Activities

That was our event “Island must remain an island - Youtuber meets construction manager” from 22.05.2024

As part of the lecture “Fundamentals of Construction Management”, the open lecture “Island must remain an island” took place on 22.05.2024.

The construction site of the relief channel with excavators and trucks.

© Hans Georg Jodl

Civil engineer and Youtuber Bernhard Rennhofer and the then site manager Hans Georg Jodl discussed the construction of the Danube Island together. A detailed report, opens an external URL in a new window of the event can be found on the TU Wien (Vienna) website.
For all those interested who were unable to attend live, the event was recorded and posted on our institute's YouTube channel, opens an external URL in a new window.

A picture of the building site from 1980 is thrown up on the wall.

© Oleksandr Melnyk

Dr. Leopold Winkler as moderator with microphone.

© Matthias Heisler

Dr. Arthur Schönwälder speaks the introduction.

© Matthias Heisler

Dr. Jacqueline Raab introduces the institute.

© Oleksandr Melnyk

DI Astrid Bischofberger supports the moderator in presenting the institute.

© Matthias Heisler

DI Berhard Rennhofer with a very large edition of the Danube Atlas.

© Oleksandr Melnyk

Mr. Winkler, Mr. Rennhofer, Mr. Jodl and Mr. Schönwälder (from left to right) form the podium.

© Oleksandr Melnyk

Em. Prof. Hans Georg Jodl speaks.

© Matthias Heisler

Master builder Bernhard Rennhofer answers.

© Matthias Heisler

An aerial view of the floodplain from the 1970s.

© Hans Georg Jodl

The construction site of the relief channel with excavators and trucks.

© Hans Georg Jodl

An excavator fills a truck, with the Kahlenberg in the background.

© Hans Georg Jodl

A decorated truck for the anniversary of 10 million cubic meters of excavated material.

© Hans Georg Jodl

A small celebration on the construction site to mark the anniversary of 10 million cubic meters, site manager Hans Georg Jodl on the far right.

© Hans Georg Jodl

An aerial view of the construction site of the collapsed Reichsbrücke (01.08.1976) which overlaps with the “Donauinsel” construction site.

© Bernhard Rennhofer

A streetcar crosses the “Danube Island” construction site on the temporary Reichsbrücke bridge.

© Hans Georg Jodl

A bird's eye view of the modern Danube Island at the height of the Reichsbrücke.

© Bernhard Rennhofer