Obituary for Mr Jürgen Lippok

Mr Jürgen Lippok passed away on September 27th 2023 at the age of 83.

He worked professionally in the GDR in the VEB Autobahnbaukombinat (ABK), a drilling and blasting technology company. Despite his excellent professional competence, he was denied further promotion due to his ecclesiastical commitment and lack of party affiliation. After the reunification in 1990, the company was taken over by a French group and Jürgen Lippok became first spokesman of the management, then authorized representative, and later as managing director of VBU Verkehrsbau Union GmbH (today: Eurovia Verkehrsbau GmbH) until his retirement in 2004.

The company joined the Deutsche Abruchverband, the German Demolition Association, in January 1991 by Jürgen Lippok. Since then, he has been extensively involved in the DA on an honorary basis.

He was chairman of the DA-Landesverband Berlin / Brandenburg / Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, member of the DA-Arbitration Court and deputy chairman of the DA in the then three-member executive board from 1998 until his retirement in 2004.

After that, he continued to work tirelessly on the vocational training of the demolition industry. He contributed his extensive knowledge of demolition and blasting technology as a member of the examination committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dortmund for the final examination of “our” deconstruction mechanics. He also passed on his knowledge and experience for many years as a lecturer in the foreman and work polishing courses at ABZ Hamm.

Among other things, Jürgen Lippok was also the eponym of the association magazine “Abbruch aktuell”, which was launched in 1999. He also worked at the 1st and 2nd edition of the technical book “Abbrucharbeiten” of the DA in the editorial direction.

As the DA express, “[the Association] owes much to Jürgen Lippok and will keep an honorable memory of him“.

In 2013, Mr Jürgen Lippok’s lifelong meritorious work for the demolition industry was recognized with his admission to the EDA Club of Honor. We send our most sincere condolences to his loved ones, and feel very honored to have the chance to work and, moreover, get to know such an incredible professional and person.