STRABAG Breaks Ground for New Training Center in Austria

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Construction company STRABAG recently celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new apprenticeship training center in Ybbs an der Donau, Austria. The company is investing a total of approximately € 10 million in the new location, which will have the capacity to train some 250 apprentices a year. After completion of the building permission application, the groundbreaking marks the start of construction as planned on the 31,000-square-meter site. The training of the Austrian STRABAG apprentices has so far been divided between two locations due to lack of space, but the location in Ybbs will offer enough room for everyone. In addition … Read more

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STRABAG Realizes CAPE 10 Social & Health Services Center Project in Austria Utilizing BIM 5D

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The contract to design and build CAPE 10, a modern social and health services center that will serve as a beacon of cooperation between business and civil society, has been awarded to STRABAG. The new center, being built near Vienna, Austria’s Central Station in the new Sonnwendviertel community, is intended as a place for socially disadvantaged groups, with space for interaction and a health center. BIM 5D is about enriching the usual 3D model through the dimensions of time/processes (4D) and material/costs (5D). The present BIM 5D model is constantly evolving. STRABAG’s internal technical building equipment department carried out a … Read more

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PORR Secures Large-Scale Project in Vienna to Deliver Apartments, Offices + Commercial Space

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PORR Bau GmbH has secured a new large-scale order in Vienna, Austria’s 20th district. A general contractor agreement was signed with the property developer PREMIUM Immobilien AG for the project at Handelskai. The large-scale project involves building residential, commercial and office space on a plot of around 7,600 square meters directly beside Vienna’s Millennium Tower. Architects Gerner Gerner Plus will handle the design. “The large-scale project at Handelskai will not only see the construction of a state-of-the-art residential complex, but generous commercial and office units as well. As a low-energy building, the project meets stringent sustainability criteria and offers high … Read more

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New PORR Campus One-of-a-Kind Austrian Pilot Project

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The grand opening of the PORR Campus was recently celebrated on the PORR premises in Vienna Simmering (Austria). This in-company center for further education and training will allow PORR to expand its three-pronged apprentice system with an additional fourth pillar, thereby elevating the existing curriculum for vocational apprentices and professionals to a new level. The first year of training will see around 80 apprentices from the whole of Austria studying at the PORR Campus. Digital networking across the entire construction value chain is leading to fundamental changes in the construction sector and its competitive landscape. Work processes are becoming ever … Read more

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PORR Consortium to Build Tunnel in Poland

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ŚWINOUJŚCIE, Poland; VIENNA, Austria – The contract for the construction of the Świnoujście tunnel was recently signed. The project will be implemented by a consortium consisting of PORR, Gulermak and Energopol-Szczecin. The contract value is around EUR 150 million and the project is expected to take 48 months to complete. The total length of the project is approximately 3.2 kilometers. This includes a 1.44-kilometer tunnel boring machine excavation in the slurry shield procedure. The breakout diameter of the tunnel will be 13.5 meters. A two-way roadway will be constructed with traffic lanes with a width of 3.5 meters and evacuation … Read more

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