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The 22-storey apartment building at 218 Frankfurter Allee in Berlin has now been completed, just two years after the first stone was laid. HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH awarded the contract for realising this construction scheme to general contractor PORR Building Construction East Region, with the official opening ceremony held on 27 June 2022. The first tenants are already occupying their…

“We're all about proactive, ongoing development.” That was the message heard loud and clear as staff from the PORR Building Construction Eastern Region locations in Berlin, Schmölln and Dresden came together in Berlin on 17 June. After two years of forced hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Eastern Region management, led by Andreas Kimling and Marc Leutloff, were finally able to hold their…

Users are increasingly focusing on the economic potential of using BIM in construction in a safe and consistent manner. In order to make BIM the future standard in these projects, comprehensive experience must be applied. One of these highly innovative projects from a BIM perspective was entrusted to pde Integrale Planung GmbH by HOWOGE as the client. PORR Deutschland, as the construction company…

Preparations for commissioning the new Wendlingen-Ulm railway line with the Albaufstieg section constructed by PORR have reached the final stretch: Deutsche Bahn switched on the power along the entire route at the end of January 2022 and began test runs in February.

Two turnkey construction stages completed by PORR

Fenja Herden (21) is currently doing an internship as an industrial clerk at PORR Building Construction department, eastern region, Berlin. She is now in her second year of training. And she's also something of a pioneer: in April 2022, she did an internship abroad in Malta as a way of broadening her horizons and getting a sense of the bigger picture in her work as an aspiring industrial clerk. As…

The Enz Valley motorway crossing project got underway in October 2021. A roughly 4.8km stretch of the congested A8 between the Pforzheim-Nord and Pforzheim-Süd junctions will be widened to six lanes by the end of 2026. People, flora and fauna should all benefit from the new motorway, as the project involves an array of measures designed to promote nature and species conservation, in addition to…

Order backlog surpasses 8 billion-euro mark Production output up by 15.9% to EUR 1,161m Revenue and earnings higher than Q1 2021 Outlook confirmed: Target EBT margin of 3% in 2025 PORR has had a good start to 2022 and generated positive EBT in the first quarter for the first time, totalling EUR 0.6m. The order backlog and production output have both increased, providing PORR with a good…

Today is World Bee Day!

The Verein für Hochschulkontakte e. V. (Association for University Contacts) with the departments of architecture, civil engineering, construction operations, project management, business administration/construction and real estate organised the "VHK-Karriere-Forum BAU" on 11 May 2022 as an online fair. In addition to lectures and application tips, the focus for students, graduates and young…