Elektro-Denecke
Precast concrete footing
for street lights
In Germany today there are more than 20,000 street lights strongly and reliably anchored in the ground by means of precast concrete footings of Elektro-Denecke based in Hohe Börde near Magdeburg. The founder of the company, Götz Denecke, developed the footing in 1993, shortly after the unification of FRG and GDR, when there was a lot of construction activity in Eastern Germany. The master electrician was dissatisfied with the preparation works of the foundation contractors when placing the light poles. The poles were often embedded in concrete in such a way that maintenance work was associated...
