1945 Max Bögl sen., together with 3 employees, begins reconstruction work on the war-torn city of Neumarkt. 1952 the first truck, a second-hand MAN, is purchased. Some larger projects, such as the Fischersiedlung in Mühlhausen, are being built. 1953 the manufacture of cavity blocks commences at the company's own yard in Sengenthal. 1955 the young civil engineer Max Bögl jun. joins the company and begins to work in the areas of canal and road construction. At the same time, the contract for the first large construction project in the city of Neumark, the Pröpster furniture store, is accepted. The first company excavator, a Unicab cable dredger, is purchased for the job. 1956 the Max Bögl company opens a sand pit in the Schlierferheide heath near Greißelbach. This is where the company premises are currently located. Along side the sand pit, Max Bögl, together with 30 employees, manufactures hollow block stones and prefabricated ceilings. 1957 the first road between Helena and Höhenberg is constructed. At that time the asphalt needed to be delivered from Neustadt an der Donau because the company did not yet possess a mixing plant. 1960 the first asphalt mixing plant with a capacity of 60 to/h, and the first finisher, both Linnhof machines, are purchased. |