tary unit, a fully enc­lo­sed and turn­key bathroom/WC room cell. 

1983
Take­over of Schä­ler­bau Ber­lin GmbH by the HEGEMANN-REINERS GRUPPE, which once emer­ged from August Rei­ners Bauunternehmung.
2007
Mer­ger of the indi­vi­dual con­s­truc­tion com­pa­nies of the HEGEMANN-REINERS GROUP into “August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung GmbH”, based in Bre­men. In addi­tion to its cur­rent size, August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung is cha­rac­te­ri­zed above all by its ver­sa­ti­lity. Its stra­te­gi­cally struc­tu­red, multi-laye­red port­fo­lio offers the uti­liza­tion of many syn­ergy effects. This opens up the pos­si­bi­lity for com­pa­nies in the con­s­truc­tion and pro­ject deve­lo­p­ment sec­tor to handle almost any con­s­truc­tion pro­ject themselves. 
Deutsche Industrie Werke

1984

THE HEGEMANN GROUP TAKES OVER DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE WERKE

Deut­sche-Indus­trie-Werke GmbH, based in Ber­lin-Span­dau and with a com­pany history dating back to the early 18th cen­tury, beco­mes part of the HEGEMANN GROUP. This lays the foun­da­tion for today’s acti­vi­ties in the shi­py­ard sec­tor, with a focus on the con­s­truc­tion, con­ver­sion and repair of inland water­way vessels. 

1993

FOUNDATION OF AUGUST REINERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY & DREDGING COMPANY

The estab­lish­ment of August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung & Nass­bag­ge­rei lays the foun­da­tion for today’s Dred­ging. Its range of ser­vices includes dred­ging of all kinds — from main­ten­ance dred­ging, beach nou­rish­ment and land recla­ma­tion to har­bor projects. 

ALFRED KUNZ

2003

ALFRED KUNZ BECOMES PART OF THE HEGEMANN GROUP

In 2003, the HEGEMANN GROUP takes over the tun­nel con­s­truc­tion com­pany Alfred Kunz Unter­ta­ge­bau GmbH, foun­ded in 1882. The inno­va­tive com­pany, which has been cha­rac­te­ri­zed by many pio­nee­ring deve­lo­p­ments and pro­cess tech­no­lo­gies throug­hout its history, once again expands the Group’s ser­vice port­fo­lio and makes it a major pro­vi­der of com­plex infra­struc­ture measures. 

In the mid-19th cen­tury,
Rudolf and Hein­rich Kunz were talen­ted mas­ter buil­ders and ran a well-known con­s­truc­tion com­pany that was able to land major con­tracts early on. Hein­rich quickly dis­ap­peared from the scene. 

1873
Rudolf Kunz dies, whereu­pon his son Alfred Kunz takes over his father’s busi­ness and initi­ally con­ti­nues it in Switzerland.

ALFRED KUNZ History1882
Alfred Kunz foun­ded his com­pany of the same name in Ger­many, where he initi­ally built a small hydro­power plant. Over time, the company’s field of acti­vity expan­ded more and more. Lar­ger pro­jects fol­lo­wed, inclu­ding the con­s­truc­tion of rail­roads, bridges, hydrau­lic and indus­trial buildings. 

ALFRED KUNZ Tunnel constructionEarly 20th cen­tury
The com­pany incre­asingly focu­ses on for­eign mar­kets, inclu­ding Italy, France and Tur­key, and also expands its ser­vice port­fo­lio to include tun­nel con­s­truc­tion, the main acti­vity of ALFRED KUNZ today.
The name ALFRED KUNZ is clo­sely asso­cia­ted with the history of con­s­truc­tion through decisive deve­lo­p­ments in con­s­truc­tion methods and equip­ment, such as the twin-shaft com­pul­sory mixer, Kunz’sche Rüs­tung, or the mobile cable crane bridge.

2003
ALFRED KUNZ, based in Munich, is now part of the HEGEMANN GROUP. Even today, ALFRED KUNZ sees its­elf as an inno­va­tive spe­cia­list
in the rea­liza­tion of pro­jects of all sizes. 
2007
Mer­ger of the indi­vi­dual con­s­truc­tion com­pa­nies of the HEGEMANN-REINERS GROUP into “August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung GmbH” based in Bre­men. In addi­tion to its cur­rent size, August Rei­ners Bau­un­ter­neh­mung is cha­rac­te­ri­zed above all by its ver­sa­ti­lity. Its stra­te­gi­cally struc­tu­red, multi-laye­red port­fo­lio offers the uti­liza­tion of many syn­ergy effects. This opens up the pos­si­bi­lity for com­pa­nies in the con­s­truc­tion and pro­ject deve­lo­p­ment sec­tor to handle almost any con­s­truc­tion pro­ject themselves. 
Fusion Baugesellschaften

2007

MERGER OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

In 2007, the indi­vi­dual con­s­truc­tion com­pa­nies of the HEGEMANN GROUP mer­ged to form AUGUST REINERS Bau­un­ter­neh­mung GmbH, based in Bre­men, with the now regis­tered bran­ches SCHÄLERBAU Ber­lin, ALFRED KUNZ Unter­ta­ge­bau and AUGUST REINERS Wol­gast. In addi­tion to its cur­rent size, the con­s­truc­tion com­pany is par­ti­cu­larly impres­sive due to its ver­sa­ti­lity. In the field of con­s­truc­tion and pro­ject deve­lo­p­ment, this gives the group of com­pa­nies the oppor­tu­nity to handle almost any con­s­truc­tion pro­ject itself. 

Umstrukturierung HEGEMANN-REINERS

2022

THE GROUP REPOSITIONS ITSELF

In order to streng­then our com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness and make even bet­ter use of syn­er­gies, the Group will have a new exter­nal image. From now on, the HEGEMANN GROUP will become the HEGEMANN-REINERS GROUP. Our ser­vices will now be offe­red under two main brands, DETLEF HEGEMANN and AUGUST REINERS. We are thus moving away from the SCHÄLERBAU and ALFRED KUNZ brands and gro­wing even clo­ser tog­e­ther as AUGUST REINERS Bau­un­ter­neh­mung GmbH. 

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