About us

Since 2001

The HCE Design Group has its origins in the engineering firm Hartwig Consulting Engineers, which was founded in Hamburg (Germany) in 2001.

Today, we operate internationally across all disciplines of construction as architectural draughtsmen, construction technicians, civil engineers, architects, geotechnical engineers and structural engineers.

Our head office is in Hamburg. However, you can also find us in Frankfurt am Main, Cambridge, Warsaw, Szczecin and Poznań.

The President of the HCE Design Group is Mr Thomas Hartwig (Dipl.-Ing.). Ms Caroline Strauß (Dipl.-Ing.) is co-founder and co-partner, and the authorised representative.

MAIN TARGET

Engineering the future

Every great leap forward began as a bold idea sketched on paper. Today, we stand at a defining moment, one where the choices we make in how we design, build and power our world will shape life for generations to come.

Engineering the future means more than constructing taller towers or faster machines. It means creating cities that breathe, buildings that generate more energy than they consume, and infrastructure that works in harmony with nature rather than against it. It means turning sunlight, wind and water into clean power, and reimagining materials so that nothing is wasted.

Innovation is our most renewable resource. When architects, engineers and visionaries join forces, the impossible becomes a blueprint, and the blueprint becomes reality.

The future is not something we wait for. It is something we design, calculate and build, together, with courage, curiosity and responsibility. Let’s engineer a world worth inheriting.

360degree

Facts

More than 25 years’ experience in design and construction.
More than 6,000 projects completed since 2001.
More than 50,000 wind turbines worldwide based on HCE designs.
Projects completed in more than 65 countries.
On average, we facilitate 2.3 grid connections every month.
Leading the way in pile foundation engineering in Germany – 1 million metres of piles per year between 2001 and 2021.
Leading private engineering firm in Central Europe, specialising in wind turbine towers and foundations.
We speak 16 languages.
We don’t just design in 3D; thanks to our understanding of the construction process, we’re always operating in the 4th dimension
We have a 360-degree open-minded approach.