{"id":643,"date":"2026-07-21T18:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/froehling-ingenieure.de\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:42:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/froehling-ingenieure.de\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n
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About Fr\u00f6hling \u2013 Tradition & Innovation since 1973.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Who we are<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Owner-managed firm for structural design based in Harsefeld<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Fr\u00f6hling Ingenieurb\u00fcro GmbH is an owner-managed engineering firm based in Harsefeld, near Hamburg. Since our founding in 1973, we have been designing structures and providing health and safety coordination (SiGeKo) for clients, project developers, architects, and industrial companies \u2013 in Germany and worldwide. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

What sets us apart is the combination of decades of engineering experience and the curiosity of a dedicated team: we approach structural design from an economic, digital, and sustainable perspective \u2013 delivering results that clients, planners, and inspection bodies worldwide can rely on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Special moments<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Milestones from over 50 years of company history<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Establishment of the Fr\u00f6hling engineering firm by Hans-Peter Fr\u00f6hling<\/h3>\n

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Relocation to the current headquarters at Schulstra\u00dfe 22, Harsefeld<\/h3>\n

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Manfred Rathjen joins as an additional partner, change of company name to Fr\u00f6hling & Partner<\/h3>\n

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Change of company name to Ingenieurb\u00fcro Fr\u00f6hling & Rathjen GbR mbH<\/h3>\n

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Founder Hans-Peter Fr\u00f6hling steps down from management but remains with the firm as an external consultant<\/h3>\n

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Christian Fr\u00f6hling and Thorben Rathjen join the management team<\/h3>\n

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40th anniversary<\/h3>\n

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Manfred Rathjen steps down from management \u2013 renamed to Fr\u00f6hling & Rathjen GmbH & Co. KG<\/h3>\n

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50th anniversary and over 30,000 completed projects<\/h3>\n

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Restructuring as Fr\u00f6hling Ingenieurb\u00fcro GmbH \u2013 Christian Fr\u00f6hling as Managing Director, focusing on wind energy, structural engineering, civil engineering, and SiGeKo; Nils Glaesener appointed as authorized signatory<\/h3>\n

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The foundation of our success<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Our Team & Our Engineering Values<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Our team brings together civil engineers, specialist planners, health and safety coordinators, and structural designers specializing in solid construction, steel construction, timber construction, geotechnics, civil engineering, and wind energy. Continuous professional development, modern calculation software, and interdisciplinary exchange are a matter of course for us \u2013 not the exception. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Precision<\/h3>

Because a structure leaves no room for approximations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Responsibility<\/h3>

For people, structures, and resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Clarity<\/h3>

In calculation, communication, and quotes<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Continuity<\/h3>

For over 50 years, in the second generation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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