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The extension of the U5 underground line is progressing rapidly: an approximately 2,750-metre-long light rail line will connect the Europaviertel with the existing underground network. The contract for the 1,160-metre-long underground section – including the connection to the existing U5 line, the construction of an emergency exit and the shell construction work for the Güterplatz underground…

Five kilometres from the centre of Hanover, the diverse residential quarter ‘Wasserstadt Limmer’ is being built on an industrial wasteland. On behalf of the general contractor BöCon, the Oldenburg branch of PORR special civil engineering constructed the deep foundations with 259 resource-saving Atlas piles on the last available building site. Three ecological apartment buildings will be built…

Investment in education infrastructure in Germany has increased significantly in recent years. According to the KfW Municipal Panel 2024, investment in school buildings totalled around 12.9 billion euros. Nevertheless, KfW puts the investment backlog for municipal educational facilities at 54.8 billion euros. These figures are based on surveys of the treasuries of cities, municipalities and…

The structural work on the northern construction site of the FAIR particle accelerator, one of the largest and most complex construction projects in cutting-edge international research, is coming to an end for PORR. After a runtime of six years and using more than 340,000 cubic metres of reinforced concrete and 40,000 tonnes of reinforced steel, the last concrete component to be poured in February…

Vienna, 12.03.2025 – The Supervisory Board's nomination committee today nominated Josef-Dieter Deix as a member of the Management Board and COO of PORR AG. The corresponding resolutions are to be passed at the Supervisory Board meeting on 26 March 2025. Deix is to take over the responsibilities of Jürgen Raschendorfer, who has resigned from his position on the Management Board.

Since 2021, PORR Verkehrswegebau Berlin has been preparing the extension of Berlin's A100 city highway between the Neukölln interchange and the “Am Treptower Park” junction for traffic on behalf of the federal highway company Autobahn GmbH, Nordost branch. The asphalt paving in lot 11a was successfully completed and work on the construction of the service roads in lot 12c is progressing…

The Marzahn traffic junction extends across the intersection of Landsberger Allee and Märkische Allee with the long-distance and suburban railroad tracks of Deutsche Bahn. On behalf of the State of Berlin, represented by the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment, Department V - Civil Engineering, the Berlin branch of PORR Civil Engineering is realizing…

The Düsseldorf branch of PORR Spezialtiefbau was awarded the contract by EUROVIA for the pile foundation of a new crane runway at the Emmerich container terminal. The pile plan, as well as the execution planning, including the pile statics for the success of the project, were provided by PORR Spezialtiefbau Planung.

From the southern abutment near Nordstetten, the teams from PORR responsible for the bridge superstructure are approaching the first pylon. Meanwhile, in September 2024, PORR's special civil engineering division had begun work on the bored pile foundation on the northern side of the valley after the construction site ‘Am Rauschbart’ was handed over by the Karlsruhe Regional Council of the state of…

The Hanseatic city of Bremen is sending out a strong signal in favour of the transport revolution: On behalf of Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG), PORR Verkehrswegebau is modernising the depot in Bremen-Nord. The aim is to make the facility fit for the operation of electric articulated buses. This project is part of an ambitious plan to convert BSAG's entire bus fleet from diesel to electric vehicles…