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“Build safely on every foundation” is Stump-Franki Spezialtiefbau’s service promise. Meeting this promise sometimes requires considerable creativity from the construction experts. This was certainly the case for the extension of the U-bahn line 5 in Frankfurt am Main, a complex project in a highly sensitive city-centre zone. Expertise and teamwork are demanded: In addition to Stump-Franki, other…

• Record order backlog of EUR 7.1 bn (+12.2%) • Production output of EUR 5.2 bn for 2020 • Improved asset structure despite negative EBT of EUR -51.0m in COVID year

Oevermann Verkehrswegebau GmbH, a subsidiary of PORR Germany, is demonstrating in a current construction project that sustainable asphalting is possible in road construction. As part of the "Osthofstrasse" construction project in Münster (Westphalia, Germany) the various tasks performed by the Münster/Dortmund branch of Oevermann Verkehrswegebau GmbH included renovation of the roadway structure…

In February, the PORR building construction branch in Hamburg and the second ANIMA-Oldenburg project company both signed a general contractor agreement for the construction of a residential and commercial building. The new building will house 121 micro-apartments and three commercial units.

In Colbitz, not far from Magdeburg, PORR subsidiary Stump-Franki Spezialtiefbau GmbH has its production facility for grouted anchors and micropiles, along with a central compound where the Stump-Franki machinery is maintained. The company is now celebrating six years of zero accidents on the site. Site manager Konrad Witt and his team are proud of their achievement.

Digitization has massively gained in importance across industries in recent years and is becoming a decisive competitive advantage. This is especially true for the construction industry. But not every company has jumped onto the digitalization bandwagon. Implementation of innovative technologies poses enormous challenges for many companies successfully. For PORR, the future areas of digitization…

One of the largest and most complex construction projects in cutting-edge international research is currently underway at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, a centre for heavy ion research: FAIR – the new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research. Several buildings are being constructed on the 20-hectare site for the purpose of operating the particle accelerator. PORR…

Innovative, sustainable, unusual – these are the defining characteristics of a new landmark under construction on Dusseldorf’s Medienhafen waterfront. Since November 2020 an innovative office block is being built as a hybrid timber construction

In Töging am Inn, an almost 100-year-old listed power plant is being taken off the grid and replaced by a new building. Eight of the nine construction lots, with a total order volume of around 150 million euros, were awarded to PORR. One part of the project is the Jettenbach weir, which regulates the inflow to the Töging power plant. The final section of the construction pit in Jettenbach has now…

On 10 December 2020, the PORR subsidiary Hochbau Berlin and Blockdammweg 60 GmbH & Co. KG signed the general contractor agreement for the turnkey construction of 15 residential buildings in the new Parkstadt Karlshorst neighbourhood.