BAUER Spezialtiefbau: Machine Monitoring at Scale

Special civil engineering. Global scale. Full machine visibility.

BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, part of the internationally active BAUER Group, operates some of the world’s most complex construction machines: drilling rigs, diaphragm wall systems, and grab equipment deployed on infrastructure and civil engineering projects across Europe, Asia, and North America.

The challenge is not the equipment. The challenge is visibility. When expensive, specialised machines move between international construction sites at irregular intervals, some owned, some contracted from third parties, knowing exactly where each machine is, how long it has been running, and how to bill the hours accurately becomes operationally critical.

The same visibility for own and third-party machines

BAUER’s fleet is mixed: company-owned machines alongside third-party equipment deployed on sites worldwide. The retrofit approach, fitting a ROBUSTO device directly on site, without workshop downtime, gives BAUER the same data quality from an externally sourced crane as from their own drilling rig. Quick installation. Immediate visibility. No exceptions in the data.

“With Rosenberger Telematics’ retrofit telematics, we have full control over our entire machine fleet – regardless of whether the machines are our own or purchased. It is particularly important for us to know exactly how long each machine has been in use on which construction site at any given time. This transparency enables us to manage deployment efficiently and significantly reduce downtime.” — Dipl.-Ing. Werner Korherr, mechanical engineering

Commander as the data hub

Every machine feeds into Commander. Operating hours, locations, and utilisation data are centralised and interpreted in the platform. The payoff is twofold: machine planning improves because the data shows exactly which assets are idle, and billing becomes automatic. Commander integrates directly with BAUER’s ERP system, turning field data into accurate invoices without manual reconciliation.

What Commander delivers for BAUER

• Unified visibility across owned and third-party machines: same data, same platform
• Retrofit deployment directly on site, no workshop required
• Precise operating hour and location records for every asset
• Automatic ERP integration for accurate, timely billing
• Reduced downtime through optimised machine planning
• Global coverage: Europe, Asia, North America

Telematics without compromise

BAUER Spezialtiefbau builds the foundations that others build on, literally. That requires absolute precision at every stage. Commander brings that same precision to fleet management: every hour counted, every asset located, every cost correctly attributed. On construction sites that span continents, that is not a nice-to-have. It is the baseline.