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2024

Career built by PORR: Cheers to our commercial trainee Caterina.

Caterina values versatility, and this was also very important to her when choosing her career. That's why she started an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at PORR's Münster branch in 2020. Her excellent final exams and her enthusiasm for the industry show that she made the right decision.

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Façade climbers working at night: Abraham Quarter in Oldenburg is complete

PORR Hochbau Region Nord is building the Abraham Quarter at Haarenstraße 11-15 in Oldenburg on behalf of ANIMA. The new complex offers around 121 micro-apartments with commercial space on the ground floor in a prime city centre location. The construction work is almost complete. Only the façade insulation was still missing in the upper areas of the new building. The particular challenge here was…

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Construction work for the SuedLink ElbX Elbe crossing enters phase 1

On 11 September 2023, the ground-breaking ceremony for the tunnelling of the Elbe between Wewelsfleth in Schleswig-Holstein and Wischhafen in Lower Saxony took place. It marked the start of construction for one of the largest special structures in the major SuedLink project, which is being realised by PORR on behalf of the transmission system operator TenneT TSO. In order to successfully realise…

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Tunnel renovations on the Lahntal line began with a ceremonial tunnel opening

After just under a year of preparation, tunnelling work has started on the Fachinger and Cramberg tunnels. In order to widen the tunnel cross-sections, "Nora" and "Tilly von Cramberg" will work their way 426 and 732 metres through the mountain over the next few months. With the help of the two massive tunnelling portals, PORR's Düsseldorf tunnel construction specialists will dismantle the existing…

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A100 Berlin: Progress on the construction of the road trough in lot 6 of the 16th construction phase

On behalf of the federal motorway authority Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes, PORR Ingenieurbau is building another section of the A100 extension in Berlin in a joint venture with PORR Spezialtiefbau GmbH. Lot 6 of the 16th construction phase will extend the A100 motorway by around 255m. The construction section extends from the Neukölln motorway junction to the "Am Treptower Park" junction. Lot 6…

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Sustainable transport route engineering: Meschenich's new bypass relies on recycling

The B51 in Cologne-Meschenich currently runs directly through the Meschenich district and causes an enormous amount of traffic in the town itself every day. This is now to come to an end: The NRW road construction authority has commissioned the Düren branch of PORR Verkehrswegebau to carry out the first construction phase of the new bypass. The main focus here is on recycling the construction…

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KITA Osterholz: Interior construction on track despite winter weather

Bremen's "slippery weather" is in full splendour in winter 2023/2024. But grey skies, snow and rain showers, sub-zero temperatures, gusts of wind and slippery conditions have no effect on interior construction at the PORR construction site "KITA Osterholz". The roof and façade are watertight and a climate-friendly construction site heating system ensures temperatures suitable for interior work at…

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Parkstadt Karlshorst residential neighbourhood: reliable deadlines thanks to LEAN management

On the site of a former veneer factory and an engineering wholesaler in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg, a completely new urban quarter is being built with around 1,000 rental and owner-occupied flats, a large day care centre, a three-form entry primary school, a local shopping centre and 18,000 square metres of green and play areas. The project is divided into 10 construction phases. As…

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Sustainable bridge foundation for Dresden eastern bypass

Frankipile NG® piles with gravel pre-compacting ensure load-bearing capacity As part of the construction work for the S177 Wünschendorf/Eschdorf bypass, colleagues from the Berlin PORR special civil engineering branch in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge had a rush job on their hands. In just two weeks, they installed 38 Frankipile NG® piles for the deep foundations of a new…

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Milestone for U5 Europaviertel: tunnel shell completed on Europa-Allee

The "U5-Europaviertel consortium", consisting of PORR Deutschland and PORR Spezialtiefbau, is entering the home straight on the U5 light rail extension project to the Europaviertel in Frankfurt am Main. At the end of October 2023, the final ceiling section for the tunnel was concreted on Europa-Allee using the cut-and-cover method. With the completion of the shell construction, all open and closed…

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