Hünnebeck: products and their EPD coverage

Who Hünnebeck is

Hünnebeck is a BrandSafway company with deep European roots in temporary works. The company focuses on concrete formwork, shoring towers, modular scaffolding, climbing systems, site access and safety, backed by rental logistics and field engineering across many countries. Their catalog spans several product families with hundreds of individual parts and accessories.

What they sell, in plain speak

Expect wall and slab formwork systems, self‑climbing and climbing platforms, heavy‑duty shoring like ST 60, the MODEX modular scaffolding line, and a long tail of accessories from platforms to form linings. If you build towers, bridges, plants or complex civil works, this portfolio covers most temporary works needs in the tens of core SKUs and hundreds of components that keep jobs moving.

Sustainability signposts on their site

Hünnebeck publishes a short sustainability perspective that emphasizes supplier vetting, European sourcing, logistics planning and product longevity. If you want their own narrative, start here: Hünnebeck sustainability.

EPD coverage today

Our scan did not surface publicly posted, product‑specific EPD PDFs for flagship systems such as MODEX or ST 60 as of December 20, 2025. What we did find are German building‑authority approvals confirming technical compliance for key systems, for example ST 60 valid to January 26, 2028 and MODEX valid to January 3, 2030 (DIBt, 2025). That is not the same as an EPD. It keeps you legal, not preferenced on low‑carbon specs.

Why the gap matters commercially

LEED v5 is now ratified and rolling through projects in 2025. Material transparency credits continue to reward product‑specific, third‑party verified EPDs that meet EN 15804 or ISO 21930 criteria, which helps teams avoid default penalty factors when doing whole‑building carbon accounting. LEED v5 was ratified on March 28, 2025, and guidance is live through USGBC support resources (USGBC, 2025). Verification queues at major European program operators also matter. IBU advises plan for about a six‑month verification step before publication, which is time you want to buffer into bid calendars (IBU, 2025).

A concrete example of missed‑spec risk

MODEX is a likely best seller in the scaffolding category. We did not locate a public MODEX EPD. Meanwhile, EPDs do exist for scaffolding components on reputable registers, such as a current declaration for tubular structures used in scaffolding systems valid into 2029 under EPD International. That is a credible proof‑point specifiers can cite when they need compliant documentation on a similar scope (EPD International, 2024). If a project team must tally embodied carbon and compare options, a competitor with component‑level or system‑level EPDs can look safer on paper and therefore gets the first call.

Where Hünnebeck competes most

On verticals like high‑rise, industrial plants, bridges and transit, Hünnebeck is often up against PERI, Doka, MEVA, ULMA and Layher, with NOE and Altrad seen in parts of Europe. Some rivals increasingly publish EPDs for select systems or components through European operators. Even a single, well‑scoped EPD for a high‑volume system can flip a procurement decision when a project mandates verified declarations.

What to publish first if you are prioritizing

Aim at the systems that appear on the most bids and carry the biggest steel mass per square meter of supported deck or wall area. For Hünnebeck that likely means MODEX for access, ST 60 for shoring, and one of the wall formwork workhorses. Select the EN 15804+A2 route with a mainstream operator familiar to your customers. Pull metered electricity, gas and diesel by process step for one full reference year. Map steel and aluminum grades and galvanizing by supplier and geography. Decide early on the declared unit and system boundaries to avoid rework when the verifier asks for clarifications. It isnt glamorous, but precise data collection is the speed cheat code.

Timeline realities

Publishing fast requires front‑loading data capture and review. Budget for LCA modeling, internal QA, external verification and operator processing. With IBU citing roughly six months for verification alone, teams working backward from a Q4 tender often need to kick off in Q1 to have a PDF ready by late summer (IBU, 2025).

Closing thought for product and bid teams

Hünnebeck’s technical approvals and rental muscle keep projects moving. To win more specs where carbon accounting is non‑negotiable, the missing piece is a small set of product‑specific EPDs covering the systems that ship every day. That single move reduces friction for estimators and sustainability managers and makes it definately easier to stay on the shortlist.