Epping Rohrvortrieb

Epping Rohrvortrieb GmbH + Co KG is a German specialist civil engineering company based in Bocholt that focuses on trenchless pipe and tunnel construction. Founded in 1982, it operates within the Kramer Group and the wider Jaeger Group network together with its sister companies Epping Maschinentechnik and Epping Rohrwerk. The company delivers controlled pipe jacking, microtunnelling and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) projects for sewers, supply tunnels, pressure pipelines, cooling water lines and underground cable routes, including previous and subsequent construction trades. Epping Rohrvortrieb installs reinforced concrete and other pipes in walkable and non‑walkable diameters over jacking lengths of up to around 1,500 m. Its teams work with AVN microtunnelling, full‑face shields with mix and earth pressure balance technology, and partial‑face shields up to outer diameters of about 4,400–4,700 mm, including curved alignments and compressed‑air operation. The company also performs HDD installations in a wide range of ground conditions using rigs with pulling forces up to 800 kN, and carries out leak testing of new sewers in line with DIN EN 1610. Epping designs, manufactures and overhauls its own tunnelling and HDD equipment and produces large reinforced concrete pipes and special components in its pipe factory, supported by in‑house surveying and monitoring capabilities. Its reference projects include major wastewater and collector sewers such as the Emscher and Viehbach systems, microtunnels under active rail tracks, cooling water tunnels for power plants, and underground cable and pipeline crossings for utilities and transmission system operators. Epping Rohrvortrieb is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 and holds DVGW GW 302 and multiple RAL GZ 961 certifications, reflecting a corporate policy that emphasises quality, occupational safety, environmental performance and resource‑efficient, low‑impact construction methods.