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Awards - of which we are proud
1984 Vocational training
The German federal president, Karl Carstens, gave special recognition to the LEONHARD WEISS construction company in June 1984 for exemplary performance in the vocational training of young people.
 
1990 Wirtschaftsmedaille (Business Medal)
In April 1990, the minister for Economics, Small and Medium Enterprises and Technology, Hermann Schaufler, awarded the Business Medal to LEONHARD WEISS for outstanding services to the economy.
LEONHARD WEISS, said Schaufler, was an impressive example that construction and environmental protection need not be mutually exclusive, but are important partners in overcoming problems. LEONHARD WEISS, he continued, has no shortage of trained replacements, due to its exemplary training programme. As such, it enjoys a special position among construction companies, which are generally worried about not having adequate personnel in the future.
 
1992 Managementpreis (Management Prize)
The managing partners Ulrich Weiss and Werner Schmidt-Weiss were awarded the Managementpreis Unternehmer Energie (Manager Energy Management Prize) in 1992. This prize is awarded to dynamic managers who have achieved extraordinary business success through their clear goals and above-average commitment.
 
1993 Guetezeichen Kanalbau (Canal Construction Quality Label)
On 28 January 1993, the Guetegemeinschaft Herstellung und Instandhaltung von Entwaesserungskanaelen und -leitungen e. V. (Quality Association for Building and Maintenance of Drainage Canals and Lines) awarded LEONHARD WEISS the quality label for building and maintenance of drainage canals and lines. This label is recognised by the RAL Deutsches Institut für Guetesicherung und Kennzeichnung e. V. (RAL German Institute for Quality Assurance and Labeling) and trademark protected through registration with the German Patent Office.
 
1994 Fachbetrieb (Professional Company)
On 1 June 1994, the Technische Ueberwachungs-Verein Suedwestdeutschland e. V. (Technical Monitoring Association of Southwest Germany) awarded LEONHARD WEISS the Professional Company certificate in accordance with § 19 I of the Water Resources Law. This confirms that LEONHARD WEISS has been inspected for the listed activities and has signed a monitoring contract.
 
1995 DIN EN ISO 9001
LEONHARD WEISS is certified in accordance with the requirements of DIN EN ISO 9001. The subsidiary Steinsanierung und Denkmalpflege Crailsheim GmbH & Co. KG also received this confirmation. For our customers, this means further assurance of our key goals: quality, care, economy and on-time performance.
 
1997 DIN EN ISO 14001
LEONHARD WEISS is one of the first construction companies to introduce and be certified for an environmental management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14001.
 
1997 Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen (EVU) (Rail Traffic Company)
Since 1 January 1997, LEONHARD WEISS has had an official operating permit as a rail traffic company (EVU). As such, the company can transport goods by rail throughout Germany on its own responsibility. In addition, the company is authorised to conduct in-house acceptance inspections on track construction machines by technical experts in accordance with § 32 of the Railway Construction and Operation Ordinance.
 
1997 ÜGG Certificate
On 25 November 1997, the Ueberwachungsgemeinschaft Gleisbau e. V. (Rail Construction Monitoring Association) awarded LEONHARD WEISS the right to carry monitoring labels in accordance with the stipulations of the Ueberwachungsgemeinschaft Gleisbau e.V. LEONHARD WEISS demonstrated in an inspection that it fulfils the requirements of the implementation stipulations for personnel qualification, company-specific quality management system and the specific requirements of the stipulation sheets. This is reinspected repeatedly.
 
1998 Guetezeichen Kabelleitungstiefbau
(Underground Cable Line Construction Quality Label)
On 29 April 1998, the Guetegemeinschaft Leitungstiefbau e.V. (Underground Cable Line Construction Quality Associaton) awarded LEONHARD WEISS the quality label for underground cable line construction. This label is recognised by RAL Deutschland and trademark protected through registration with the German Patent Office.
 
1999 AUDI Quality Prize
Since 1988, AUDI AG has awarded the Audi Quality Prize at an Audi suppliers' event. On 18 June 1999, LEONHARD WEISS was the first construction company to be awarded the quality prize for construction of building structures "in recognition for outstanding quality performance in 1998".
  
 
1999 DVGW-Fachunternehmen (Professional Company)
In July 1999, LEONHARD WEISS received a certificate as a DVGW Professional Company - pipeline construction companies. The scope of certification: gas lines for all pressures and nominal widths (steel, cast iron, polyethylene) and water lines for all pressures and nominal widths (steel, cast iron, polyethylene, plastic).
 
2002 Volkswagen Group Award
On 3 June 2002, the Volkswagen Group honoured the best suppliers worldwide in 2001 with the Volkswagen Group Award. LEONHARD WEISS is the only construction company to receive this recognition of company performance. Evaluated here were flexibility with new products and innovation ability in view of cost optimisation and process improvements. From 2000 to 2002, LEONHARD WEISS carried out new construction of the press hall with technology centre, logistics hall and scrap press building for Audi AG in Ingolstadt based on a GMP contract (guaranteed maximum price).
  
 
2004 Liebherr certificate
Recognition by the Liebherr company of our employees for their creative support in the further development of the Liebherr Rail-Roader Excavator.