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THE MAGAZINE OF STRABAG SE
GATEWAY TO THE PRATER
NEW ENTRANCE AREA
A FOCUS ON QUALITY
CENTRAL BUSINESS UNIT TPA
CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS
MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORT
EDITORIAL
DEAR READERS,
In order to be able to provide you with an ever more exciting andinformative reading experience, we are permanently striving to im-prove the inform magazine. The new and more modern layout, a big, future-oriented step we made last year, is now followed by some changes in magazine content. The project reports, for example, are now always accompanied by a box summarizing all major figures at a glance.
Also, we are trying to move you, dear employees, ever more into the center of inform. That’s why the new section “People at STRABAG” features you, your talents, skills, and passions, and not just in terms of business, either. In the future, you will find team portraits here, but also very personal stories of colleagues, with whom you might even be working together on a construction site or in the office. You will be surprised of how versatile and creative people at STRABAG are outside their work life, too.
To be able to improve the STRABAG SE staff magazine and to make it ever more interesting for you, we elaborated a questionnaire (p. 43). We are looking forward to your feedback.
We hope you and your family will enjoy the read!
Your inform team
Bernd Hinrichs, [email protected]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEWS 04 OUR GROUP’S VALUES Corporate Philosophy
08 STRABAG WINS ADVERTISING AWARD Image Campaign
10 BUILD ON STRANET Your Net for the Daily Work
11 STRABAG HONORING TEAMS STRAWARD
12 THE ABC OF WORKING AND LIVING IN RUSSIA New Brochure for Russia
13 SKI FUNICULARS ELECTED “HIGH-RISER 2008” Innsbruck’s Nordkettenbahnen
13 RECOGNITION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Environmental Leadership Award
COVER STORY 14 A FOCUS ON QUALITY Central Business Unit TPA
PEOPLE AT STRABAG 22 THE STRABAG EXPERTS New Pre-qualification Team
26 SERVING PEOPLE STRABAG Personnel in the Spotlight I
27 HITTING THE RIGHT NOTE STRABAG Personnel in the Spotlight II
STRABAG UNITS 28 MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORT Construction Logistics
30 BREAKING INTO THE SCANDINAVIAN MARKET Market Entry in Sweden
31 A STRONGER PRESENCE IN ALBANIA Trema Engineering
PROJECTS 32 OFF TO THE HEALTH FARM Bad Gleichenberg Health Resort
33 NEW ENTRANCE AREA “Gateway to the Prater”
34 THERAPY CENTER: SHELL COMPLETED WPE
35 PPP FOR A SERVICE STATION Schwechat Freeway Service Station
35 A WALKWAY MADE OF GLASS Kuhn Production Site
36 NEW STRUCTURE FOR THE STEEL GIANT Arcelor Steel Plant
36 AIRPORT GETTING FIT FOR THE OLYMPICS Sochi Airport
37 BYPASSING THE OLD TOWN Solothurn Traffic Relief West
38 LESS NOISE IN BIELEFELD Detmolder Street
39 TRAFFIC RELIEF FOR KLOSTERNEUBURG Bypass
39 RUNWAY FOR THE MILITARY ALLIANCE NATO Security Investment Program
EVENTS & AWARDS 40 THE STARS OF TOMORROW Art Award 2008
SERVICE 42 CHILDREN’S PAINTING COMPETITION
43 READER’S QUESTIONNAIRE
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Since the STRABAG Group has witnessed an enormous multi-national growth during the last years, the Group‘s corporate culture has changed, too. This was the main reason behind the formation of an international team of 40, which came together in Vienna in July 2007 to elaborate a new set of company principles. In order to allow for a broad spectrum of opinions and views to be reflected, the team members came from diverse occupational categories, hierarchies, and divisions. For this article, some of the team members told us what they expect from the new Corporate Philosophy.
In a one-day workshop, led by two external trainers, pre-struc-tured sets of issues were discussed and worked on. The results were then translated into “preliminary principles”, and at the end of the workshop, a number of creative ideas were collected for the communication of the new principles. On the basis of the results, Human Resources Development together with Corporate Communi-cations formulated the new Corporate Philosophy (see pages 8 and 9) which was then passed by the Management Board in February 2008.
CONTACT: Karlheinz Mahler, Service Companies, Division
Central Business Unit BRVZ 02, Austria/International
“In a group with more than 60,000 staff working together on five continents in more than 30 languages, the Corporate Philosophy defines all our actions. With this in mind, dear colleagues, let me invite you to broadly communicate and also live our adapted philosophy.”
HANS PETER HASELSTEINER, Chairman of the Management
Board of STRABAG SE
CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY
OUR GROUP‘S VALUES
A corporate philosophy defines a company‘s long-term
objectives. It is the corporate culture put in words.
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Building Visions – Building Values – Building Europe
STRABAG is a leading European construction company, which originated out of tradition-rich European companies and their people.
Owing to the competence, innovative strength, and motivation of our staff, plus the therewith connected tight and transparent organization, we are on our way to becoming Europe’s No. 1 con-struction services provider.
The wide and international range of our activities, combined with our in-depth know-how, constitutes a stable, economic basis, on which we are able to further grow dynamically.
Our philosophy is the guideline derived from our vision for all our actions towards our staff, customers, subcontractors, and the society at large, and is thus of a binding nature for the Management Board, as well as for all members of management and staff.
STAFF
Our staff’s productive capacity and competence, paired with their ability and readiness to work as an interdisciplinary team, are major keys to our corporate success. We understand ourselves as a “learning organization”, where existing know-how is not just handed down from generation to generation, but where new knowledge is also permanently acquired and communicated. Our management principles are based very much on the autonomy of every single staff member. We believe in open and honest relationships, based on mutual respect and trust. We point out perspectives for personal development within the Group, and we guarantee a timely and open information policy. We actively promote preventative measures in the field of staff health and occupational safety. And, we adequately support our employees when in need for reasons beyond their control.
“The new Corporate Philos-ophy is one that has been adapt-ed to the continuously grow-ing Group, and one to which every single staff member shall confess. A compass for every-body.”
RUPERT GRIENBERGER, Transportation Infrastructures,
Division Austria/Germany/Switzerland 6D, Technical
Manager Sub-division Bavaria South
“Clear targets and visions are the engine of success for company and staff, alike. I was able to witness the enthusiasm of employees, who fulfill themost diverse jobs in the com-pany, when they were elaborat-ing this Corporate Philosophy.
Now, I hope that this enthusiasm and motivation will rub off on all staff and will thus contribute to our long-term economic success.”
MANFRED WEISS, Transportation Infrastructures,
Technical Manager Division Austria CEE 6C
VISION/STRATEGY PHILOSOPHY
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CUSTOMERS
The services we render aim at fulfilling the rightful demands and expectations of our customers, and we thereby provide them with a great amount of added value. In the sense of a fair cooperation, we openly and transparently communicate with our customers. By doing so, we establish long-term business relationships based on mutual trust, without, at the same time, neglecting our obligation to adequate secrecy and confidentiality.
With our customer proximity, professionalism, innovativeness, and reasonable pricing, we meet the needs of the market.
SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS
With a view to quality and cost-effectiveness, in addition to tapping our own competences and resources, we also involve tried-and-tested subcontractors and suppliers when fulfilling our contracts. Here, a team-oriented cooperation based on honesty, openness, integrity, and fairness shall guarantee long-living, suc-cessful partnerships.
“The new Corporate Phi-losophy reflects new realities. STRABAG is a multi-national and multi-cultural group: We respect cultural differences. Targets and principles related to STRABAG staff take center stage. The Cor-porate Philosophy lays down
guidelines, which we must observe every working day. It dictates, how the Group has to be towards us, its clients, and subcontractors, and how it shall position itself in society.”
ULJANA CHROMOVA, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Russian Federation 3L, Commercial
Manager Sub-division Moscow
ECONOMIC SUCCESS
In order to be able to meet our responsibilities towards all our interest groups (shareholders, customers, staff, subcontractors, authorities, competitors, media, society at large), it is necessary to operate profitably, to maintain a strong financial basis, and to keep risks at an acceptable level. Thus, one central goal in the strive for sustainably maintaining our economic viability is to continuously develop and systematically apply our set of tools for the early detec-tion and prevention of economic risks (the so-called “flop-preven-tion”) in all phases of construction projects.
“I expect and hope that the values laid down in the Corpo-rate Philosophy will be ‘lived’ quite naturally in practice – internally, but also externally, towards customers and suppli-ers. These values provide for a corporate culture, which, in my
opinion, can only evolve when being lived. To only lay them down in a Corporate Philosophy won’t suffice. Every single person should contribute to living this philosophy.”
THOMAS KISS, Special Divisions & Licenses,
Division Corporate Development/Services 4S, UE+DL,
Division Manager Facility Management
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
In achieving this goal, we always act in a responsible manner towards our environment and regard our ethical standards (Code of Ethics) as an exemplary contribution to a healthy development of the European market. Accordingly, we respect cultural differences and believe in fair competition, adhere to all applicable laws and regula-tions, and act environmentally-friendly when it comes to energy, raw materials, waste, and emissions.
Also, we contribute to public welfare by supporting selected organizations and institutions with humanitarian, social, charitable, educational, or cultural goals.
SUSTAINABLE ACTION
Based on our responsibility towards people, society, and the environment, we operate sustainably – with future generations always in mind – and observe all the aforementioned principles in our business decisions. This is being documented regularly by an external institution in a sustainability report.
“Those colleagues, who have been with the Group for a longer span of time, will be as-sured by the Corporate Philoso-phy that their experiences and knowledge are of vital impor-tance to our company. To all new colleagues, in particular those in
the new growth countries, it shall signify that their skills, contacts, and competences can here be used appropriately.”
TAMÁS UNGER, Transportation Infrastructures,
Division Building Materials 6R, Commercial Manager
Sub-division Concrete
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Nicole Ziegler (center) delightedly accepted the “Magazin Award” for STRABAG.
IMAGE CAMPAIGN
STRABAG WINS ADVERTISING AWARD
The image campaign around the IPO of STRABAG SE has
put its stamp on the advertising world. The subjects won
the first prize in the “Magazin Award” of the NEWS pub-
lishing group and even made it to being nominated for the
Austrian marketing award “Staatspreis Marketing 2007”.
Austria. “We are thrilled that the preparations for our IPO got honored in such a great way: After the successful IPO we were now even rewarded with one of Austria’s leading advertising awards,” says Nicole Ziegler of Corporate Communications delightedly. Since
the construction industry is not one of the industries with prime emphasis on marketing, already the announcement that STRABAG SE was going to accompany its IPO with a comprehensive image campaign, created a sensation in the world of advertising. Besides the TV spots, the print ads formed a second main pillar in the campaign. The imaging and creative design of these ads strongly followed the TV spot.
The outcome was so convincing that the ad subjects (created by PKP proximity Werbeagentur GmbH) won the coveted “Magazin Award” of the NEWS publishing group. Every year, this award is given away in seven categories, honoring extraordinary ideas and their implementation. The winners are elected in a two-step proce-dure: First, a jury of experts chooses six entries per category which are then presented to the readers of the publishing group’s magazines for a final vote.
STRABAG came out first in the top category “best magazine campaign”. “What’s noticeable is that this was the first time a company from an industry not classically known for advertising achievements has won this prize,” comments Ziegler.
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A gala was organized to celebrate the presentation of the award with a crowd of illustrious guests.
Another prize the STRABAG campaign just failed to win, namely the Austrian Marketing Award 2007, for which the image campaign had been nominated, too. This prize is given away by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy and Labor together with ÖPWZ, the Austrian Center for Productivity and Efficiency, to honor innovative strategic marketing concepts. In a competition of 40 top-class Aus-trian businesses, a nomination alone is to be regarded as a further success of the STRABAG campaign.
CONTACT: Nicole Ziegler, Corporate Communications
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The image campaign of STRABAG SE was kicked off in
Austria in March 2007. The central element of this cam-
paign was the claim “Building Visions. Building Values.
Building Europe.”, expressing the company’s strive for
making visions come true, creating sustainable values,
and contributing to modernization.
YOUR NET FOR THE DAILY WORK
BUILD ON STRANET
A year ago, STRANET, the Group-wide Intranet, went
online. Today, 220 editors are busy updating and main-
taining its contents everyday to provide the STRABAG
staff with information for their daily work life.
Germany. “The STRANET is a success story!“ knows Hans-Albrecht Sack, the STRANET Project Manager. The medium, which was brought to life one year ago, informs the staff of latest news from the Group and provides them with information and material for their daily work – from the Management Manual all the way to the Code of Ethics, and even the canteen’s menu.
A significant and typical example of how STRANET eases the daily work is the provision of information and documents required for furnishing evidence concerning affiliated companies during acquisition procedures. This includes legal, financial, and commer-cial proof, as well as evidence on reliability and technical capacity. All such material is continuously updated by the PQ Team and made available on the STRANET at Konzern > Präqualifikation (read more on p. 22). If, in addition, specific information and documents on completed projects are required, like, for example, technical details or client reference letters, you may search the reference data base “Infothek” (> Konzern > Referenzen|Bilder), which contains Group-wide project data. This database, too, is continuously enlarged and fed with new material and also contains images in a resolution adequate for Power Point presentations.
By the way, ever more divisions and sub-divisions avail them-selves of the STRANET for staff information purposes and as a work
platform. And, since the abundance of information caused by the enormous size of the STRABAG Group would soon have made this medium untransparent, mySTRANET was introduced early this year (top left on the start page). There, the user can choose and custom-ize an individual STRANET configuration for his/her workplace. “This makes STRANET transparent for all staff members, while it still pro-vides them with direct access to all relevant information,” explains Sack.
Why don’t you just browse through STRANET every now and then. It’ll be worth your while. You will find loads of information of use for your daily work!
By the way: With the login data of your personal Notes Web access, you can enter the STRANET worldwide from every Internet PC at http://stranet.strabag.com.
CONTACT: Hans-Albrecht Sack, Corporate Communications
On the STRANET you can find, for example, the rules
and forms for the Integrated Quality Management, and
comprehensive information and material on the com-
mercial services provided by BRVZ from the world of
information technology.
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That’s what winners look like: employees of Sub-division North (front, holding the prize: Frantisek Šváb)
STRAWARD
STRABAG HONORING TEAMS
This year, the STRAWARD was presented for the third
time to honor the most successful Transportation
Infrastructures division of the year. And, for the third
time, the winner was Division Czech Republic/Slovakia.
Czech Republic/Slovakia. For excellent performance should not have to flourish in hiding, STRABAG introduced the STRAWARD back in 2005. Eligible to take part in the competition are all divisions that are part of Transportation Infrastructures. The winner is elected on the basis of the yield generated during the respective year. Also part of the successful Division Czech Republic/Slovakia is Sub-division North, whose Technical Manager, Frantisek Šváb, is enthusi-astic about the multiple success of “his” division: “I am happy that
our sub-division made an important contribution to the success. We understand the STRAWARD as a tribute to our joint work, but at the same time as a commitment for the future.”
“We are intending to expand the STRAWARD to cover all busi-ness fields and divisions,” contemplates Fritz Oberlerchner, Member of the Management Board of STRABAG SE. It may well happen that the prize is renamed into STRABAG Award and the eligibility criteria redefined accordingly. Yet, until that happens, the Czech and Slovak team members can rejoice in their great success.
The prize they won is a sculpture designed by Austrian sculptor Hans Peter Profunser, who specializes in marble, wood, and metal. The editorial team of inform congratulates all division staff.
CONTACT: Fritz Oberlerchner,
Member of the Management Board of STRABAG SE
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NEW BROCHURE FOR RUSSIA
THE ABC OF WORKING AND LIVING IN RUSSIA
Qualified personnel are being sought for the expansion
of our business in Russia. In order to make the first
weeks and months in the largest nation in the world
easier, STRABAG has published a brochure containing
important information about the country and its people.
Russia. inform has already brought a number of articles about the Group’s extensive activities in Russia. New large-scale contracts such as the reconstruction of Sochi airport (see page 36) will ensure that this country remains a key focus for the editorial team. The recruitment of personnel for construction projects in this booming market is a hot topic at STRABAG. “We are currently looking for site supervisors and master tradesmen for our Russian operations as well as commercial and technical personnel,” explains Christian Ebner, Head of Corporate Communications. One absolute must for starting work on Russian construction sites, in addition to German and English, is a conversational command of the Russian language in a professional context. In order to qualify for commercial jobs, applicants must be business fluent not only in English and German, but also in Russian.
The new brochure (“Informationsbroschüre Russland”) provides an insight into everyday life in Russia – both at work and “off-site”. How are salaries taxed? Who deals with immigration formalities and visas for family members? How many flights home a year are paid by the company? The brochure’s 24 pages provide the answers to these and many other important questions. There are also details about immigration requirements, everyday life, German-language schools and the corporate structure of STRABAG in Russia.
Reports from the daily work round off this informative brochure. In an extensive interview, Stefan Drescher, who works as a Technical Business Unit Manager in Russia, provides an insight into his daily work. Numerous Internet and contact addresses are also given. The aim of this brochure is to stimulate interest in taking on exciting new tasks in Russia and to give readers an overview of daily life in this country.
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The “Informationsbroschüre Russland” (in German
only) can be viewed on STRANET under Konzern-
kommunikation/Prospekte and on the Internet at
www.strabag.com.
Germany. For the first time in company history, a project of Züblin Umwelttechnik was honored with the “Environmental Leader-ship Award”. This was already the sixth award that the Daimler AG has given away for outstanding projects within the company which aim at the promotion of environmental protection and sustainability and were carried out by company staff either alone or in cooperation with external partners. Every two years, the entire group takes part in the competition for this prize in the categories “production-related environmental protection”, “product-related environmental protec-tion”, and “extraordinary efforts for the environment”.
The prize in the category “extraordinary efforts for the environ-ment” went to the ISCO project group, in which Züblin Umwelttechnik played a role, too.
What was honored was the innovative groundwater rehabilita-tion approach at the Daimler AG’s Sindelfingen plant. Chlorinated hydrocarbons had entered the groundwater without the company’s fault. It was not possible to track down the source of these pollut-ants. Since traditional rehabilitation methods, like e.g. soil removal, would have been too expensive, Germany for the first time saw the application of the so-called ISCO-technology on a large area. This method uses sodium permanganate to destroy the pollutant in the soil by way of erosion. “What made this success possible was, in particular, the fair cooperation between client, public authorities, and contractor,” says Hans-Georg Edel, Züblin Umwelttechnik’s scientific consultant for this project, who is equally thrilled about the success as is project manager Wolfgang Maier-Oßwald.
CONTACT: Hans-Georg Edel, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Europe 3H, Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARD
RECOGNITION FOR ENVI-RONMENTAL ENGINEERING
INNSBRUCK’S NORDKETTENBAHNEN
SKI FUNICULARS ELECTED “HIGH-RISER 2008”
Hans Georg Edel (left) and Thomas Werner (CEO of Daimler AG)Alpenzoo Station was inaugurated on 1 Dec. 2007.
Austria. The specialist magazine “Seilbahn & Bus Tourismus” (Cable Car & Bus Tourism) elected Innsbruck’s Nordkettenbahnen funiculars “Aufsteiger 2008” (“High-riser 2008”).
Every year, skiing slopes and sunshine attract millions of people to European skiing areas. Modern and comfortable ski lifts and cable cars, like Innsbruck’s Nordkettenbahnen guarantee leisure joys to start already down in the valley.
The funicular project implemented by STRABAG was the first concession model in the cable car and railway sector in Austria (see report in inform 1/2006). STRABAG saw to construction as well as the planning and obtaining of all necessary building and operation permits.
At the international trade fair of mountain and winter technolo-gies “Alpitec/Prowinter”, the ski funiculars were multiply honored: They were elected “High-riser of the Year 2008”, and section 1 Hun-gerburg was presented with the “Architectural Innovation Prize” (“Innovationspreis Architektur”). “I am particularly happy about the recognitions, for we were directly involved in all construction phases,” says Erich Anmasser, the Sub-division Manager in charge. In addition, for their one-of-a-kind inauguration party, the funiculars got honored with the “Show & Action Innovation Award” (“Innova-tionspreis Show & Action”).
CONTACT: Erich Anmasser, Special Business Fields &
Licenses, Division Infrastructure Development 4W,
Project-related Organization
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CENTRAL BUSINESS UNIT TPA
A FOCUS ON QUALITY
Quality assurance and innovative solutions in the areas
of building construction and materials production are
fundamental requirements for success in the industry.
At STRABAG, TPA (Technische Prüfanstalt), an in-house
service provider, ensures that everything works per-
fectly in terms of quality and safety.
International. One morning in mid December 2007, at 05:06: The first of many concrete mixers arrives at the DESY Research Center in Hamburg. The challenge is to build the world’s longest continuous foundation slab. Two days later, at 16:45, the job is finished. Almost 6,500 m³ of concrete make up a foundation slab 272 meters long and 23.65 meters wide – a technical masterpiece in which the concrete is required to withstand extreme loads. Constant monitoring of the quality of the concrete is essential. This is where the experts from TPA come into their own. They performed the appropriate inspections on site to ensure that the quality of the concrete remained constant over the almost 60 hours it took to complete the foundation slab.
INTERNATIONAL POWER
TPA is active at over 100 sites in twelve European countries with around 600 personnel. In addition to Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, TPA is also involved
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Asphalt und Beton GmbH. Two other laboratories were also estab-lished in the same year: one for construction material recycling and another for bitumen emulsion. In the years since, the company has grown continuously through a series of acquisitions in the core markets in which STRABAG operates. Examples of this have included the merger with the Hungarian laboratory firm Bauteszt to form IMI Kftv in 2003, and the founding of a TPA subsidiary in Slo-vakia in the same year.
TPA performs ground testing in Poland.
GUIDELINES FOR OUR DAILY WORK
CUSTOMER ORIENTATION
We offer rapid, sound and efficient solutions taking into account local market requirements. We are goal-oriented and behave dip-lomatically while also taking the local culture into consideration. When we identify risks, we do whatever it takes to highlight them.
CONVICTION
We convince our customers and partners through sound techni-cal arguments (facts, negative or positive examples), professional consultancy and training as well as solutions based on our expe-rience and skills.
COMPETENCE
Our high standards of technical competence are based on our ownpractical experience and research. We require detailed informa-tion from our customers as early as possible in order to be able to make the best use of our experience.
ORGANIZED APPROACH
We complete tasks in a structured manner involving the collection and analysis of data, the preparation of possible solutions, and feedback from the customer.
in international construction projects around the globe. This makes TPA one of the largest private laboratories in Europe.
BROAD CUSTOMER BASE
62 % of TPA’s activities are involved with the Transportation Infrastructures business field of STRABAG. Yet, the central business unit also acts as a service provider for external customers. Account-ing for 19 % of services provided, external customers are the second largest group of customers for TPA. The remaining activities are divided between general contracts for the Group (11 %) and those for the Building Construction and Civil Engineering sub-divi-sions (8 %). “Our extensive laboratory organization and international knowledge transfer allow us to offer our customers a clear compet-itive advantage,” says Herbert Billmaier, Manager of Central Busi-ness Unit TPA.
It all began back in 1987, when two laboratories for road con-struction in Carinthia and Lower Austria were merged to form a single organizational unit, Quality and Technical Development, within
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TPA performs suitability tests on, for example, Colorasphalt (top left) or rut tests (bottom right).
FLEXIBILITY
We always work out more than one solution to a problem in order tobe able to deal flexibly with unexpected situations.
HIERARCHY
We deal with quality-based questions on a partnership basis work-ing together with our customers. If we can’t reach a solution, we draw on our international contacts and all levels of the corporate hierarchy in search of an answer.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Our presence in so many countries around the globe makes it possible for us to identify innovative developments and to imple-ment these on a project-by-project basis in all countries. We strive to implement innovative construction techniques jointly with our operational partners (knowledge transfer).
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
We take our responsibilities and tasks very seriously and take apride in our work.
The corporate name, TPA Gesellschaft für Qualitätssicherung und Innovation GmbH, was introduced for all TPA subsidiaries just several months later.
EXTENSIVE SERVICE PORTFOLIO
TPA provides services in all areas of the construction industry. The service portfolio includes comprehensive consultancy services and assistance either including or excluding investigations on con-struction sites, land, or in the laboratory. “Our core competences are in the areas of construction quality assurance, consulting on the selection of construction methods, and development including the introduction of new construction methods and materials,” Billmaier explains.
INNOVATION
TPA strives to implement technological innovations within the Group.
This may be in response to ongoing projects with special requirements, new technical developments outside the Group or in other countries, or as a result of learning the hard way on previous projects.
The main focus lies in the area of asphalt and concrete technol-ogy. TPA regards itself as a knowledge transfer specialist within the Group, ensuring that this knowledge reaches all the relevant coun-tries. For example, training is also used as a means of providing operational units with the knowledge-based tools that are essential in the modern construction industry.
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Top: BTI was also involved in the Katzenberg tunnel project.Bottom: TPA monitors earthworks on large-scale projects day and night.
On-site testing
The TPA trainers provide practical knowledge as well as techni-cal understanding.
TOP IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES
A study carried out in 2008 demonstrated that the range of services offered by TPA is appreciated and valued by the operational units. It also made clear that the main focus is still in the area of Transportation Infrastructures. The study revealed that almost 50 % of the business units in this business field constantly cooperate with TPA. This figure is around 14 % in the Building Construction and Civil Engineering business field. This picture becomes even clearer if one asks about the most recent projects awarded to TPA. Over 80 % of the operational units in the Transportation Infrastructures busi-ness field have awarded a project to TPA within the last month. An impressive figure, and one which makes Billmaier proud: “Even in the Building Construction and Civil Engineering business field, well over 70 % of those surveyed had made use of our services in the past twelve months.” And what’s more: Levels of satisfaction with TPA are high in the majority of business fields. What customers appreciate most in both business fields is in particular the support that TPA offers in the areas of materials production, such as asphalt and concrete mix formulas and FPC (factory production control), as well as services offered during the construction phase, concrete concepts for example, and support in the event of quality problems.
STRABAG IQM STANDARDS
Management and the heads of the IQM (Integrated Quality Management) business unit at TPA are responsible for the imple-mentation of corporate standards and are required to ensure that all
personnel within their respective areas comply with these. The IQM Unit has been tasked with documenting and clearly describing and distributing these standards in the Management Manual and other corporate media.
“We have an integrated network of IQM officers in the various countries who assess the effectiveness of the management system, identify potential areas of improvement, and report to their line man-agers,” explains Alfred Popelak, Business Unit Manager of the IQM Staff Unit, which is responsible for advising and functionally leading the officers (IQM coordinators) as well as organizing the necessary certifications. The aspects include legal and internal requirements relating to occupational safety and environmental protection, risk and information management, and customer-specific requirements in countries, organizational units or on projects.
SERVICES
In addition to this core competence, TPA also undertakes a range of tasks and offers services on a country-specific and Group-wide basis. These include, among others, the design and
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BRIDGE BUILDING WITH BTI
Left and right: Record-breaking project: The Saadiyat Bridge in Abu Dhabi. Work on the bridge is expected to continue until 2009.
Top: Uwe Benkert, Project Manager at Saadiyat Bridge.
TPA in Abu Dhabi. Certainly the most spectacular project on the Arabian Peninsular: The Saadiyat Bridge in Abu Dhabi. Once completed, this bridge will support a ten-lane highway extending from the mainland to the Saadiyat Island resort – the total surface area of the bridge amounts to 86,200 m². Uwe Benkert, the Saadi-yat Bridge Project Manager, knows what is critical: “Projects of this type can only be successfully completed using indestructible, robust and top-performing construction materials” – which is exactly what concrete is.
CONCRETE KNOW-HOW
One of the key tasks assumed by BTI (Betontechnologie International) within TPA is to accumulate the concrete-related knowledge within the Group and make it available to every con-struction site as required. Benkert also benefits from this: “I received support from the BTI team from day 1 of the project. The first step, for example, was to select the best concrete supplier for us.”
The next step was to work with the concrete supplier to develop a mix formula for the relevant construction sections. We also needed BTI’s technical knowledge for this. “The experts even partly changed the requirements defined in the tender documents to extend the useful life of the structure.”
The BTI personnel are not on site all the time, just when they are needed. “But, every time we concreted a new section, I had expert support right here on site. After two to four weeks, the placement conditions were clear and the concreting went smoothly,” Benkert explains.
BTI not only provided support during the placement phase, but also by making thermal calculations associated with the pile caps and the piers. “These are necessary in order to control later adjustments to allow tensions in the construction sections to be kept constant,” Benkert adds.
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The portfolio of TPA:
Building material tests in the laboratory and on site Structural engineering quality assurance Expert opinions and damage diagnosis Maintenance concepts and warranty-based work Holding of specialist training courses Innovative projects Involvement in national and international specialist
bodies Preparation of quality assurance plans Consultancy services for clients and consulting engineers
Rut tests are used to test the load-bearing capacity of surfaces.
coordination of activities in the areas of occupational safety and environmental protection, product selection for personal safety equip-ment, the definition of Group standards for protective and high-visibility clothing, and the recording and evaluation of work-based accidents. TPA also increasingly helps to prepare project quality plans for large-scale projects.
Besides its advisory roles, TPA also offers or organizes training on all of these subjects.
DATA COLLECTION
The uniform and Group-wide recording and evaluation of work-based accidents makes it possible to establish an internal benchmark, provides statistics to answer requests in the course of
pre-qualifications, and also serves as a basis for preventative meas-ures. Popelak, however, knows exactly where the difficulties lie: “The data quality is dependent on all accidents being reported to the payroll departments in the various countries.”
In the area of occupational safety, the IQM also allows for key Group-wide standards to be set. From early 2009, for example, an international Group-wide standard will be available for protective and high-visibility clothing. “Centralized procurement makes it pos-sible to achieve high levels of quality and functionality at reasonable costs,” says Popelak. Orders from the various countries will start coming in as early as this September.
Billmaier is convinced of the efficiency of TPA: “TPA stands for guaranteed quality and innovative solutions when it comes to con-struction and building materials production. High service quality and great competence in all construction-related business fields make us a reliable partner to our customers.” The successful completion of the DESY Research Center project in Hamburg mentioned above is just one example of many.
CONTACT: Herbert Billmaier,
Service Companies, Central Business Unit TPA 04
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TPA in Polen. Dieter Mück is Project Manager for freeway construction projects in Poland. His current project is a 22 km-long section of freeway on the Polish side of the border, where Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic meet. This new freeway will close the gap between the Krakow-Berlin freeway and the Görlitz-Dresden-Erfurt route.
“It’s a massive logistical project,” says Mück. Every month, up to 300,000 m³ of earth, 50,000 m³ of STRABAG frost protection, and 50,000 m³ of concrete have to be moved. Mück is receiving full support during this project from TPA, which has set up a main laboratory and a concrete mixing plant laboratory with 13 experts on site. The cooperation between the project management team and TPA, which Mück even refers to as “my TPA”, works so well that Mück adds: “We live together in peace, our child is the freeway, and I actually see more of my TPA than I do of my wife.”
“I SEE MORE OF MY TPA THAN I DO OF MY WIFE!”
Top: Dieter Mück (left) with laboratory assistant Remigiusz Martinowski. Bottom: The gravel pit for the fill material.
HEILIT+WOERNER handled the concreting even during the night shift.
During work on this “missing” section of freeway, TPA was responsible for monitoring the quality of the aggregates from the quarry, for the evaluation of the materials along the route, the procurement of fill, frost protection and aggregate materials, the optimization of the concrete mixes as well as regular “early-warning system” inspections.
METICULOUS TESTING
Aggregates from the STRABAG’s SORA quarry in Germany are also used for the concrete roadway, which is constructed by HEILIT+WOERNER. “The initiative for this actually came from our Polish TPA subsidiary, which argued for the use of STRABAG’s own stone chippings. The cooperation between the German TPA, which is responsible for the production controls, their Polish col-leagues, who have to fight off challenges from those lobbying for Polish materials, and our Austrian TPA specialists, who performed a complete chemical-mineral x-ray analysis within the space of just a few days, works excellently,” Mück explains.
The short construction project time of just 19 months com-bined with the enormous quantities of materials to be transported require a high degree of procedural, equipment and transport logistics. Mück knows which benefits TPA’s work generates: “The meticulous testing performed by TPA (so meticulous that it even surprised the client) gave everyone an unbelievable sense of security – particularly the advice given on questions relating to standards. The switch to EN standards led to many contradictions between the existing requirements, many of which are based on outdated and invalid standards, and the new standards, for some of which the requirements are yet to be defined.”
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NEW PRE-QUALIFICATION TEAM
THE STRABAG EXPERTS
In particular, when it comes to international tenders –
yet also on the national level – tenderers must meet
highest demands. Already before submitting an offer,
companies must prove their technical ability to execute
the construction project according to the client’s
expectations. And that’s where the experts of the newly-
introduced Pre-qualification Team enter the scene.
Austria/Germany. Pre-qualification (PQ) within STRABAG is part of Corporate Communications and is split up into four locations. Vienna mainly sees to the PQs of the Austrian STRABAG AG and those of the East and Southeast European regions, while Cologne focuses primarily on STRABAG International and the German units. Munich is in charge of PQs for DYWIDAG International, and Stuttgart of those for Züblin International.
“The PQ department is an administrative unit depending on the input received from the operating sub-divisions. A successful pre-qualification is, thus, not effected by us alone but rather in coopera-tion with the respective operating unit,” summarizes Marc Pühringer, a member of the Viennese PQ Team, the basic idea behind PQ. For, in order to convince a potential client of our company’s strength, it won’t suffice to just submit standardized papers. Experiences made in the past suggest that it is indispensable to hand in project-related applications.
To this end, the team may avail itself of an extensive data collection containing legal information as well as documents proving the financial and economic competence, reliability, as well as the technological capacity of STRABAG and its affiliated companies.
OF PROJECTS AND PEOPLE
“Potential clients are interested primarily in our company’s eco-nomic background,” explains Kerstin Brkic of Team PQ in Cologne. Often, one of the most decisive selection criteria in pre-qualification is the annual turnover. Yet, Team PQ, at any time, also has at hand and permanently updates other highly informative economic facts and figures, like details concerning our house banks, bank reference letters, or listings of diverse financial information. Proof of our tech-nological capacity is furnished primarily by presenting ready-made project sheets. Interesting construction projects implemented by STRABAG are entered into the STRANET database as reference projects (also see the article on STRANET on page 10 of this inform issue).
Successful pre-qualification requires a hand-in-glove cooperation with the respective operating unit.
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“Prior to tendering, i.e. in the PQ phase, the tenderer must provide detailed information on the general staff situation as well as the qualified personnel available,” knows Ruth Veh from many years of work in this field. For this purpose, Team PQ is maintaining a data-base which contains some 700 CVs. Even though that’s just a fraction of all of STRABAG’s skilled staff, these reference CVs – similar to the reference projects – still provide an idea of the Group’s potential.
STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS
For presenting STRABAG during a PQ process, information is brought together from the most diverse divisions and fields of con-struction. Hence, it is of particular interest to the client to know about the affiliation of individual businesses to the STRABAG Group as well as the shares held in the individual divisions and companies. “In addition, clients often ask for proof in terms of certificates, permits and trade licenses, as well as memberships in trade associations and professional societies,” explains Renate White, a member of the Stuttgart-based PQ Team.
Other tasks of the team are to obtain authentications and to issue internationally valid documents. And, Team PQ also obtains or pre-formulates client reference letters on the successfully completed projects.
Please find further information on the PQ Team on the STRANET at Konzern/Präqualifikation or contact one of the staff members in charge. The following double-page will provide you with an overview:
CONTACT: Christian Ebner, Corporate Communications
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WITH STRABAG SINCE OCTOBER 1994
In charge of: national and international PQs, reference updates, administration, STRANET coordination – PQ-related contents Germany (cross-brand) Tel.: +49 (0)221/824-2867Fax: +49 (0)221/[email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE SEPTEMBER 2005
In charge of: national and international PQs, reference updates, administration, STRANET coordination – PQ-related contents Germany (cross-brand)Tel.: +49 (0)221/824-2059Fax: +49 (0)221/[email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE JANUARY 1997
In charge of: reference updates and Infothek Tel.: +49 (0)221/824-2411Fax: +49 (0)221/[email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE OCTOBER 2001
In charge of: coordination of PQs for national projects, administration (billing), file management (correspondence with authorities, etc.) Tel.: +43 (0)1/224 22-1615Fax: +43 (0)1/224 22-1238 [email protected]
Team PQ at a glance:
KERSTIN BRKIC
TIMO HAEP
INES WABNIG
HEIKE WOLF-VYGEN
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WITH STRABAG SINCE FEBRUARY 2008
In charge of: information management (Infothek, STRANET), coordination of PQs for international projects Tel.: +43 (0)1/224 22-1616Fax: +43 (0)1/224 [email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE JANUARY 2006
In charge of: administration (general), dealings with ANKÖ Tel.: +43 (0)1/224 22-1618Fax: +43 (0)1/224 22-1238 [email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE MARCH 2008
In charge of: coordination of PQs for national and international projects Tel.: +43 (0)1/224 22-1617Fax: +43 (0)1/224 22-1238 [email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE JANUARY 1993
In charge of: PQs of DYWIDAG International Tel.: +49 (0)89/921048-3404Fax: +49 (0)89/[email protected]
WITH STRABAG SINCE 1996
In charge of: PQs of Züblin International in countries outside Europe (Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Thailand, Russia, UAE) Tel.: +49 (0)711/78 83-572Fax: +49 (0)711/78 [email protected]
ALEXANDER GIGLER
GUDRUN ZIEGLER
RUTH VEH
RENATE WHITE
MARC PÜHRINGER
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STRABAG PERSONNEL IN THE SPOTLIGHT I
SERVING PEOPLE
Josef Stutika not only works hard for a living. In his leisure
time he also works hard as the chairman of Feuerwehr
Regensburg. This non-profit organization has been
helping countries in Eastern Europe for the past seven
years. Josef is also the chairman of the works’ council
of BMTI-Box Regensburg.
Top: New medical devices allow doctors to improve patient care. Bottom: This 1950s operating table was replaced.
Germany/Moldavia. Feuerwehr-Direkthilfe Regensburg is made up of around 40 members all of whom are from different fire brigades in the Regensburg area. A relief project currently ongoing in Moldavia aims to equip hospitals with modern medical equipment.
Mr. Stutika, how did you first get in touch with people in
Moldavia?
An ambulance man who had worked for a long time in Edinet, a city in northern Moldavia, made the first contact to the local emergency units. Edinet has a hospital and an outpatient’s center – both very rundown. Even experienced helpers were appalled at the conditions. In August 2005, the first 20 tonnes of aid arrived. The aid project was later expanded to include another hospital in Briceni (25 km north of Edinet).
Do you have any personal ties to Moldavia?
I have got to know the interpreters very well over the course of the past years as well as a family, whose daughter lives in Regensburg, who handle the distribution of clothes and school equipment in Edinet.
What conditions are the hospitals in Moldavia in?
The situation in the hospitals is very bad, to put it mildly. Everything is lacking: dressings, disposable syringes, even thermometers and blood pressure meters are in short supply.
What has your relief program achieved?
The hospital in Briceni now has an intensive care unit and an incuba-tor. We have also equipped a kindergarten in Edinet with a washing machine, toys, tables and chairs. A school in Edinet also received two complete classrooms.
How do you get hold of the relief goods for the hospitals?
Through good connections to the hospitals in Regensburg and the Regensburg University Clinic we get a supply of second-hand but fully functional equipment. One member of our association works for a large manufacturer of medical devices in Germany. We also get equipment from this company. Then there are the donations from doctors, pharmacies and the manufacturers of medical articles.
What support have you received from BMTI?
We are very dependent on cash donations. Our association is supported by the staff at BMTI Bavaria through the proceeds of a tombola and an auction held at the end-of-year party. This amount is then always rounded up by Management.
Which projects are you planning at the moment?
Our partners in Edinet are currently setting up a social center, where needy people can also get medical assistance. We aim to make a major contribution, particularly because we know the people who started this project.
CONTACT: Josef Stutika,
Service Companies, Central Business Unit BMTI 01, Germany
BMTI Plant Manager Lorenz Illgen (right) hands over a check to Josef Stutika.
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J. Riethmeister (second from left) with the trumpeters of the MV-Stadtkyll
STRABAG PERSONNEL IN THE SPOTLIGHT II
HITTING THE RIGHT NOTE
A site supervisor by trade, Johannes Riethmeister
spends his days working in Transportation Infra-
structures, Sub-division Cologne. After work, he
dedicates his life not to concrete and construction
sites, but to the trumpet, something he is also
very adept at.
Germany. “My mother had to put up with a lot,” Johannes says with a grin. “I was one of four kids who all started learning a different musical instrument at the same time!” His father was responsible for passing on the music ‘bug’. “We played music together for 30 years.” STRABAG is also in his genes. “My father worked for STRABAG for nearly 40 years, 10 of which we worked together.”
The 45-year old still loves music today. He is actively involved with two bands of the musical associations in Stadtkyll and Freilingen. In the meantime, he has also built up quite a collection of instru-ments: he owns three trumpets and three flugelhorns. “I always have to be careful to blow the right trumpet.”
Born in Freilingen, Johannes has a particular love of big band music. “Names like James Last, Paul Kuhn or Hugo Strasser are music to my ears,” he says enthusiastically.
CONTACT: Johannes Riethmeister,
Transportation Infrastructures, Division Germany 6I, Cologne
Wanted!
How do you relax after work? Are you socially active? Do you have extraordinary talents? Do you collect anything unusual?
We know that our employees have extraordinary talents that are not only associated with the world of work. Since we are inter-ested in all areas of staff’s lives, in the next issue of inform we would like to profile people who are not only top performers at work.
Are you one of these? Or do you know a colleague who has unusual skills or interests? Perhaps you work together with a bookworm who has built up an extensive collection of books at home? Or perhaps a colleague who is particularly successful at a sporting activity?
If so, we’d love to hear from you: STRABAG AG, Konzernkom-munikation, Bernd Hinrichs, Siegburger Str. 241, D-50679 Cologne,tel.: +49(0)221/824-2916, fax: +49(0)221/824-2385e-mail: [email protected]
Announcement: Up, up and away!
In the December issue we will be showing you the best photos from the company excursions to Riga and Rome in 2008. These trips, professionally organized by the Works’ Council, were also very popular with colleagues this year.
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CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS
MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORT
STRABAG has recently established a clear competitive
advantage over other industry players in the area
of logistics. As the first construction group in Europe,
STRABAG’s Central Business Unit for Construction
Logistics and Transport (BLT) has an integrated logistics
system, which provides a decisive edge in an increas-
ingly competitive environment.
Austria. Logistics means more than just transport. That’s why BLT was founded in 2007 and commenced operations in 2008. In the construction industry, the term logistics means getting the right materials in the right amount and in the right state to the right cus-tomer in the right place at the right time. “There are a lot of different things that you have to do right,” is how Alfred Zimmermann, Central Business Unit Manager of BLT, sums it up. “If you think that around 30 % of the overall costs of the more than 10,000 current construc-tion sites are influenced by logistics, then the advantages in cost terms become clear,” according to Zimmermann. “Transportation Infrastructures and the Construction Material business field will
benefit most from BLT at every stage of development,” adds Fritz Oberlerchner, a Member of the Management Board of STRABAG SE.
WHY ARE LOGISTICS SO IMPORTANT?
While not the only factor, cost reduction is a key reason why one cannot afford to do without well thought out logistics concepts. STRABAG aims to double in size by 2012. Turnover should be increased from just over EUR 10 bn to EUR 20 bn, which means that the volume of logistics also has to double. Zimmermann knows what that means: “This additional capacity has to be planned and set up. And not at the last minute either, but now.” That is the challenge for BLT. This central business unit monitors the growth of STRABAG, analyzes the requirements of the around 2,000 companies in the Group, allocates resources and coordinates partners, suppliers and customers. It is involved in all processes from the sourcing of raw materials and the manufacture of semi-finished and finished products right through to their use on the construction site. “Our asphalt mixing facilities produce around 15 million tons a year. The aggre-gate materials often have to be transported across hundreds of kilometers. With the aid of BLT expertise, in future the most cost-effective method of transport will be used in order to ensure that the production facilities and construction sites are supplied just-in-time as far as is possible,” Oberlerchner adds.
INDEPENDENCE THROUGH SMART LOGISTICS
The aim of BLT is to procure the Group’s resources independ-ently so as to avoid bottlenecks in the availability of transport. This
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increases the planning certainty for everyone involved. The target is to meet between 10 % and 15 % of all transport needs using STRABAG’s own trains, trucks and ships. Other transport require-ments will be met by various private providers. BLT relies for this on its logistics processes, developed in-house, and underlying IT solu-tions to ensure that transport flows and the procurement of materials are bundled and costs cut. As Oberlerchner puts it: “Pooled trans-port and our own means of transport, such as GreenChip Cargo, will sustain our cost leadership in the years ahead.”
FULL OPERATION AS EARLY AS 2012
BLT is currently operational in Austria, Germany, and Poland. Initially, the focus is on long-distance supply. An extension of the BLT service portfolio will follow. The aim is to ensure that, by 2012, all business units and countries are supplied with the necessary logistics services and resources.
CONTACT: Alfred Zimmermann, Service Companies, Central
Business Unit BLT 05 (Construction Logistics Transport)
MARKET ENTRY IN SWEDEN
BREAKING INTO THE SCANDINAVIAN MARKET
Through the acquisition of the Swedish construction
company ODEN Anläggningsentreprenad AB, STRABAG
aims to secure a firm foothold in the fast-growing
Scandinavian market.
Building bridges to the Swedish market with ODEN.
Austria/Sweden. The figures speak for themselves: Investments in infrastructure projects in Sweden are set to increase by around 3 % this year. Manfred Rosenauer, Transportation Infrastructures, Division Manager International/CEE 6B, knows this only too well: “We are very keen to get a slice of this cake.”
ODEN, with registered offices in Stockholm, generated a turnover in 2007 of around EUR 121 mn and employs a workforce of 400. The company is regarded in Sweden as a specialist for infrastructure projects. It generates around 60 % of its turnover in the area of transportation infrastructure and another 30 % from tunneling works. The previous owners, a group of investors and the man-agement, wanted a financially strong strategic partner from the construction industry in order to expand more rapidly. With the backing of STRABAG, the aim is to expand activities to cover the entire Scandinavian region and to set up an own raw materials supply and asphalt mixing facilities.
“We are providing the company with support in the form of capital and expertise. The aim is to develop ODEN to become a leading specialist in the Swedish transportation infrastructure sector,” says Rosenauer. In recent years, ODEN has been able to secure a number of strategic infrastructure projects in Sweden on the strength of its expertise in the areas of tunneling, bridge construction and large-scale excavation works. One example of this is the 2 km long Törnskogs Tunnel in Stockholm – a project in which the Swedish company has a major stake. The acquisition of ODEN was therefore a logical consequence of STRABAG’s aim to expand in the Scandi-navian infrastructure market. The previous owners and managers are staying on board and will be helping to achieve the common goal of growing the business and creating an even stronger market position.
CONTACTS: Manfred Rosenauer & Gerald Schobesberger,
Transportation Infrastructures, Division International/CEE
6B, Division Management
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TREMA ENGINEERING
A STRONGER PRESENCE IN ALBANIA
STRABAG is investing in the booming Albanian
construction market, a major economic factor in this
country, through its stake in Trema Engineering.
Albania. STRABAG is already active in the Albanian market in the area of environmental technology and is the market leader in the fields of water supply, waste water treatment and hazardous waste remediation. Following the acquisition of a 51 % stake in the Alba-nian construction company Trema Engineering 2, the way is now open for STRABAG to gain a foothold in the building construction and civil engineering sectors. The target is to generate turnover of EUR 20 mn in the area of building construction in 2008. “A major share of the building projects are privately financed residential projects, commercial property and internationally financed infra-structure works,” explains Peter Meixner, the Commercial Sub-division Manager responsible for activities in the Albanian market. He continues: “The main business focus of Trema involves imple-menting major building construction and civil engineering projects in Albania. The company is very skilled in the area of planning and construction.” One key reference project is the expansion of interna-
tional airport “Mother Teresa”, which was opened in the capital Tirana in 2007. This major contract included the building of a terminal, a cargo center and parking faculties in order to allow the airport’s capacity to increase to 1.5 million passengers per year.
CONTACT: Peter Meixner, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Europe 3H, SEE West
Trema employs around 230 personnel and generated
turnover of approximately EUR 19 mn in 2006. The
former sole partner Ilir Trebicka remains as a minority
shareholder with a 49 % stake and will continue to
manage operations.
CEO of STRABAG SE, Hans Peter Haselsteiner, is optimis-
tic about the latest acquisition: “The operational profile of
Trema fits that of our Group excellently and will enable us
to break into the Albanian market. With Trema, we plan to
achieve a 40 % increase in revenues in Albania by 2010.”
STRABAG’s first project in Albania was completed in
2007. It involved a water supply system in Pogradec
that was built as part of the Lake Ohrid Environmental
Protection Project. Other projects include the waste
water treatment system in Pogradec and the water
supply system in Korca.
The terminal of international airport “Mother Teresa” in Tirana.
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BAD GLEICHENBERG HEALTH RESORT
OFF TO THE HEALTH FARM
The beneficial effects of the spa in Bad Gleichenberg
were known even to the Romans. In order to revive the
importance of this health resort after a long period of
relative obscurity, STRABAG recently replaced the old
resort building by an attractive new construction in
a project involving a very tight schedule.
Austria. Historical ambience and many years of medical experi-ence are the trademarks associated with Bad Gleichenberg. Here, the main focus is on the pleasant combination of the location, a stimulating atmosphere, outstanding hospitality, organic architectural forms, a resort park, therapeutic diversity and medical skills. After a stay here, guests feel regenerated, active and full of energy.
21st century medicine requires appropriate facilities: The new resort was designed by the Norwegian architects Jensen & Skodvin and built in a joint venture involving Sub-division Styria/Lower Austria South/Burgenland.
The new resort is surrounded by trees in the 25,000 m² resort park. It houses a large therapy center, 110 exclusive rooms, a thera-peutic bath, an extensive spa area, diagnosis facilities, a cosmetic center, a restaurant, a bistro, a bar and a café.
IN A RACE AGAINST TIME
“From Day 1, we were under extreme time pressure in Bad Gleichenberg,” explains Project Manager, Peter Dittrich. Due to the premature failure of a test pile during the pile foundation phase, the work on the main building had to be postponed and the next steps re-evaluated.
The site management team decided to make up the lost time by working in shifts. In the end, the shell of the building was actually completed only two weeks behind schedule.
Planning changes by the client and the mineralized groundwater later on led to delays of up to two months. “Despite this, relations within the entire construction team were good,” reports Dittrich, obviously satisfied with his team.
In March, the new resort building was handed over to the client. This was followed by the grand opening in May. Bad Gleichenberg now offers a medically managed health center combined with the convenience of outstanding accommodation facilities.
CONTACT: Peter Dittrich, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Austria/Switzerland 3B, Styria/Lower
Austria South/Burgenland
Bad Gleichenberg is a synonym for health and well-being combined with outstanding accommodation facilities.
Construction time: 21 months
Concrete: 10,700 m³
Reinforcement: 1,053 tons
Man hours: approx. 60,850
Special conditions for friends of STRABAG!
Standard Introductory Package for € 250 (instead of € 312)per person. Incl. 2 nights’ accommodation with breakfast and dinner in a gourmet restaurant, 3 days’ access to the health resort and spa area as well as other treatments
Deluxe Introductory Package for € 538 (instead of € 672) per person. Incl. 5 nights’ accommodation with breakfast and dinner in a gourmet restaurant, 6 days’ access to the health resort and spa area as well as other treatments
These offers are valid until 31 Dec. 2008
Please contact: “life medicine Resort DAS KURHAUS”, tel. no. +43 (0)3159 2294 4001
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Josef Krutzler: “This project was in the public eye even before the building work started.”
The ‘Gateway to the Prater’ is directly next to the world-famous giant Ferris wheel.
‘GATEWAY TO THE PRATER’
NEW ENTRANCE AREA
Dating back over 240 years, the Prater fun fair in Vienna
is the world’s second oldest park of this type still in use.
A whole-scale overhaul of the park is aimed to make it
even more appealing to visitors. The first step of this
project involved rebuilding the entrance area around
the giant Ferris wheel.
Austria. The ‘Gateway to the Prater’ project was making head-lines long before even the groundbreaking ceremony took place, with the architecture widely criticized for being too kitsch. “The row of buildings around the square next to the Ferris wheel all have very ornate façades, which reminds people a little of Disneyland,” com-ments Josef Krutzler, the responsible Project Manager, in response to the media reaction. But it was exactly this that was foreseen in the concept of expert Emmanuel Mongou, who prepared the master plan for the new fun fair.
While the media continued to discuss the architecture of the gateway area, work began in 2007 on demolishing the old buildings. Due to numerous revisions of the plans and approvals and cancella-tions by operators, the construction of the first building shells was postponed. Krutzler is proud of the fact that it was possible to make up the time lost due to these delays: “All of the work was completed
in time for the opening of the Prater for the new season in early May 2008.” The outside facilities were constructed by Sub-divisions AD, Road Construction, Gerasdorf, and AO, Uniprojekt Bau- und Innenbau GmbH, Vienna.
The much criticized façade consists of conventional external thermal insulation, to which pilasters, window surrounds and end walls were added as finishing touches on the ground level as well as to mark the different floors and the roof. This was followed by art-work, which even has a 3D aspect on the first upper story. “This artistic design is intended to remind people of key buildings in Vienna, such as the Belvedere or Schönbrunn Palaces,” Krutzler explains, before adding: “The future of the leisure industry at the Prater started here with this project.”
CONTACT: Josef Krutzler, Building Construction and
Civil Engineering, Division Austria 3C, Vienna
Useable area: 17,500 m²
Cubature: 110,000 m³
Soil excavated: 32,000 m³
Concrete: 15,600 m³
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On the construction site (from left): Kai Züger, Jonathan Farr (both WPE gGmbH), Karen Treuter, Bettina Bröder (both Project Development).
The gantry iso-center: the tennis ball marks the place where the beam will later on hit the patient.
WPE
THERAPY CENTER: SHELL COMPLETED
Research institutions bank on cutting-edge technology in
fighting cancer. One such facility is currently taking shape
in Essen, Germany, where a modern radiation therapy
center will be opened next year.
Germany. With proton radiation, the Essen University Clinic is broadening its spectrum of treatments available to oncology patients. It is in particular cancer patients with deep-seated tumors in vulner-able areas, like the brain, the spinal marrow, or the eye who will benefit from this innovative technology. The highly precise radiation therapy allows for saving the surrounding tissue and minimizing side effects. In April, the shell of the “West German Proton Therapy Center, Essen” (WPE) was completed and topping out celebrated on the premises of the Essen University Clinic (also see report in inform 2/2006). Some 300 invited guests came to get an idea of the state of affairs.
“What makes the Essen Proton Therapy Center so special is the combination of three 360°-rotating radiation devices – so-called gantries – with a “fixed beam” room, a combined fixed beam and ocular treatment room with the world’s most innovative scanning
technology,” explain Karen Treuter, Division Manager, and Bettina Bröder, Project Manager at WPE.
In order to make the most efficient use of the facility, a two-shift operation on 300 days per year is planned. With the center running to capacity, some 2000 patients can be treated every year. At the time of the topping out ceremony, one of the three radiation devices was already installed, and another one was just being assembled.
Also the proton accelerator – the facility’s centerpiece called Zyclotron – was then on show already.
The WPE-project is the largest PPP-project in the German health sector to date. A special challenge for STRABAG, which was in charge of the entire planning and designing of the building, was to provide for an optimum and patient-friendly course of therapy.
STRIBA Protonentherapiezentrum Essen GmbH – a specially founded property company of STRABAG Projektentwicklung GmbH and IBA Ion Beam Applications S.A., Belgium – is in charge of plan-ning, constructing, and financing the therapy center as well as all non-medical operations. STRIBA will rent out the proton therapy center to the Essen University Clinic for a term of 15 years, upon which term ownership of the center will shift to the University Clinic. WPE gGmbH – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Essen University Clinic – will see to the center’s medical operations. Treatment of the first patient is planned to start end of 2009.
CONTACT: Bettina Bröder, Special Business Fields & Licenses,
Division Real Estate Development 4T, Project-related
Organization (PPP Building Construction)
Construction cost: EUR 127 mn
Total investment: approx. EUR 300 mn
Concrete: approx. 16,500 m³
Reinforcement: 2,000 t
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The facilities are run by the service station and hotel operator Marché
KUHN PRODUCTION SITE
A WALKWAY MADE OF GLASS
Czech Republic. Sub-division Transportation Infrastructures Czech Republic South set new architectural benchmarks with an extravagant assembly hall in Budweis.
The Austrian Kuhn Holding Group is an important business partner of BMTI and is not only a supplier of construction machinery and loading technology, it also handles the full range of replacement parts supply, installation and maintenance services. In early 2007, the contract for the turnkey construction of the assembly hall was awarded to STRABAG.
The centerpiece of the new production facility is a two-story office building. “What is particularly interesting about this project is the shape of the office building, which is semicircular, and the trans-parent walkway to the adjacent assembly hall,” explains Vladimír Boška, the responsible site manager. The two-bay assembly hall consists of a steel supporting structure covered in and roofed with prefabricated polyurethane sheets. A warehouse with a roofed
cleaning plant, numerous outdoor areas and an access road make up the infrastructure of the production site. The Transportation Infrastructures Sub-division Czech Republic South played a leading role in building these facilities.
CONTACT: Vladimír Boška, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Czech Republic/Slovakia 3J, CZ/Cechy/
Morava
SCHWECHAT FREEWAY SERVICE STATION
PPP FOR A SERVICE STATION
Austria. The first ever PPP freeway service station in Austria was constructed on the S1 freeway (Vienna’s southern ring road) by Sub-division Project-related Organization of Division Real Estate Development.
The public sector Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßenfinanzierungs AG (ASFINAG) is currently working to provide the most important routes in Austria with top quality service stations. The financing of the service station in the Schwechat area was managed by way of the first ever public private partnership (PPP) of this type in Austria.
STRABAG won the concession contract for this freeway service station with its conventional, self-service and fast food restaurants, three-star hotel, indoor playground, truck stop and outdoor areas. “The contract runs for 33 years and includes planning, financing, building, maintaining and operating the service station through our leaseholders Marché and OMV,” comments Michael Markart, the responsible Sub-division Manager, on the impressive scale of the project.
“The project is outstanding due to both its size and the way in which it was implemented, namely the PPP,” Markart stresses.
The service station was constructed by various sub-divisions of STRABAG, which acted as the general contractor.
CONTACT: Michael Markart, Special Business Fields &
Licenses, Division Real Estate Development 4T, Project-
related Organization (PPP Building Construction)
Contract volume: EUR 3 mn
Construction time: 8 months
Floor area: 3,662 m²
Cubature: 33,080 m3
Project volume: approx. EUR 25 mn
Construction time: 16 months
Car parking spaces: 360
Truck parking spaces: 200
Exterior view of the new assembly hall.
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ARCELOR STEEL PLANT
NEW STRUCTURE FOR THE STEEL GIANT
SOCHI AIRPORT
AIRPORT GETTING FIT FOR THE OLYMPICS
Poland. Built back in the early 1950s, the checkered history of the Warsaw-based steel plant “Arcelor” started out with the recy-cling of scrap metal from northern Poland into premium steel. In the 1990s, the plant was bought by the Italian Lucchini group and modernized, before, in 2006, it was acquired by Arcelor Mittal, the world’s leading steel producer.
Since April 2006, a new industrial plant has been taking shape on the company’s 150 hectare large premises. This project has been implemented by Sub-division Poland. Aside from a new steel skele-ton-construction shed, the contract comprised the provision of a great amount of infrastructure. For example, to allow approaching trains to run directly into the new shed, new tracks had to be laid. And, a one kilometer long access road to the plant, a water treat-ment facility, and a natural draft cooling tower adjacent to the plant had to be constructed as well. Project manager Khoudir Dadache is proud of the all-encompassing solution: “In view of the many aspects we had to consider during construction, I am very happy that we managed to hand the plant over on schedule in January.”
CONTACT: Khoudir Dadache, Building Construction and
Civil Engineering, Division Europe 3H, Poland
Russia. Building Construction and Civil Engineering Sub-division Serbia/Sochi was awarded the contract for reconstructing Sochi Airport.
The international airport of Sochi is the gate to the so-called “Russian Riviera” on the Black Sea Coast. The airport building dates back to the 1950s. In the late 1980s, a new airport was planned, but, in 1997, after various construction pauses, the project was finally stopped due to the poor economy short before completion. When Sochi was chosen as the venue for the Olympic Winter Games 2014, it was decided to now renovate and modernize the building from scratch. The respective contract was awarded to a joint venture including Sub-division Building Construction and Civil Engineering Serbia/Sochi.
This contract comprises the construction of new buildings as well as the rehabilitation of roof and façade of the existing structure. The gross floor area will amount to 63,000 m², and, as Dragan Pavelic, the Technical Sub-division Manager in charge, explains: “We will also construct a 450 m long two-story corridor alongside the termi-nal building, which will provide for a better access to the airplanes.”
CONTACT: Dragan Pavelic, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Directly-reporting Sub-division, Serbia/Sochi
Aiming high - the new structure for Arcelor.
For the Olympic Winter Games 2014, the building must be completely modernized.
Cubature: 450,000 m³
Roof area: 27,000 m²
Construction time: 22 months
Contract value: approx. EUR 32.3 mn
Construction kick-off: April 2008
Completion: spring 2009
Contract value: approx. EUR 62 mn
Gross floor area: 63,000 m²
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work their way towards the center of the river in six meter-steps. By the way, also scaffolds and formwork were designed and used for this outstanding structure alone.
Züblin Murer AG is constructing the Aare River Bridge as partner in a joint venture and is in charge of technical project management.
CONTACT: Michael Dudler, Building Construction and Civil
Engineering, Division Austria/Switzerland 3B, Switzerland
SOLOTHURN TRAFFIC RELIEF WEST
BYPASSING THE OLD TOWN
A western bypass is intended to take traffic off the down-
town main streets in the Swiss city of Solothurn. This
project required the construction of a bridge over the
Aare River.
Switzerland. In autumn of 2008, owing to the “Traffic Relief West”, the city of Solothurn will experience a sustainable traffic relief. The new bridge over the Aare River, featuring a 390 m long continuous girder made of prestressed concrete, is a new landmark. “The interesting project is a great challenge for us technology-wise, financially, and also regarding the legal aspects. We are happy to be able to hand the bridge over to the client on schedule after nine intensive months spent on constructing the superstructure,” says Project Manager Michael Dudler, satisfied with the project outcome.
The road bridge is constructed as a prestressed trough bridge. In the approach segments, the bridge is a continuous band featuring a constant height of about 2.5 m. From where the span over the river starts, the section height increases linearly to a height of six meters at the river piers. From there it goes down again to a height of 2.5 m at the center of the river. This pronounced height increase at the piers allows the bridge users a view over the river. The up to six meter high trough walls provide a double benefit: besides their static support function they serve as noise and crash barriers.
FREE CANTILEVER AND CONVENTIONAL SCAFFOLDING
The approach viaducts have spans of up to 44 m and are built using conventional scaffolding. The following 78 m free span over the river is cantilevered employing two specially designed cantilever carriages running underneath. From both sides, these carriages
The two bridge heads are approaching each other. The trough bridge has a total length of 390 m.
“The project is extremely demanding,” says Project Manager Michael Dudler.
Width of trough slab: 11 m
Length: 390 m
Ramp incline: max. 6 %
Bridge segments: 10
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Detmolder Street in Bielefeld. In the background: the rented site office. Thomas Meise (l) talking to Dirk Artschwager, the client representative.
DETMOLDER STREET
LESS NOISE IN BIELEFELD
When rebuilding Detmolder Street in Bielefeld, the main
focus was on environmental compatibility and safety.
STRABAG is involved in this large-scale project with no
less than three units.
Germany. Thomas Meise, Project Manager of the Detmolder Street reconstruction project in Bielefeld has got a big task to tackle: “This intervention at the main traffic artery of the city of Bielefeld is a great logistical challenge for us, for we had to guarantee the resi-dents that they could reach their properties at any time between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.”
It’s obvious that the rehabilitation was necessary. Detmolder Street has a width of 18 to 23 m with two lanes and a light rail track in each direction and is travelled by 36,000 motor vehicles per direction and day. Part of the pavement still is cobblestone, a fact which – together with the light rail traffic on this street – causes tremendous noise nuisance for the local residents.
Now, the entire street shall be newly asphalted and the new per-manent way constructed as a ballastless track system. “This is to meet the necessities at Detmolder Street regarding cost-effective-ness, technical capacity, travel comfort, and environmental compat-ibility,” explains Meise.
Apart from the renewal of all circulation areas between the two rows of houses, the contract also comprises the construction of a 2.17 km long double-track light rail line with a Y-track and two ele-vated platforms. Also necessary were excavations, works on the supply lines, and stone mastic asphalt and block pavements, and some 88 km of communication ducts and cables had to be laid, and 8.1 km of sewers constructed.
The railway construction part of the overall contract will be carried out by EICHHOLZ RAIL, Business Unit Tramway Track Con-struction, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE. “And, in addition to our own Business Unit Ostwestfalen (Eastern Westphalia), the STRABAG subsidiary SAT Straßensanierung GmbH is also involved in the project,” says Meise.
CONTACT: Thomas Meise, Transportation Infrastructures,
Division Germany 6I, Düsseldorf
Construction time: 38 months
Contract value: EUR 21.4 mn
Excavations: 35,000 m³
Pavements: 37,000 m²
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BYPASS
TRAFFIC RELIEF FOR KLOSTERNEUBURG
NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
RUNWAY FOR THE MILITARY ALLIANCE
At the “Szkola Orlat” airport, the runways are being modernized.
Pouring of the base plate for the roundabout.
Austria. Sub-division Building Construction and Civil Engineer-ing, Civil Engineering Vienna/Lower Austria is providing for an impor-tant traffic relief in Klosterneuburg.
Klosterneuburg at the Danube River is an important business and residential town just outside of Vienna. The city center of the Austrian federal capital can be reached within about 15 minutes time. Hence, there are a vast number of commuters, and the local population suffers under traffic congestions and the great amount of noise and exhaust fumes. To prevent traffic in the town center from breaking down completely, the provincial government of Lower Austria voted for the construction of a bypass with flood protection.
Besides several bridges, the contract also comprises a tunnel and trough structure, as well as the construction of a roundabout to connect the bypass to the existing road network. At the same time, an existing federal highway is being reconstructed and flood protec-tion improved. By July 2009, work in and around Klosterneuburg shall be finished. “Upon completion of the projects, Klosterneuburg will finally have not just the bypass but also a railway crossing-free access to its industrial zone,” says Karl Stifter, the Group Leader in charge.
CONTACT: Karl Stifter, Building Construction and
Civil Engineering, Division Austria 3C, Civil Engineering
Vienna/Lower Austria
Poland. STRABAG and Heilit+Wörner are realizing their second joint project for the Polish military in the framework of the “NATO Security Investment Program” (NSIP).
The NATO’s so-called “NATO Security Investment Program” dates back to the 1950s. It was originally founded under the name “NATO Infrastructure Program” with the aim of developing neces-sary military infrastructure. Since then, some US$ 23.5 mn have been invested in airports, communication and information systems, fuel pipelines and storage plants, ports, military headquarters, and radar systems.
Of course, some of the projects are classified secret, which Project Manager Ryszard Stachowiak is fully aware of: “For instance, the staff involved in the work had to produce a police clearance certificate.”
An additional effort which paid off: “Owing to the problem-free fulfillment of the complicated requirements, we will also qualify for the next six projects with limited invitation to tender,” informs Ryszard Stachowiak.
CONTACTS: Ryszard Stachowiak, Transportation Infrastruc-
tures, Division Poland 6Q, Southwest; Kazimierz Wesolek,
Building Construction and Civil Engineering, Division Europe
3H, Poland
Contract volume: approx. EUR 37 mn
Construction time: 36 months
Concrete: 42,000 m³
Concrete for watertight trough: 44,000 m³
Concrete: 12,500 m³
Construction kick-off: September 2007
Completion: June 2008
Contract value: approx. EUR 9 mn
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ART AWARD 2008
THE STARS OF TOMORROW
This year, the STRABAG Art Award has been given away
to young Austrian artists for the 13th time. Hundreds
of guests from arts and business came to the Artlounge
of the Viennese STRABAG House on 29 May to witness
the presentation of this award.
Austria. What do art and buildings have in common? Both need a solid foundation to stand on. One of the pillars in Austrian art promotion is the STRABAG Art Award. Worth a total of EUR 22,000, it is one of the most remunerative awards for fine arts given away by an Austrian company. Its aim is to promote young Austrian artists
and it focuses on the fields of painting and graphics. This prize is meant to honor individual and outstanding works.
The STRABAG Art Award is highly renowned among experts and can look back on a longstanding tradition. “To be nominated
Hans Peter Haselsteiner presenting the award to Markus Proschek Markus Proschek: “Schwimmerin 1936/Female Swimmer 1936” (oil on canvas, 2006)
The nominated artists with the Kunstforum team
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STRABAG Art Award taking down frontiers: As a busi-
ness, STRABAG SE is striving for pan-European
dimensions and creates networks in the pan-European
economic, social, and cultural area. This goal is also
aimed at in the field of art. The Hungarian STRABAG
Painting Award, for instance, was introduced twelve
years ago, and has meanwhile become an integral part
of the Eastern European art scene.
The Kunstforum is intending to not only continue its
systematic promotion of art by way of the existing
Art Award and the Art-Collection, but to also engage
actively in international art promotion. “Eastern and
Southeastern European art is booming on the interna-
tional market,” explains Baum. For next year, a cross-
border art award is planned. Already today, the STRABAG
Kunstforum team in Vienna is looking forward to
receiving exciting applications for the first STRABAG
Art Award International 2009 from artists from the
STRABAG countries Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary,
and Slovakia. Read more about STRABAG Kunstforum
on the Internet at www.strabag-kunstforum.at
from among hundreds of applicants is a step towards national and international success for talented but yet rather unknown artists,” explains Barbara Baum, art directress of STRABAG Kunstforum. Since 1994, the works of the Art Award laureates have been presented in solo exhibitions to a broad audience from the worlds of art and business.
YOUNG ART HONORED
In 2008, 375 artists submitted their applications to STRABAG Kunstforum either by post or, what’s now also possible, via the Inter-net. The number of participants markedly exceeded that of last year. “We are proud of this response, as it underlines the acceptance which the Art Award enjoys,” says Baum.
After some months of looking through the entries by the Kunst-forum team, a jury of experts (consisting of Mr. Wieland Schmied, art historian; Mr. Florian Steininger, curator of Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna; Ms. Edith Raidl, art expert; Mr. Wilhelm Weiss and Ms. Barbara Baum, STRABAG Kunstforum) were assigned the diffi-cult task of electing the winner from a group of 43 nominees.
Markus Proschek, whose paintings feature fascist-aesthetic contents, came out as the winner of the Art Award 2008. The unease one might feel when looking at his paintings is what the artist intended: “The political system of National Socialism broke down 60 years ago. Parts of the aesthetic foundations it had availed itself of, are still part and parcel of our media reality,” says Proschek explaining his ambitions.
Apart from the main award worth EUR 10,000, four honorable recognitions were given away, each of them worth EUR 3,000. They went to the artists Bernhard Buhmann, Felix Malnig, Julia Maurer, and Nieves Salzmann.
CONTACT: Barbara Baum, STRABAG Kunstforum
Bernhard Buhmann: “Schmetterling/Butterfly” (oil on canvas, 2007)
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THE BIG STRABAG CHILDREN’S PAINTING COMPETITION!
DEAR CHILDREN,
Houses come in the most diverse shapes and colors.
There are houses made of glass or stone, some have
flat roofs others have pointed roofs, some are single-
level others have many floors. And, the look of houses
can change tremendously over the years. When walking
the streets of your hometown, you will see that older
houses look different from new and modern buildings.
But how do you imagine houses to look like in the future?
We want you to paint us a picture of your “house of the
future”!
Please send your picture to:
STRABAG AGBernd HinrichsSiegburger Str. 241D-50679 CologneGermany
Deadline for entries is 15 October, 2008.
If your parents have the possibility to scan your pictures, please e-mail the scans to [email protected].
We are looking forward to your works of art. And, don’t forget to state your age.
Of course, there are also attractive prizes: The three best entries will win a 320-part Matador building kit. And, every kid sending us a picture will receive a little reward for taking part in the competition.
The Ronald McDonald Foundation’s Hundertwasser House in Essen.
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