InnovationsTeam Christiane Brandes

Consulting, planning and construction of dairy barns

InnovationsTeam Christiane Brandes is a sole proprietorship based in Heiddorf (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) specialising in consulting, planning and construction of dairy barns. The team comprises graduate agricultural engineers, civil engineers and architects. Its range of services includes consulting on cow comfort, work organisation, calf and heifer rearing, milking parlour planning, slurry management and energy concepts, as well as the planning of complete dairy and heifer rearing facilities, from conversions to greenfield new builds, with all housing areas, slurry and feed storage and site development. In addition, permit procedures under the BImSchG (Federal Immission Control Act), tendering, contract award and construction supervision are provided in all service phases. References ranging from 100 to 2,500 animal places are available; since its founding in 1999, more than 100,000 animal places have been built. The office is authorised to submit building documents in all German federal states and works in German, English, Russian and Polish, with project experience in France, Russia, Poland and Hungary.

Site

Heiddorf

Processes

Cow comfort and barn construction consulting, Work organisation consulting, Calf and heifer rearing consulting, Milking and milking parlour planning consulting, Slurry management and energy concept consulting, Site securing and farm concept consulting, Training, lectures and professional study trips, Planning of complete dairy and heifer rearing facilities

Founded

1999

Industries

Dairy farming, Cattle farming, Agricultural industry, Agricultural barn construction

1. 01

   Consulting (cow comfort, work organisation, milking, slurry management)

2. 02

   Planning (barn, slurry and silage storage, site development, halls)

3. 03

   Permit procedures (BImSchG)

4. 04

   Tendering and contract award

5. 05

   Project support, construction management and construction supervision

Location

Heiddorf

DE

Office and planning location

Inside the production

History

1. 1993

   Christiane Brandes coined the term cow comfort ("Pioneer in Cow comfort since 1993")

2. 1996

   Start of cow comfort consulting in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

3. 1999

   Founding of InnovationsTeam Christiane Brandes; first complete new barn build with sand stalls and curtain ventilation inaugurated

4. 2016

   Cooperation agreement with Rock River Laboratory (USA) on 1 October 2016

5. 2019

   Professional study trips "45-kg tour" to Wisconsin/USA

6. 2025

   More than 100,000 animal places built on greenfield sites