PORR delivers strong Q3: order backlog and earnings on track
Full order backlog of EUR 7.8 bn Strong production output and top earnings in Q3 Solid balance sheet after successful capital increase of EUR 122m 2021 outlook re-confirmed
Vienna, 29.11.2021 – PORR, one of the largest construction companies in Europe, presents an exceptionally strong third quarter. With a full order backlog of EUR 7.8 bn and an absolute best EBT of EUR 42.5m, PORR is…
Start of the family reunion of the tunnel industry: PORR at STUVA 2021 in Karlsruhe
On 24 and 25 November, the STUVA conference and the STUVA expo will take place at the exhibition centre in Karlsruhe. Not for nothing is the STUVA also called the "family reunion of the tunnel industry": The international congress for tunnel construction and infrastructure is one of the most important meetings for the entire tunnel construction sector.
PORR amongst top German companies with “Top Climate Commitment 2021 in Recent Times” by FOCUS
PORR GmbH & Co. KGaA from Munich is one of 42 German companies to receive the very first “Top Climate Commitment in Recent Times” award in a study conducted by FOCUS magazine and the “For Our Planet” sustainability initiative.
Latest on the U5 Europaviertel construction site in Frankfurt/Main
Things are progressing: After conventional tunnel boring in the south tube started in September 2021 and the preparatory measures for the remaining boring in the north tube, specialist civil engineering works have continued on Boulevard Ost. PORR subsidiary Stump-Franki Spezialtiefbau GmbH took on the boring work for the dewatering measures, the soldier pile wall of the future ramp structure and…
PORR awarded order to restore the Horchheim Tunnel in Koblenz
Project will repair 100-year-old railway tunnel
Full steam ahead! Work to repair and restore the Horchheim Tunnel in Koblenz is now underway. In June 2021, DB Netz AG awarded PORR the contract to restore the Horchheim railway tunnel as part of a consortium with FELDHAUS Bergbau GmbH & Co. KG and Heinz Schnorpfeil Bau GmbH. The order involves complete restoration of the tunnel, including all…
The Berlin-Lichtenberg project is now underway: foundation stone laid for “Ferdinand’s Garden”
Last Friday, 28 October 2021, saw the laying of the foundation stone for the “Ferdinand’s Garden” project on Ferdinand-Schultze Strasse in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Lakeward Management AG appointed PORR as main contractor for the project. The construction scheme comprises 395 functional, affordable housing units with standard and solid finishing standards and 79 rent-controlled housing units. The units…
Innovative research campus: PORR and Siemens Healthineers hold topping-out ceremony
PORR is realising a state-of-the-art research campus for Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim, Germany. Worth EUR 350m, the project is the largest investment in new construction to date for Siemens Healthineers. The High Energy Photonics (HEP) Center will be home to R&D activities as well as the production of all medical-technology components for computer tomography and X-ray systems. As the…
PORR acquires another large-scale project in Berlin
Alexander Berlin’s Capital Tower
PORR is expanding its pipeline in building construction in Germany with another major project. It has won the general contractor tender to build the ABC Tower at Alexanderplatz in Berlin. The impressive large-scale project will be Berlin’s second-highest building and its value of around EUR 240m makes it the largest single order in building construction in PORR’s…
PORR wins new contract: Architectural exclamation mark for Dresden
After an intensive period of bid processing, PORR GmbH & Co. KGaA building construction eastern region - branch office Schmölln - has been commissioned by Quarterback Immobilien AG to realise the shell of a residential and commercial building in the Gorbitz district of Dresden.
U5 extension into Europaviertel: Emergency exit complete
Düsseldorfer Strasse in Frankfurt am Main has been closed to outbound traffic between Karlstrasse and Mainzer Landstrasse for 648 days due to the construction of an emergency exit at Platz der Republik as part of the extension of the U5 underground line into Europaviertel: There must be an emergency exit every 600 metres so that, in emergencies, the maximum distance to a tunnel exit is 300 metres.…