HOME PAGE COMPANIES Company history The team SERVICES PROJECTS PRICE LISTS NEWS LEFT CAREER CONTACT COMPANY HISTORY OF THE HOFFMANN GROUP When I look out the window of my office container in Ladeburg near Bernau and see the company premises with its trucks, excavators and concrete breakers, I like to admit: After long days of working on computers and files, I go out and sit in a driver's cab and just get started. I once succeeded in demolishing a multi-storey boiler house with a single excavator in just seven hours. I love my company and my work - and I especially love working with large construction machines. From unemployment to responsibility for 20 employees: It all started very small seven years ago. At that time I, a trained road and civil engineer, was fired by my former boss due to the low-order winter time. However, I was determined not to remain unemployed for long. With my own commitment and active support from the employment agency, I soon qualified as a construction equipment operator and acquired my truck driver's license. At almost the same time as my brother Matthias, I finally founded an ICH-AG. A truck as a reward: My ICH-AG received the first orders from my former boss, of all places, on whose construction site I had been working free of charge for three months. But because this client was still not liquid, I was given a truck instead of a payment. Today I no longer work for my boss at the time and get my construction machines from dealers. Some time after founding my ICH-AG, my brother Matthias and I formed a GbR, from which several companies have developed within 7 years. As part of the company development, our tasks also included putting together a machine and vehicle fleet and purchasing the company premises in an old gravel pit near Lobetal. The diverse services of our group of companies with more than 20 employees and 3 trainees now include the demolition of houses and the sorting and recycling of construction waste. In addition, we offer a container service and are active in gardening and landscaping. Regional roots and a slight nostalgia: Our group of companies takes on orders in Berlin as well as in Bernau and neighboring places. We receive demolition and construction contracts from private and corporate customers as well as from the public sector. Occasionally I get annoyed about the awarding practice of the municipalities - for example, when a company based in Görlitz is awarded the contract for demolition work in Bernau and we as local providers and taxpayers are left behind. In my experience, the procedures in the surrounding municipalities are often more uncomplicated - here, small orders are quickly awarded using shortened tendering procedures. I have never regretted the jump from an employee relationship and subsequent unemployment to the executive chair. Even if I sometimes regret that I spend 12 hours a day working on computers, talking on the phone or talking to banks and customers. So I rarely get to work on the construction site. However, I would like it to be easier for company founders to start as entrepreneurs. In particular, tax rates and depreciation procedures could be simplified. For example, I myself have to write off a construction machine with a new value of 100,000 euros over 9 years. Hardly any bank offers such a long financing period and for the purchase down payment alone I need tens of thousands of euros in the first year. The dream of a complete package: With the support of my father and brother, who both work in the company, I have successfully managed to lead our small group of companies from the early days into stability. My dream for the future is now that we will act as complete builders - that means, for example, that we will acquire a plot of land that is being demolished and dispose of the buildings there in order to then re-develop the property, build on it and finally sell it on our own responsibility. Status 07-2010 CONTACT Hoffmann Erdbau & Abbruch GmbH Contact: Mr. Kümmerling Administration Tel .: 03338 60 47 17 Administration Fax: 03338 60 47 65 Contact person: Ms. Huebner Administration Tel .: 03338 60 47 18 Administration Fax: 03338 60 47 65 Hoffmann Transport & Recycling GmbH Contact person: Mr Krzywinski Sales / Dispo Tel .: 03338 60 47 16 Sales / Dispo Fax .: 03338 60 47 69 Contact person: Ms. Kümmerling Administration Tel .: 03338 60 47 30 Administration Fax: 03338 60 47 65 Waage Tel .: 03338 76 99 89 Waage Fax: 03338 76 99 93 Hoffmann Baumaschinen GmbH Contact person: Mr Krüger branch Bernau near Berlin Sales Tel .: 03338 60 47 45 Sales Fax: 03338 60 47 40 NEWS 01/10/2017 11:32 am read more... OPENING HOURS Recycling point Bernau, Schönfelder Weg 71 April - November Mon - Fri: 07:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m. Sa: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. December - March Mon - Fri: 07:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m. Sa: closed Recycling place Bernau OT Ladeburg, Schmetzdorfer Str.5b Mon - Fri: 07:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m. Sa: closed ADDRESS Company group-Hoffmann Schönfelder Weg 71 16321 Bernau near Berlin Tel .: 03338 60 47 30 Fax: 03338 60 47 65 E-Mail: info@firmengruppe-hoffmann.de Imprint | data protection In order to optimize our website for you and to be able to continuously improve it, we use cookies. By continuing to use the website, you consent to the use of cookies. More on this Understood