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STRABAG Units / The Many Faces of STRABAG Cologne
Projects / STEP Waste Water Project
How team spirit can move
a brand forward
Abu Dhabi steps into
the future
t eams
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The
Magazine
of
STRABAG SE
No. 2
2014
Cover Story / Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Plant
Pioneering work
where paradise begins
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Contents
www.strabag.com
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News / Concordia
The gratitude of the
people makes for
unforgettable moments
18
People at STRABAG / Up Close and Personal
Presenting:
STRABAG’s teams
Projects / Tychy Waste Treatment Plant
Garbage as
a green energy
source
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STRABAG Units / Apprentice Training
On the agenda: Practical applications, tips and teambuilding
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Contents
News
Projekte
05STRABAG Artaward International 2014
Abstraction with a touch of concept-driven art
30
Milaneo Quarter
A megaproject in the heart of Stuttgart
06Office Templates
Independent layouting in the corporate design
32
Tychy Waste Treatment Plant
Garbage as a green energy source
06Construction Company of the Year
Perfect coordination
34
Rapid Stadium
STRABAG building new home for SK Rapid
07Awards
Prizes without end in the Czech Republic
35
Rail Line Modernisation
Through Slovakia at top speed
07
36LEGO Factory
Factory of the future will have children
jump for joy
Knowledge Management
The community is growing
08STRABAG Works Council
STRABAG employees helping victims of
the Balkan floods
09Concordia
The gratitude of the people makes for
unforgettable moments
Cover Story
10Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Plant
Pioneering work where paradise begins
People at STRABAG
18
Up Close and Personal
Presenting: STRABAG’s teams
STRABAG Units
22
BRVZ IT User Service
Quality service through team-in-team work
23
Technical Head Office
A hands - on look at tomorrow’s construction
technology
03
37Cityhouse Schwechat
Three buildings – Two basement levels –
One Project
38EFKON
13 years of teamwork: More than just
a business relationship
40STEP Waste Water Project
Abu Dhabi steps into the future
42Cross-City Link Zurich
Swiss precision – The secret to success
in railway bridge building
Specials
44Our Favourite Places
Warsaw: My city
46Company Outings
Off to the sunny south!
47STRARUN
Premiere for the first STRABAG
running event
24Apprentice Training
On the agenda: Practical applications, tips
and teambuilding
25IQM/HRD
A big responsibility: Occupational safety and
health
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The Many Faces of STRABAG Cologne
How team spirit can move a brand forward
44
Specials / Our Favourite Places
Warsaw: My city
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Foreword
www.strabag.com
Dear colleagues, employees and friends,
In the past few months, we have successfully introduced our new
motto: “TEAMS WORK.” The motto not only is a succinct and
concise expression of our vision and strategic objectives, it also
serves as an “eye-catcher” and represents a further development
of our corporate identity. Naturally, change like this doesn’t happen
overnight – it takes time to fully integrate a new practice into the
daily business routine and, above all, to fill it with life. Still, we have
achieved a lot in a short amount of time.
Meanwhile, our transportation infrastructures business in Germany
has begun the process of convergence around the STRABAG
brand. Companies which we have welcomed into the group over the
past few years will now become a visible part of STRABAG (see
page 26). The thought behind the single brand identity is for our
employees to feel they are part of a large team with their colleagues
and co-workers, capable of achieving a lot in a short amount of
time. This sense of solidarity and the strategy of broad diversification
by region and segment are two substantial pillars which – e.g. despite
the crisis in Ukraine – will help to ensure our continued economic
strength.
Thomas Birtel
CEO of STRABAG SE
The theory that functioning teams make great things possible is
something we also want to prove in practice. This is why, in our
previous issue, we solicited entries for the STRABAG Teams Award.
In response, we received 22 nominations for outstanding teamwork.
In the People at STRABAG section (page 18), we present some of
these teams as representative of all replies – regardless of a possible
prize award. Their work is a reflection of our values – something we
are very proud of. At an upcoming meeting of the management
board, we will decide which team nominations will receive the three
prizes. Because all of the teams are actually winners, the decision
will not be an easy one. The final results will be announced on
STRAnet as soon as they are known. A report will follow in next
year’s spring issue of teams.
Our cover story (page 10) this time takes us on a journey to Chile.
As a European-based construction technology group, we operate
around the world – but few people know about our Chilean activities.
Group subsidiary Züblin has been present in the country “where the
land ends” for some time already, but the STRABAG name was in
need of some publicity. Thanks to our technical expertise, however,
coupled with the untiring personal commitment of our employees
working on location, we were able to demonstrate our capabilities at
Chile’s biggest hydropower project, Alto Maipo. Another beautiful
example of the sorts of things perfect teamwork makes possible.
Yours,
Thomas Birtel
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News
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STRABAG Artaward International 2014
Abstraction with a touch of concept-driven art
Following a competition with a record number of applicants, this
year’s winners of the STRABAG Artaward International wowed the
jury with their new approaches to abstract art.
Austria. Minimalism and blank spaces, fragments and
traces, a bright surface with shining details – these words
help to define the paintings by Anna Khodorkovskaya,
winner of the 2014 STRABAG Artaward International.
Vienna-based art historian Anja Werkl describes the
Russian artist’s works as follows: “Anna Khodorkovskaya
takes details from trashy advertising brochures and posters
and in her images turns them into abstract compositions.
She creates collages from torn scraps of paper, or
transforms them into picturesque soft-coloured characters,
before attaching them as individual shapes onto the
largely unprimed canvas. Within the field of view, these
shapes combine with pre-existing, picturesque traces
of the canvas and with the remains of the binder to make
compositions that often arouse scenic associations.”
Anna Khodorkovskaya emerged victorious from a pool
of 927 artists – a new record number of participants.
The award presentation by
Thomas Birtel gave Anna
Khodorkovskaya every
reason to celebrate. After
all, the STRABAG Artaward
International is endowed
with some of the highest
prize money in Austria.
Following a review by on online pre-jury, the seven-member
international jury of experts evaluated each submission
and independently nominated 93 artists. The international
jury met on 24 April to judge the 279 original artworks
that had been assembled. This year marked the first
time that there were four women among the five finalists.
The festive ceremony on 26 June 2014 not only saw the
main prize presented to Anna Khodorkovskaya; awards
of recognition also went to Austrians Doris Theres Hofer
and Peter Jellitsch, Romania’s Iulia Sorina Nistor and
Masha Sha of Russia. “On the whole, the submissions
reflected the enormous range of styles and themes that
are to be expected from an international art award,”
reports Tanja Skorepa, head of the STRABAG Kunstforum.
We join the STRABAG Kunstforum in looking forward
to the winners’ individual exhibitions and to their stays
at the STRABAG Artstudio in Vienna.
A first: four
women
among the
Top 5!
Anna Khodorkovskaya’s
art is an impressive
example of abstract
composition.
From left to right: Doris Theres Hofer, Anna Khodorkovskaya,
Peter Jellitsch, Iulia Sorina Nistor, Masha Sha, Julia
Schuster, Wilhelm Weiß, Thomas Birtel, Tanja Skorepa
Contact:
Tanja Skorepa und Julia Schuster,
STRABAG Art Forum
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News
www.strabag.com
Office Templates
Independent layouting in the corporate design
When time is of the essence… the new Office templates in the new
corporate design are now available.
International. Ensuring a uniform corporate image and
maintaining our corporate identity requires us to pay
attention to the uniform design of our documents – both
internally as well as externally. Things can get especially
hectic during the prequalification phase, for example,
Check it out for
yourself: STRAnet/
Konzern/Konzernkommunikation/
Präsentation/
Office-Vorlage
when tender documents and technical data sheets
need to be prepared. But important documents have to
be drafted or updated in many other areas as well. In
order to save you time and give you the possibility of
working independently during the editing process, we
have created some new Office templates in the new
TEAMS WORK. layout. These templates will help you
to create your own documents. So log into STRAnet
now and check out the new corporate design for
yourself.
For professional support, our graphics and editorial
team is there for you!
Contact:
Tanja Förster, Corporate Communications
Construction Company of the Year
Perfect coordination
STRABAG wins out against 22 participating companies in the category
of Ground Engineering, Civil Engineering and Road Construction.
Germany. The Oskar von Miller Forum in Munich has
chosen Cologne-based STRABAG AG as best Construction Company of the Year 2014 in the category
of Ground Engineering, Civil Engineering and Road
Construction. The annual nationwide competition, organised in cooperation with tHIS – das Fachmagazin für
erfolgreiches Bauen and the Technical University of Munich,
recognises companies for their outstanding design and
execution processes, their good interface management,
and the high quality of their work. STRABAG AG was
chosen the winner for its excellence in contract acquisition,
client focus, purchasing and procurement, quality
management, and commitment to corporate social
responsibility and sustainability. Jörg Eschenbach,
member of the management board of STRABAG AG:
“We are proud to have received this award. For us,
success lies not only in the size of a construction project
but also in the ability to perfectly coordinate the work of
all involved in order to achieve the best possible results.”
From left to right: Jörg Eschenbach and Stefanie Harteis with Eugen Schmitz
of the trade journal tHIS at the awards ceremony.
Contact:
Birgit Kümmel, Corporate Communications
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Awards
Prizes without end in the Czech Republic
A long list of successes: Top Construction Company of the Year 2013,
Transportation Structure of the Year 2013, Site Manager of the Year 2013.
Czech-based
STRABAG a.s. has
received several
awards for its work.
Czech Republic. Jaroslav Katzer, chairman of the
management board of STRABAG a.s., had the great
honour of accepting third prize as 2013’s Top Construction
Company of the Year from the Czech minister for regional
development, Věra Jourová. Some 300 contractors from
the public sector voted STRABAG among the top three
construction service companies.
The results of the competition for the Czech Republic’s
2013 Transportation Structure, Technology and Innovation
of the Year were announced in June. STRABAG a.s.
won the 2013 Transportation Structure of the Year award
for the completion of phases II and III of the main runway
renovation at Prague’s Václav Havel Airport. The jury
praised the execution of the technically demanding general
overhaul project. Work on the 2,814 m main runway
was completed in just 123 days with full airport operation
maintained on the secondary runway. Tomáš Hajič,
director of the Prague office, STRABAG a.s., accepted
the award from Czech transport minister Antonín
Prachař. Meanwhile, Martin Pánek received the 2013
Site Manager of the Year award.
Contact:
Edita Novotna, PR Czech Republic /
Slovakia
The community is growing
connect has solved more than a few problems in its first months
of group-wide online access.
International. “Does anyone have any tips for successfully removing #CementStains from #PavementSurfaces?” Thanks to the cross-organisational and crosshierarchical communication of connect, it was possible
to answer this question successfully in no time. With
1,530 keywords (words defined as hashtags using the
number sign) so far, it is easy to see just how varied the
topics our colleagues talk about using connect are. In
over 205 communities, solutions are exchanged and
knowledge is managed on a variety of different themes
– from IT (Excel, consite, etc.) to construction machinery
(e.g. equipment in hydraulic engineering) to intercultural
communities (e.g. working in Turkey).
We’re happy to report of new success stories every day.
But the real success of our internal network is when all
questions have been answered and the information
reaches the relevant persons. Try it out for yourself and
benefit from our solutions-oriented STRABAG know
ledge community.
Visit https://
connect.strabag.
com/
Working more effectively with targeted communication.
Contact:
Karin Wögerer, Technical Head Office,
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News
www.strabag.com
STRABAG Works Council
STRABAG employees helping victims
of the Balkan floods
Many people affected by the 100-year flood lost everything they had.
STRABAG shows solidarity and lends a helping hand.
In cooperation with the
aid organisation Humanic
Relief and the Viennabased Workers’ Samaritan
Federation of Austria, the
donation drive collected
2,200 dust masks,
3,500 pairs of safety shoes,
1,000 pairs of safety gloves,
23 wheelbarrows and
300 jackets as well as
hundreds of safety glasses,
pickaxes, spades, shovels
and other tools to be sent
to the affected areas.
Austria. For thousands of people, the unspeakable
suffering caused by the 2014 Balkan floods took on
existential proportions. The works council of STRABAG AG
therefore wasted no time in organising a donation
drive to collect monetary donations as well as urgently
needed equipment to support the clean-up operations
in the affected areas. “Some people lost everything. And
the situation remained tense even after the days of
rainfall had finally stopped. We can’t just sit idly by, we
have to do something,” said Omar Al-Rawi, chairman of
the white-collar workers’ works council at STRABAG AG
Business Unit East. Within just a few days’ time,
employees donated a sum of over € 10,000. It was an
international, intercultural donation drive that united
the STRABAG employees in solidarity with the affected
persons beyond religious and ethnic boundaries.
Contact:
Omar Al-Rawi, STRABAG AG White-Collar
Workers’ Works Council, Business Unit East
NEWS
IN BRIEF
Twice Construction Site
of the Year 2013 for STRABAG Poland
Certified “Innovative through
Research”
STRABAG Real Estate presents
Upper West
Poland. STRABAG twice took home the
2013 Construction Site of the Year award
from the final gala of the competition
organised by the Polish Association of Civil
Engineers and Technicians. The winning
projects were the multifunctional transport
hub and shopping centre at Katowice
Osobowa Station (see teams. 01/2014) and
the modernisation and expansion of the
coastal protection structures in Kołobrzeg.
The Kołobrzeg project was the first in Poland
to include a system of coastal protection
using underwater stone reinforcement of the
beach with an additional stage system. “The
award-winning construction sites reflect the
outstanding work of our qualified staff,” says
division manager Alfred Watzl.
Germany. Of the 3.5 million registered
companies in Germany, less than one
percent does research – but this is an
extremely important one percent. After all,
only a company that does research
can discover new things and so generate
innovation and growth. As of 2014,
Stifterverband, one of Germany’s largest
private sponsors of the sciences, has been
honouring companies conducting research
with its “Innovative through Research”
certification in recognition of the unique sense
of responsibility they assume for the state
and for society. Now STRABAG has won
this award, too. The certification is valid
for two years and can be used for any and
all PR activities. It also offers access to
exclusive, individual analyses of R&D surveys.
Germany. STRABAG Real Estate bought
the 3,400 m² property around Breitscheidplatz
square in Berlin in 2011 and is investing
€ 250 million in the development of the
53,000 m² Upper West complex on the site.
The building will feature a new, web-like
façade based on a design by Christoph
Langhof. In August 2014, STRABAG Real
Estate was able to rent out more than
5,000 m² of office space in the 118 m high
tower to the renowned GÖRG legal firm
under a long term lease agreement. This
brings the amount of rented space in the
tower to about 60 % just a short time after
the cornerstone was laid. Project execution
lies with Ed. Züblin AG as general contractor.
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News
09
Concordia
The gratitude of the people makes
for unforgettable moments
CONCORDIA has been providing support to children, young people and
the elderly in Moldova since 2004. The organisation offers assistance
to about 3,000 people who would have no future without this help.
Moldova. Hans Peter Haselsteiner has been an active
supporter of the Austrian aid organisation CONCORDIA
for years. This year, he travelled to Moldova to take part
in the festivities celebrating the end of the school year.
He was accompanied by STRABAG SE CEO Thomas
Birtel, who wanted to get a first-hand look at the organisation’s activities and projects for himself. “The warmth
of the people, young and old, is impressive,” Birtel said
after his return. “It’s hard to believe that, just a one-anda-half-hour flight from Austria, there exists a country of
such poverty and need in Europe. It is difficult to imagine
how someone can pay for their daily needs with an
average pension of only € 35 a month – especially when
petrol prices, for example, are much the same as in
Austria.”
CONCORDIA has been active in Moldova helping people
since 2004. At first, the focus was on abandoned and
socially disadvantaged children. “Later, however, we
realised that children and youth were not the only ones
affected by poverty, but that elderly people also had few
possessions, suffered hunger and spent their time, day
in, day out, trying to make ends meet,” says CONCORDIA
board member Ulla Konrad. Yet despite their difficult
situation, these people are still able to create unforgettable moments with their friendliness and warmth.
Hans Peter Haselsteiner had an especially touching and
memorable moment: “A 21-year-old woman, who I have
known since she was a child, told me during this visit
that she was getting married. She asked me for my
blessings. Moments like this touch me deeply and make
me happy.”
Info
Social Commitment
In Moldova, 3,000 elderly people
and 260 children and youth
are served by around 400 local
employees and volunteers at
ten social centres and 29 soup
kitchens with 21 local branches.
About 300 children and youth
are looked after on an outreach
basis.
CONCORDIA became
active in Moldova in
2004. At first, the focus
was on abandoned and
socially disadvantaged
children. “Later, however,
we realised that elderly
people also had few
possessions and suffered
hunger,” says CONCORDIA
board member Ulla Konrad.
“During our visit to the social centre in Tudora, we were welcomed
with music and dance. The people’s warm-heartedness made for
unforgettable moments,” explains Thomas Birtel.
Contact:
Birgit Wagner, CONCORDIA social projects
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Cover Story
www.strabag.com
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Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Plant
Pioneering work
where paradise
begins
STRABAG is one of Europe’s leading
construction technology groups with
operations around the world. Yet many
people don’t even know that we do
business in Chile. That’s why we want
to present to you STRABAG in Chile.
Our colleagues explain how it all got
started, what experiences they have
made, and what obstacles they have had
to deal with.
South America. Snow-covered mountains, radiant blue skies,
condors circling overhead... But no, we’re not describing a scene
from Lord of the Rings – we’re talking about STRABAG’s first solo
job in South America and possibly our most spectacular renewable
energy project at this time: the Alto Maipo hydropower plant in Chile.
The actual project award and, finally, the groundbreaking ceremony
were preceded by three-and-a-half years of preparatory work.
It was an intense time and demanded a lot from the team – both
professionally and personally. Our colleagues relocated in order
to conquer a new market for STRABAG. “STRABAG remains relatively
unknown in Chile. The people are surprised to hear how international
our company is. This project allows us to send a strong signal. And
if we do the job well, it will open the door to further contracts,”
summarises Mario Theurl, technical business unit manager and
managing director of STRABAG SpA in Chile.
The recognition given our
tunnelling activities in Niagara
encouraged us to seek out
further challenging large-scale
projects in the Americas.
Hannes Truntschnig, Member of the
Management Board of STRABAG SE
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Cover Story
www.strabag.com
We landed the project because we earned
the client’s trust during the negotiations.
Our tunnelling division took its first steps in Chile in 2009
with the project management for the access tunnels of
the El Teniente and Chuquicamata mines. These projects
allowed us to gain important experience and to establish
first contacts in the country. In a place like Chile, it is
essential to have the right contacts and joint venture
partners. This preparatory work gave us the opportunity
to participate in the prequalification (PQ) for the Alto
Maipo project. Given the size of the project, the PQ phase
was correspondingly long and proved to be extremely
complicated – prequalification began in May 2010 and
wasn’t concluded until February 2011.
We’re a well-coordinated team
with a high degree of technical
know-how.
Christian Deckert
Group Division Tunnelling,
Sub-Division IN
Construction Management
After successfully qualifying for the project, we worked
together with our planning offices in Chile to come up with
a bid for the project execution of all three contract sections.
The tender phase lasted until November 2011. During
this time, the client issued 21 amendments to the tender
documents. We had to submit the technical part and
the commercial part of the tender separately, as the
technical bid was evaluated by itself first. After STRABAG
was shortlisted for all three construction sections,
contract negotiations in Chile began in December 2011
and lasted until October 2012.
awarding the contract to STRABAG meant working with a
competent, technically experienced and fair partner for
the project.
The client comes from two cultures: American and
Chilean. The Chilean part has a lot of tunnelling experience,
having already built the nearby Alfalfal I hydropower plant
20 years ago. The Americans insisted on a custom-made
contract that was finalised through intense negotiations
with mutual respect. Both aspects are positive for us
as contractor. So why was the contract awarded to
STRABAG? We are a well-coordinated team with a high
level of technical know-how, and the intense negotiations
gave the client a chance to see this in person. Also,
we always sent the same small group of our people to
the negotiating table. We work hard to maintain our
internal and external contacts and joint venture partnerships and to remain fair and open during negotiations –
aspects that were highly appreciated by the client.
In October 2012, after eleven months of talks, the contract
was finally awarded for two of the construction sections.
But it was another year, 11 December 2013 to be exact,
until the financial close and official start of the project –
which brings us to another important aspect that was
necessary for the project after three-and-a-half years of
work: a lot of staying power!
The contract negotiations were the decisive phase of the
bid processing. In countless technical, commercial and
legal meetings, we were able to reassure the client that
The Alto Maipo
hydropower plant: an
international team at work.
From left to right: Nicolas Rocca (environmental engineer),
Carla Flores (administrative coordinator),
Brigitte Straganz (compliance officer)
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At a
glance
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Alto Maipo is Chile’s biggest hydroelectric
power project. The tunnels for the project
stretch east from Santiago into the Maipo
Valley and will have a total length of 80 km.
Alto Maipo will provide
the people of Santiago
with more than 531 MW
of electricity.
machines will be used to construct the tunnel.
The challenge consists in putting together a
qualified team – in the middle of the Andes –
outside the city of Santiago and far from any
infrastructure.
The two underground hydropower plants
are to operate in parallel to generate a
capacity of more than 531 MW of electricity.
Our contract value amounts to approx.
US$ 500 million and includes the excavation
of 46 km of tunnel plus two underground
powerplant chambers. Three tunnel boring
Contact:
Christian Deckert, Group Division Tunnelling,
Sub-Division Construction Management (IN)
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Cover Story
www.strabag.com
The copper mining business is booming in Chile,
with unique challenges as a result.
teams. spoke with Mario Theurl,
a veteran in the field of tunnelling.
Mario Theurl
Technical Business Unit
Manager and Managing
Director of STRABAG SpA
in Chile
Mr Theurl, how would you describe STRABAG’s
start-up in Chile from today’s point of view?
With our Züblin subsidiary, which can look back on a
wealth of 25 years of experience in mining in Chile, we
already had enormous know-how in place. Still, it was
not easy for STRABAG to gain a foothold in the country.
Nobody knew us and hardly anyone was interested in
another European construction company. We first had
to explain who we were, and we had to prove what we
could do. This made networking and public relations
extremely important during the first few months.
Why go through all the trouble? Why is Chile such
an interesting market for STRABAG?
Chile has a stable and growing economy with a good
infrastructure – a good foundation for us. Currently
booming in Chile are the mine business and copper
mining – but these segments in particular offer us a
lot of new opportunities. Tunnel boring machines (TBMs)
are relatively new in Chile and everyone in the industry is
interested in them: on the one hand, it is an adventure
to drill your way through the Andes with a TBM; on the
other hand, this is a great opportunity to prove ourselves.
The Alto Maipo hydropower plant is being
built 50 km southeast of
the city of Santiago in
the upper reaches of the
Río Maipo.
What problems did you face besides the
recognition factor?
The same as in any project: finding the right team. In
comparison to the tunnelling business, people working
in Chile’s mines earn more – in part because of the
dangerous nature of the work. Then there is the lack
of tunnelling experience with TBMs in Chile and the
language barrier. We had to conduct a lot of interviews,
but in the end I can say that we found a good mix of
experienced STRABAG colleagues and new staff.
As managing director, you are in charge of a team
consisting of around a dozen nationalities. How do
the many different cultures affect the work?
We are an international team that learns from each other.
Every problem, no matter how complicated, was
tackled and mastered together. For me, that shows
that TEAMS WORK.
You have said that English is not exactly widely
spoken. How do you communicate in the team?
We speak “Chileano” (laughs). Some of our colleagues
have a few years of Spanish under their belt, but don’t
always understand every word when they arrive here.
That’s because the Chileans have their own special
dialect. My favourite word is “cachai”, which means
something like “got it?” The word is derived from the
English “catch”.
How can our colleagues prepare for new, unknown
requirements?
In our case, I can only say that our start-up benefited
especially from the support and preparation of our
employees through language courses and the intercultural
activities of our division. But, of course, everyone must
inform themselves, be open towards other cultures and
learn independently.
How do cultural differences influence the work
routine?
For historic reasons, there are many rules that are applied
out of sheer habit. You’ve got to check if something is
a legal requirement or just a recommendation. In this way,
the work routine is fitted to the legal framework and we
can apply our European way of working. In general,
however, the Chilean system is quite strictly regulated –
very bureaucratic with lots of paperwork. Incorrect
or missing documents can lead to long delays. Such
rules take some getting used to, but this “orderly” system
also has its advantages – because everyone is treated
equally. Luckily, we have a fantastic team that is familiar
with the local realities and knows what to do.
What advice do you have for a newcomer?
Follow the rules and talk with the people. If you don’t
talk to the people here, they will be offended and you will
never achieve your objectives. Don’t let yourself be
discouraged: It’s the same strategy, but different tactics,
cachai?
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planning and construction
of the ground and civil
engineering works for
the two hydroelectric plants
Alfalfal II and Las Lajas.
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consists of tunnels and
shafts with a total length
of 46 km excavated by
drilling and blasting as
well as by tunnel boring
machines.
Hannes Truntschnig, Member of the
Management Board of STRABAG SE
Inter
culture
Living & Working in Chile
−− Many holidays are observed on the
nearest Monday in order to create
a long weekend and not interrupt the
working week.
−− The most important number: RUT
(Rol Único Tributario), a personal
taxpayer’s number. You’ll be asked
for it almost everywhere – at work,
at the filling station, while shopping.
−− All important documents are signed
by signature and fingerprint.
−− Here’s a tip for frequent flyers: If you’re
flying by LAN within South America,
and would like an earlier flight, you can
just go up to the counter and ask. If
there’s still space, you can rebook for
no extra charge.
−− It is common practice – both at work
as well as in private – to cheek-kiss
as a form of greeting, although this
usually only applies to women.
Men generally hug or shake hands.
Chileans are often irritated if you refuse.
−− Women taking a taxi alone will often
be asked if they are married and how
many children they have. That’s not
meant to be impolite – just go with it.
−− Most of the wine-growing estates in
Chile and around Santiago are open
to visitors and offer a relaxing change
of pace from the city.
−− Emergency vehicles almost always
have their beacons on – even if there is
no emergency. Don’t let it bother you.
−− Get out your dancing shoes on 18
and 19 September, as Chile celebrates
its Independence Day and its Armed
Forces Day.
−− Bureaucracy is a fact of life when
shopping, too: you need to pull a
number at the butcher’s or baker’s
or else you won’t get served.
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A land where paradise begins.
Chile is a South American nation extending over
38 degrees of longitude in the south-western part of
the continent. The result is a remarkable variety of flora,
fauna and climate zones all in a single country. Chile
supposedly derives its name from the Aymara language
and means “where the land ends”. But anyone who has
been there would probably say: “Where paradise begins.”
For me, Chile is a country of
contrasts, of enormous beauty
and opportunities. The Chileans
are friendly, respectful and happy.
Ines Paupie
Commercial Group
Manager, Sub-Division
IN + IP
The country borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and
south, Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, and
Argentina to the east. It stretches over 4,300 km from
north to south, but on average is only 180 km wide
from west to east. Chile has a rich diversity of nature.
Located in the middle of the Andes mountains, there
is truly something for everyone. If you like it hot, and are
interested in exploring the desert, then the Atacama
Chile covers an area of 755,696 km² and has a population
of about 16.6 million people, of which some 6.3 million live
in Santiago de Chile, the most densely populated area in
the country.
Desert is the place for you. Here you’ll also find the
world’s largest open pit copper mine, Chuquicamata.
In the Andes, stargazers will enjoy the clearest skies in
the whole wide world – bringing the stars close enough
to touch.
The Chilean Andes form the longest continental mountain
range in the world with a number of peaks rising more
than 6,000 m above sea level. Among them is Chile’s
tallest mountain, Ojos del Salado (6,893 m), which also
is the highest volcano in the world. The Austrian ski team
trains here in the winter months. Highly recommended
in the summer are hikes with a view of the city. One of
the most beautiful vistas of Santiago de Chile is from the
Cerro San Cristóbal with its 22 m statue of the Virgin Mary.
The Santiago Metropolitan Region is the most densely
populated region in Chile, accommodating around 40 %
of the Chilean population. The city itself is home to
about 6.3 million people, which means that one out of
every three Chileans lives in the capital.
Definitely worth a visit are the cities of Puerto Montt on
the Pacific Coast and Frutillar at Chile’s second-largest
lake, Lago Llanquihue. The legendary Teatro del Lago
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situated at the shores of the lake is famous for its great
acoustics – even the Vienna Boys’ Choir has performed
here. From Patagonia, the southern half of Chile and
Argentina, you can embark on unforgettable journeys to
Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic.
Easter Island
3,770 km
Around six hours west of Santiago by plane lies the
remote, approximately 163 km² large Easter Island
(Rapa Nui). Experiencing the island’s unspoilt nature
with the famous moai figures is not just impressive but
also unforgettable. There are 887 moai sculptures on
the island, and each one is a work of art for itself.
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Elqui Valley
(starry skies)
Given the unique geography of the country, Chile does
not have any long rivers. The longest is the Río Loa
(443 km). Among other things, the Atacama Desert
prevents the formation of watercourses of any size and
length. The few rivers in the north which permanently
carry water are fed by the snow and ice of the Andean
summits. The rivers in Chile are primarily of economic
importance for agriculture and energy but also, albeit to
a lesser degree, for tourism, e.g. salmon fishing or
adventure travel.
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Up Close and Personal
Presenting:
STRABAG’s teams
In our first issue of teams., we asked
our readers to contribute nominations
for the STRABAG Teams Award. Here
we would like to present to you some
of the teams as representative of the
great number of replies.
International. In your opinion, who worked especially well together,
who achieved amazing things, who made the apparently impossible
possible? We received nominations for 22 international teams. Their
one-of-a-kind teamwork takes place at various levels: internationally,
interpersonally or interdivisionally.
All of the nominated teams showed hard work, respect, dependability,
commitment and many other positive qualities. Now it is up to the
STRABAG SE management board to choose three winning teams.
The finalists will be invited to Vienna to personally receive their prize:
STRABAG will donate € 5,000, € 3,000 and € 1,000 – for 1st,
2nd and 3rd place – on behalf of the winning teams to a charitable
organisation of their choice. Now that’s teamwork for a good cause!
On the next double-page spread, we present six teams as representative of all nominations. See for yourself the great diversity
of our teams and what countries they come from.
TEAMS WORK. Our
colleagues live and breathe
this motto every day.
Because only teamwork
makes possible what
cannot be done alone.
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Proactive ways to make
improvements
3-member
team from
Germany
400-member
team from the
Czech Republic
1,000-member team
from Belgium,
the Netherlands
and Germany
Milupa GmbH, a subsidiary of France’s Danone Group,
is expanding its factory in Fulda, Germany, in order to
double its production capacity. The international threemember project team for Ed. Züblin AG’s Bavaria /
Systems Building Sub-Division, Direct Export Europe
Business Unit and the Mitte Sub-Division, Dresden
Business Unit, was formed in September 2013 to submit
a joint bid. The internal cooperation was characterised
by an extremely high level of commitment from the
beginning. Many special proposals and possibilities for
improvement were discussed. The open discourse and
the proactive approach towards points of criticism made
it possible to establish a relationship with the client
that is based on partnership and trust. Our efforts were
rewarded with the contract award in March 2014.
Many divisions pulling together
Deafening noise, baking heat, enormous pressure and,
to top it all, airplanes roaring overhead. But these kinds
of working conditions were no problem for the project
team in charge of the renovation of the main runway at
Václav Havel Airport in Prague. Because this ground
crew has no fear of flying high. The STRABAG Group
handled almost the entirety of the construction works –
and project organisation and management included
nearly all of the group entities operating in the Czech
Republic. More than 400 group employees were part
of the project involving the removal of the old pavement
and the installation of a new concrete top course (we
reported in inform 26). It was the first time in history that
such a broad scope of different group entities and
divisions were active within the territory of Group Division
6O Transportation Infrastructures Czech Republic /
Slovakia. The result was perfect, namely the completion
of a demanding job in the shortest possible time. For
his hard work and dedication, site manager Martin
Pánek received an award from the Czech Chamber of
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Chartered Engineers and Technicians Engaged in
Construction. The Czech transport ministry and the
State Transport Infrastructure Fund also recognised
the outstanding teamwork by awarding the project the
title of Best Transportation Structure 2013. But the
partnership won’t end with this project – the teamwork
will continue this year under the modernisation works
for the D1 motorway, the Czech Republic’s oldest
highway.
Team strength through diversity
Rotterdam – a harbour city and Europe’s largest seaport.
In the last four years, the Benelux and Stuttgart
Sub-Divisions worked together to construct the unique
architectural jewel known as De Rotterdam – a building
construction project recognised in the architecture world
with a gross floor area of more than 160,000 m². The team
involved up to 1,000 people working closely together all
the way to the on-time project handover. And what’s
more: they all benefited from the diversity of the team.
The different nationalities, languages, cultures and
personalities, coupled with the necessary expertise, added
up to a unique sort of strength. Team members testify to
the benefits of working with various nationalities: Belgian
diplomacy, German thoroughness and Dutch optimism.
Respect and, above all, the willingness to learn the other’s
language contributed greatly to a smooth daily discourse.
The organisation of activities outside of work further
promoted the team spirit. The way our employees live
and breathe the STRABAG values of trust, sustainability
and modesty also impressed the client. But probably
the most beautiful sign of successful teamwork is the
continued contact after the end of the project.
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Increasing sustainability through
research
Austria and Hungary were already closely tied during
Habsburg times. Since September 2013, the staff units
ZT Vienna STRAsco and Transportation Infrastructures
Hungary have been jointly developing processes and
strategies, among other things, for the optimisation of
quality assurance and construction time controlling in
transportation infrastructures. Since March 2014, the
team has been complemented by colleagues from
BMTI, TA and ZT Vienna AV. With respect and trust, the
team has grown and now numbers more than 20 members – with a single common goal: enabling sustainability
through teamwork and to develop forward-looking
solutions for the transportation infrastructures segment.
One example is a research project to optimise resources
with regard to asphalt volumes and asphalt finishers.
The cooperation of the producing entity and the various
staff units is characterised by many nuances including
its intercultural nature.
Win-win situation by grouping
company divisions
“Biggest timber construction office block built to the
passive house standard in Europe”. That sounds like
a complex and exceptional project – like an enormous
challenge. For the 35-member team working on the
Stadtwerke Lübeck project in Germany, it is recognition
of its fantastic teamwork. The project is being realised
by Züblin Thüringen, Merk Timber GmbH Aichach, ZTH
Köln and Technical Head Office SF B-Stuttgart. Teamwork
has been writ large since the tender phase – and the
STRABAG values are lived out every day. “Everyone is
a part of the whole – the team only works as a whole” –
that is the motto of all involved. The team creates amazing
things through the bundling of competences and the
close working relationship of highly specialised group
entities. Peter Gäbler, senior site manager, praises the
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team: “The teamwork was characterised by an open,
honest and fair working relationship as well as by its
goal- and solutions-oriented approach.” And Elias Kuby
of Merk Timber GmbH points out that “a high level of
dedication and interpersonal skills could be felt at all
times, from the project management all the way to the
apprentices and trainees. Each group has its own way
of working – we were able to determine the differences
and so optimise everyone’s way of working.” A win-win
situation for all involved.
Profit through resource
optimisation
In school, you learn how to work in a group. But the
students of the schoolhouse in Arni, Switzerland, can
also learn from the second TU schoolhouse project
with exemplary teamwork during project realisation.
The 14 members of the team came from order acquisition, project execution and site management. The
resources were optimally used and the team profited
from the ground civil engineering, building construction
and timber construction know-how starting in the
estimation and design phase. And thanks to perfect
planning and well-organised site management, the
schoolhouse wasn’t the only result: there also was
some fantastic internal cooperation. So bring on the
next joint project!
20-member team
from Austria
and Hungary
35-member team
from Germany
14-member
team from
Switzerland
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BRVZ IT User Service
Quality service
through team-in-team work
Teams are made up of people working together on
a project with the aim of reaching an objective. Complex
task assignments and the division of labour require
the interaction of systematically organised teams with
the common goal of providing quality end-to-end IT
service within the group.
transferred to the colleagues in the respective specialist
teams. The aim of this organisation is to offer a good
availability, a high rate of first-instance solutions, and
the targeted transfer of complex problems in order to
deal with questions as quickly as possible.
Thanks to the excellent
team-in-team organisation,
the IT department can
offer its full and complete
service.
You can reach
us via the
hotline, GoAPP
or by e-mail.
International. “BRVZ IT, Nies speaking. How can I help
you?” – “Hello. I’m having trouble accessing my server
drives…” Just one case among many for the experts at
IT User Service. “We are currently hard at work installing
Windows 7 on all workstations throughout the group.
More than three quarters of the IT workstations in the
group have already been migrated to the new operating
system. The only noticeable changes will be a new
operating system interface and newer versions of various
applications (e.g. Office, Lotus Notes, etc.). At the same
time, a new network operating system will be installed in
the background. This required intense preparations for
working out new systematics for the software distribution,
file storage and print services. A lot of consulting and
coordination work was necessary with the various user
groups as well as extensive communication between the
individual specialist teams,” says Robert Sporer, director
of BRVZ IT User Service Germany, summarising some
of the ongoing projects.
IT User Service, whose colleagues are responsible for
on-site service, acts as a link between the users and
the individual expert teams within the IT department.
They offer, among other things, consultation and support
regarding the necessary IT infrastructure during site
installation and coordinate the internal and external
resources to help ensure an optimal start to the actual
construction work. Adjusting to the occasionally very
different local realities requires some intense planning
and a systematic approach. For this reason, Service
Desk and User Service are in constant contact and
exchange with each other.
Within IT User Service, there is another subordinate
team: Team ICD (International Client Development).
Team ICD handles the evaluation process of new hardware and software in the group environment. As a part
of the software evaluation, the focus is less on assessing
the content – this is the job of other departments – but
rather on looking at the technical functioning within the
framework of the group IT infrastructure. The evaluation
process is also based on the close cooperation between
Team ICD and IT Purchasing as well as with the users
and the IT coordinators at the operating units. “We have
organised ourselves in such a way so as to perfect the
function as service provider. Our team-in-team organisation
contributes enormously to the successful realisation of
our projects,” says Oliver Punz, director of BRVZ IT
User Service Austria.
Team-in-team work
The first point of contact for IT questions is the IT Service
Desk. The team is trained to provide professional
solutions in the first instance. More in-depth cases are
Contact:
Oliver Punz und Robert Sporer, BRVZ IT
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Technical Head Office
A hands-on look at tomorrow’s
construction technology
An intermodal container is currently touring through Germany –
as an exhibition forum with an important goal: using innovation
to interest young people for a job in construction and to present the
latest applications of RFID technology in the construction sector.
A number of practice-oriented demonstrations invited interested
persons to get a first-hand look.
Germany. The RFIDimBau research group was established in 2006 as a cooperation between Darmstadt
Technical University, Bergische University Wuppertal
and the Technical University of Dresden. The research
group records, controls, manages and documents
construction-related processes using RFID (Radio
Frequency Identification) technology in combination with
digital Building Information Models (BIM). RFID can
be used for the contactless identification of all kinds of
objects and its automation potential allows for a new
quality of management and control of material, personnel
and information flows in the construction industry.
Ed. Züblin AG has recognised the potential and has
been a practical partner of the RFIDimBau working group
since 2008. Over the course of the project, a great
number of sample applications were developed that are
now being presented as a demonstration module which
people can try out first hand at various locations in
Germany. The module offers innovative and forwardlooking companies new insights and ideas of how their
planning, site processes or facility management activities
could be optimised using RFID and BIM.
Fuel for debate
Following the great success at the Bautec trade fair in
Berlin, the first exhibition at Züblin Haus in Stuttgart was
organised from 12 to 28 May 2014. It was the perfect
opportunity to inform the employees at the location of
the research results. The start-up event on 14 May 2014
was a chance for colleagues from throughout Germany
to discuss the issue. Related to the results, guest speaker
Professor Manfred Helmus of Bergische University
Wuppertal delivered further fuel for motivated dialogue.
Years of research on the subject of construction
management and the construction sector make him an
eminent authority in his field. As part of the Zukunft BAU
research initiative, the Federal Ministry of Transport,
Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), together
with the Federal Office of Construction and Regional
Planning, is sponsoring the research project “Integrated
Value Creation Model with RFID in the Construction
and Real Estate Sector”.
“It was a particular pleasure for me to organise a university
day in cooperation with HRD on 20 May that was attended
by more than 70 students. The interest is there and we
are already handling first requests for practical realisation,”
says Bettina Luik of Technical Head Office.
An exhibition and university day gave interested persons
a chance to inform themselves of the various applications
of RFID technology in the construction sector.
Contact:
Bettina Luik, Technical Head Office
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Apprentice Training
On the agenda: Practical applications,
tips and teambuilding
Our Swiss colleagues are starting another initiative for apprentice
training. Getting involved, helping out and learning during the
construction of a new service centre for the automotive industry:
this is the perfect foundation for the well-grounded professional
know-how of our future qualified staff.
Switzerland. Getting back to the roots and no longer
outsourcing the group’s bricklaying work – that’s a
new resolution taken by the New Construction Zurich
Business Unit. “We have made it our goal to secure
and develop our know-how, which naturally involves
performing our own concreting and bricklaying work,”
explains group manager Romano Schmid. In recent
years, these services have often been outsourced to
subcontractors – with the result that a lot of know-how
went missing. Apprentices came in contact with these
works only rarely and then perhaps only touched on
them theoretically. That wasn’t enough for Schmid,
which is why he chose to initiate this project. Under the
leadership of Andreas Gantenbein, up to twelve bricklaying apprentices are currently working on the Airport
Car Center construction site in Rümlang, where they
have the opportunity to put theory to practice every day.
“We try to impart all the basics as well as many professional tips that go beyond the textbook. The important
thing for us is that the apprentices aren’t working at
a simulated construction site – this is a real project with
real time constraints and quality requirements,” Schmid
says.
Apprentice training takes an important position in the
group. On the one hand, this measure fulfils one of the
award criteria for contracts, especially from the public
sector. On the other hand, it allows us to secure the
qualified training of our future staff. It also increases the
motivation of our more experienced colleagues, who
have a chance to pass on their valuable experience and
show the young workers what exactly is relevant for
them in practice. We have also noticed a much stronger
sense of team spirit among the young people. They feel
understood and motivate each other to work harder.
This is positive feedback: people do things well when
they enjoy doing them!
The apprentices work
on a real project with real
time constraints and
quality requirements as
an opportunity to combine
theory and practice.
Contact:
Romano Schmid and Fikri Kosumi,
Group Division Switzerland, Building
Construction Zurich
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IQM/HRD
A big responsibility: Occupational safety
and health
Initiated by the Integrated Quality Management Staff Unit,
Occupational Safety and Environmental Protection Department,
Germany, the e-learning course “Basic Instructions in Occupational
Safety for White-Collar Workers” was developed in cooperation with
Human Resource Development. A trial run began in August 2014.
Mr Voss, what was the reason behind this project?
Voss: The many quite specific instructions regarding
the occupational safety and health of our workers are
usually mandatory for those group entities involved
directly in the execution of construction works. Such
instructions are issued regularly. Often, however, not all
employees in our commercial fields are informed. Our
e-learning course is intended to close this gap.
How important is the subject of occupational safety
and health within the group?
Voss: Occupational safety and health protection have
always been extremely important within the group – last
but not least because our success rises and falls on the
basis of our workers. This translates to a special sort
of responsibility for us – occupational safety and health
protection must be and must remain an integral part of
our thinking and of our actions.
under consideration of influencing factors such as
ergonomics, room climate and lighting. The chapters
on accident and emergency organisation treat matters
of correct behaviour in cases of emergency, fire and
evacuations.
When will this training be available?
Schwind: Our pilot group started in August. The content
and functions were tested prior to that by a group of
about 100 people. The training course is scheduled for
roll-out in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the
coming months.
Do I have to register for the course myself?
Schwind: No. About 20,000 employees in these countries
will be invited to take part in the e-learning training.
Invitations will be sent by e-mail per sub-division.
Mr Schwind, what form will the basic instructions take?
Schwind: We believe an e-learning course will make the
most sense. Our employees can complete the training
directly at their place of work with the possibility to flexibly
organise their time to do it.
Developing such a training course must be a complex
task. How did you go about it?
Schwind: We put together a ten-member project team
consisting of our occupational safety and human
resource development experts in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland and jointly worked out the seminar contents
for these countries first. This was followed by the
development of the course by HRD using an authoring
system. The e-learning course is also being used
STRABAG Property and Facility Services GmbH offered
over its own Learning Management System (LMS).
What topics are treated in the course?
Schwind: We focus on operational organisation, workplace design, and accident and emergency organisation.
Participants are introduced to the people working in
occupational safety and health and learn about their
tasks. The chapter on workplace design provides information about the proper design of the office workplace
Günter Voss, IQM Staff Unit, together with Gerd Schwind and Silvia Simoner,
reviewing the course content before its transfer to the test group.
Contact:
Gerd Schwind, Human Resource
Development
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The Many Faces of STRABAG Cologne
How team spirit can move
a brand forward
Take a diversity of talents and add them together to form a homogenous
team capable of outstanding performances. STRABAG has been
using this formula for some time – so, too, in the German transportation
infrastructures business. The various companies acquired over the
past few years have now been successfully integrated into the STRABAG
Group. Starting in 2015, especially in southern Germany, the focus
will shift onto the STRABAG brand. Just a formality? Not at all. A
lot more lies behind the single-brand strategy: the identification with
a strong team and an attractive employer brand should further
consolidate the position of STRABAG Cologne as Germany’s leader
in the transportation infrastructures segment.
One
brand
Together they are STRABAG
As of 2015, the following companies will do business
under the STRABAG brand name: Baugesellschaft
Nowotnik GmbH, Bauunternehmung Ohneis GmbH,
becker bau GmbH, Eduard Hachmann GmbH,
F. Kirchhoff Straßenbau GmbH, Gebr. von der
Wettern GmbH, HEILIT+WOERNER Bau GmbH,
Helmus Straßen-Bau GmbH, Hermann Kirchner Bauunternehmung GmbH, Kirchner & Völker Bauunternehmung GmbH, Leonhard Moll Hoch- und Tiefbau
GmbH, Preusse Baubetriebe GmbH, Robert Kieserling
Industriefußboden GmbH, Staßfurter Baubetriebe
GmbH, STRABAG Asset GmbH, STRABAG Pipelineund Rohrleitungsbau GmbH, Stratebau GmbH,
TSS Technische Sicherheits-Systeme GmbH. The
“Together we are STRABAG.” logo has been chosen
as a simple way to communicate the new brand
integration in Germany.
Germany. In addition to its focus on organic growth,
and with an eye on delivering a full range of services
nationwide, the group acquired a number of regional
and, in part, illustrious companies over the past few
years. The initial decision to keep the original brand
names, under STRABAG leadership, was the right move
in order to maintain the motivation of the newly acquired
employees and served as a sign of continuity for the
clients. Now, with the integration successfully completed,
there is no more need for brand diversity. Especially as
it also presents a number of disadvantages.
The end of brand diversity
Besides the not insignificant extra administrative expense,
the public was generally not aware that familiar brands
such as HEILIT+WOERNER, Kirchhoff, Kirchner, Leonhard
Moll or Stratebau now belong to STRABAG in Germany.
Surveys showed that STRABAG AG was significantly
behind the competition in employer rankings and in the
public awareness. And this despite the fact that STRABAG
offers everything a new employee could want: a varied
working environment, the possibility for international
deployment, stability, and a secure and interesting place
of work in a fantastic team.
Anyone who expects drastic changes personally as a
result of the single-brand strategy can rest assured:
from the terms of the employment contract to the boss,
everything at the companies affected by our newfound
solidarity will remain as before. The only changes are the
shift to a single brand identity and an end to the distinctions
internally and externally. Now everyone is pulling together
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Our
photo
shoot
On a total of seven
large-format posters for
offices and construction
site containers for the
6H Group Division, our
employees explain why
they feel like a part of
STRABAG.
under the single STRABAG brand name in order to
provide a clear picture of the company among the
public.
Becoming “we”
But who are the people behind the “We”? 5,000 employees
in the 6H Group Division are already working under
the STRABAG brand. With the closing of ranks, it will be
4,300 more. To bring them on board, the management
board of STRABAG AG first informed the respective
management levels, who then explained the motivation
for the new strategy directly to their employees – accompanied by a formal letter sent by mail. A central project
team worked to develop a number of ideas and measures
to support the new brand identity and to provide every
employee with the desired information.
Starting in 2015, the transportation infrastructures
business in Germany will do business under the
single STRABAG brand.
A button that points the way
“Together we are STRABAG.” This simple motto helps
to communicate the new brand strategy. The white
lettering on a bright red background immediately catches
the eye. This is just one of many tools with which the
new direction is being promoted and made public. The
button shows at first glance what the change is all about:
bonding a strong team even more closely together and
communicating this strength externally. The employees
are united by a common goal, fully in keeping with the
motto of TEAMS WORK. And as brand ambassadors,
they give STRABAG a public face, publicise it and
vouch for it.
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STRABAG Units
www.strabag.com
The mood and the weather
were fantastic during the
two-day photo shoot for
the posters.
From the workplace to the photo shoot
In order to give the brand a face, the image campaign at
STRABAG Germany began with an application for a photo
shoot and the question: “Are you STRABAG?” Many people
answered “yes” on www.zusammensindwirstrabag.de and
are now photo models. They can be seen on posters in
all offices and construction site containers as well as in
print ads. All participants also had a chance to win a trip
to Vienna, the home of STRABAG SE.
Connect
Group
Still have questions?
As clear as the new strategy may be
for the STRABAG team, a number of
questions may still arise among clients
and suppliers or among family and
friends. Information and ideas for
quickly and understandably explaining
the matter of “brand unity” can be
found as an e-learning offer on the
“connect” intranet platform under
the group “Zusammen sind wir
STRABAG.”
The objective of the campaign: “We want to show everyone
the people behind our brand! STRABAG is not some
abstract concept but rather a company that stands for
values such as solidarity, honesty and hard work. People
live and breathe these values. And when it comes to
the successful recruiting of new staff, a convincing and
positive employer branding is an important requirement
in order to stand up in the competition for the best talents.
As a part of a global group, STRABAG Germany is truly
attractive for young people: in all areas of transportation
infrastructures, we are on the pulse of the times. The
possibility to gain international working experience and
the outstanding training offering translate into enormous
opportunities for personal and professional development.
STRABAG is a stable and secure option. We must be
aware of this fact and we must convey this fact to the
public,” says division manager and STRABAG AG member
of the management board Marcus Kaller.
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STRABAG Units
At a
glance
A number of trucks with a
conspicuous STRABAG motif
attracted some attention on
Germany’s streets in September.
Obviously a good team
Teams are the focus of the posters and advertisements.
“Why are you STRABAG?” This question was answered
together by a STRABAG employee and a colleague
at a subsidiary – in large format, in colour and obviously
in perfect harmony. The photo shoot held on 23
and 24 July 2014 was a chance for apprentices, new
employees and veteran members of our staff to show
their solidarity with one another and with STRABAG
as employer.
And what about our clients and suppliers? An exclusively
designed letter was mailed to them in September 2014
to explain the new unity. While at first glance the company
still presents itself as a group focusing on brand diversity,
one pull on the tab of the lamella card was enough to
show what STRABAG will be like in the future: a single
brand delivering the full spectrum of services in the
German transportation infrastructures business.
The internal campaign is being accompanied by events
at the local level or for charitable organisations with
which the company publicly demonstrates its sense of
social responsibility and solidarity. The most successful
projects will receive a prize. A toolbox is available to
help STRABAG present itself successfully internally and
externally: it contains everything that is needed for the
strategy to succeed – from press photos to advertisements
in newspapers and trade journals to truck advertising all
the way to Christmas presents for employees.
The new era in the STRABAG AG success story begins
in January 2015. The goal: working together to strengthen
Germany’s infrastructure and boost the company’s
image, in keeping with the STRABAG Group motto of
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I applied to be a
brand ambassador
because…
…I feel at home in our
international group and
I enjoy my work with
different people from various
different countries.
Helena Galwas, assistant to the
sub-division management, H+W
...I have been a passionate
paver since 1978 and many of
my works can still be seen all
across Germany – from Berlin
to Lake Constance.
Ivan Talaja, paver, F. Kirchhoff
…I am filled with pride
every time I see a
STRABAG construction site
in Germany.
Saskia Freitag, trainee, STRABAG
…STRABAG is a fantastic
employer. And after 25 years
with the company, I know what
is important in life: a secure
job with a future.
Frank Zimmer, excavator operator,
STRABAG
Contact:
Marcus Kaller, Group Division VWB
Deutschland (6H ) / Board of Management
STRABAG AG, Cologne
Many of our colleagues answered the call
to apply as photo models for the brand
campaign. Here is just a small selection of
their photos and quotes.
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Projects North + West
www.strabag.com
Milaneo Quarter
A megaproject in the heart of Stuttgart
An entirely new city quarter is being created on the site of Stuttgart’s
former central freight and marshalling yard. With its diverse service
offerings, MILANEO will bring new life to the city centre.
Germany. Among Germans, the Swabians are known
as hard workers and home-builders by nature. No
wonder, then, that the MILANEO construction site in
Stuttgart is buzzing with activity. After all, a special
sort of “home” is rising here. In the middle of central
Stuttgart, STRABAG Real Estate (SRE), Stuttgart
Business Unit, together with its project partners ECE
Projektmanagement and Bayerische Hausbau, is
building a unique city quarter consisting of a shopping
centre, offices, apartments, a hotel and an underground
car park. Not exactly an easy task, as SRE business
unit manager Uwe Jaggy knows: “Large projects in the
city centre are always a challenge. And if the task is a
‘megaproject’ like MILANEO, then it’s something
completely special.”
around three planted courtyards to create a green rooftop
oasis sheltered from the surrounding ambient noise.
Another special feature is that the apartments will be
completely “decoupled” from any acoustic influences
from the shopping centre below. This will be necessary
after the mall opens so that during renovation works,
e.g. when a new tenant moves into one of the shops,
the residents of the apartments are not disturbed by any
construction noise. The works being carried out by Ed.
Züblin AG, Stuttgart Sub-Division, began in July 2012.
The shopping centre will comprise about 200 shops as
well as an extensive restaurant offering in the food court.
The design of each of the three malls is based on the
themes of “nature”, “urban” and “modern” and offers
many exciting visual impressions.
Winner of Best Futura Mega Project
Sustainable building in grand style
Alone the investment volume of more than € 550 million
shows that this is not your everyday project. MILANEO
has already gained international attention, winning in
the category of Best Futura Mega Project at the 2013
MIPIM Awards. And a megaproject it is: 30,000 m²
property size, 43,000 m² of retail space not counting
restaurants and services, 7,400 m² of office space, a
165-room hotel, 415 apartments and 1,680 car
parking spaces.
MILANEO was one of the first quarter developments to
be awarded pre-certification in gold by the German
Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). Jaggy is already
excited about the grand opening of the shopping centre
on 9 October 2014: “I am looking forward to the day
when the first visitors will be able to enter MILANEO.
I hope to see many excited and impressed faces.” The
apartments, and with them the entire project, will be
completed in the summer of 2015. “With its varied offer,
the quarter is unique in Germany. Besides the boost it
will bring to the city’s economy, MILANEO will surely
become a new magnet for tourists as well,” says Jaggy.
MILANEO, being built near Stuttgart’s Mailänder Platz,
will be composed of three separate buildings connected
by transparent bridges. The first three floors will house
the shopping centre. The shopping complex will then be
topped by a total of 17 separate buildings grouped
With a property size of
about 30,000 m²,
MILANEO is a mega
project in the truest sense
of the word that can
already proudly call itself
an award winner.
Awarded precertification in
gold!
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Investment volume:
€ 550 million
Construction time:
July 2012 – Summer 2015
Property size:
30.000 m²
Retail space:
43.000 m²
The three shopping malls
are unique and designed
on the themes of “nature”,
“urban” and “modern”.
The MILANEO project is
an urban quarter consisting
of a shopping centre,
offices, apartments, a hotel
and an underground
car park.
Contact:
Uwe Jaggy, Group Division Property
Development (4T)
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www.strabag.com
Tychy Waste Treatment Plant
Garbage as a green energy source
Strong economic growth and higher levels of consumption are
leading to a progressive depletion of our planet’s natural resources.
We must decide the future and which measures we will take to
protect the environment for ourselves. This is where STRABAG’s
efficient technologies for selective municipal waste collection can
make a valuable contribution.
Poland. The environmental burden from waste materials
is one of the world’s greatest environmental problems
today. More than 2,500 million t of garbage are
produced in the European Union every year – statistically,
that translates to half a tonne of waste for every citizen
of the EU. In Poland, this figure is about 300 kg per
person for a total of 135 million t of waste a year, thereof
124 million t of industrial waste and 11 million t of
municipal waste.
Poland is constantly raising its standards in the field of
waste management. Regional treatment facilities for
municipal waste are being created in the voivodeships,
the country’s administrative subdivisions, in order to
provide extensive services in terms of waste recuperation,
recycling and removal. These plants must meet certain
requirements: for example, they must include suitable
technical facilities, fulfil technical BAT (best available
technique) standards, and apply proven processes and
procedures.
Where does our garbage end up?
STRABAG meets these requirements with the newly built
treatment plant for municipal waste in Tychy in southern
Poland. Thanks to the technologies applied by STRABAG
Umweltanlagen GmbH, the waste treatment plant in
Tychy is one the most state-of-the-art in Europe.
STRABAG is general contractor of the facility, developer
of the technological concept, and supplier of the advanced
waste treatment technologies.
It isn’t the amount of garbage that matters, however,
but rather what happens to it. 34 % of the waste in the
European Union is brought to landfills, though it can
also be incinerated, recycled and composted. In Poland,
around 75 % of the waste is stored in landfills. Landfill
storage is the cheapest but also the most environmentally
damaging form of waste treatment. The landfills become
a source of uncontrolled methane gas emissions, which
is much more harmful for the atmosphere than carbon
dioxide and contributes even more greatly to the greenhouse effect.
The Tychy plant can process 93,500 t of waste a year.
It features the most state-of-the-art waste sorting and
treatment system, with a closed air and waste management
system, and is capable of producing energy and heat
Reactors to produce
biogas
General contractor for the realisation of this demanding project is
STRABAG Umweltanlagen GmbH (Sub-Division EI, Business Unit HH).
All construction services were realised in high quality by STRABAG Sp. z o.o.,
Building Construction (Sub-Division PP, Business Unit HH), as internal
subcontractor.
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from biogas. The mechanical waste sorting process uses
automatic optopneumatic sorters to separate materials
such as paper, glass, plastics, iron and non-iron metals
for recycling. “The remainder is used to produce
refuse-derived fuels (RDF) for cement plants and to
generate energy. Harmful substances are neutralised
and transformed into high-quality compost. This solution
makes it possible to considerably reduce the amount
of waste destined for landfills,” explains Bartłomiej
Dąbrowski, project manager at the PP Sub-Division.
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Contract value:
€ 28.5 million
Construction time:
March 2013 – November 2014
Capacity:
93,500 t of waste/year
Useful space:
14,100 m²
The heart of the treatment plant is the proprietary patented
LARAN® dry fermentation process. The process was
improved by STRABAG technologists through years of
research and development and thanks to the wealth
of experience gained in the realisation of more than 70
facilities of this kind around the world. LARAN® facilitates
the transformation of refuse into valuable biogas. Methane,
which is created during the fermentation process of
biological waste, is used to create “green energy” in the
form of heat and electricity. As a result, the plant is an
energy autonomous system with surplus energy sold
into the supply grid. “The use of the special waste
sorting technology and anaerobic fermentation with
methane recuperation contributed to the Tychy project
being recognised as one of the best municipal investments
in Poland,” reports Martin Hummitzsch, project manager
at the EI Sub-Division.
The Tychy waste treatment plant will be handed over
to the client following successful technological
commissioning and subsequent trial runs in the autumn
of 2014. It will be able to supply 200,000 people with
energy in eight communities.
The project was realised through teamwork by the
dedicated employees of STRABAG Sp. z o.o. and
STRABAG Umweltanlagen GmbH.
Contact:
Martin Hummitzsch, Sub-Division
Environmental Plants (EI)
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski, Sub-Division
Building Construction Poland (PP)
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Projects South + East
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Rapid Stadium
STRABAG building new home
for SK Rapid
STRABAG has won the tender for the construction of a new football
stadium for SK Rapid in Vienna. As design-and-build contractor, the
company will handle the project from design to turnkey handover.
teams. spoke with project manager Roman Hornischer.
Mr Hornischer, how can we imagine the process
of such a selection procedure?
We made our bid as a design-and-build contractor with
a design by the German architectural firm ARC-Architektur
Concept. Over a period of several months, there were
some very intense and time-consuming negotiations
from which we managed to emerge as the winner. The
assessment criteria included the architectural design,
the spatial function concept, the interior access, and
the infrastructural issues, as well as the quality of the
experience and the atmosphere for the spectator.
Why do you think you were awarded the contract
in the end?
A number of factors most certainly combined here.
We were able to score big points for the architectural
concept on the one hand but also for the foundation
of trust that was created during the many talks. The
negotiations were characterised by mutual respect.
Of course, the price/performance ratio will also have
been fair.
STRABAG is a specialist in the field of sport
facilities. How was this project a challenge?
Naturally, the bar is set quite high as the project involves
Austria’s most state-of-the-art stadium and covers
several areas such as the stands, the field, the offices,
the operating buildings, the technical facilities and the
A conspicuous feature is
the tubular shape of the
main building adjoining the
new west stand, which will
house the players’ cabins
and the business lounge
as well as the offices, the
fan shop and the club
museum.
event area. The necessary building installations, escape
routes and safety precautions had to be considered for
every section of the stadium. We must also take into
account the different requirements e.g. of the press, the
police, the fire department, the visitors and the club itself.
How does the winning design stand out?
Visual highlights include the green stadium roof, the
Rapid coat of arms on the main entranceway with a
20 m diameter, and the tubular shape of the main
building. On the technical side, the building engineering
equipment is unique as are the structural qualities of
the main building, the stands and the stadium roof.
Will the new stadium do away with any remaining
memories of the old Hanappi Stadium?
No. A unique component will be the last floodlight
from the old stadium, which will remain in place as an
emotional link to the past.
What does the schedule look like for the new
stadium?
The new stadium is to be built during the next two
seasons and should be completed by the summer
of 2016.
Contract value:
€ 47.55 million
Construction time:
until summer 2016
Name sponsor:
Allianz Group
More information:
www.allianz-stadion.at
The design of the new single-tiered stadium, with closed corners and
approx. 24,000 seats including 2,500 business seats, 40 boxes for
VIP guests and two event boxes, won the competition in early May.
Contact:
Roman Hornischer, Group Division BC+CE
Austria East, Sub-Division Vienna (AR)
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Rail Line Modernisation
Through Slovakia
at top speed
On 1 July 2014, after five years of construction, Slovakia’s transport
minister Ján Počiatek officially opened the new rail line between
Trenčianská Teplá, Ilava and Beluša. The rail line modernisation helps
bring train travel in Slovakia up to top speed.
Slovakia. The rail line had been in urgent need of
modernisation. Not just to allow trains to reach top
speeds of 160 km/h, but also to provide improved
access to the trans-European traffic networks and
good connections to the neighbouring countries.
Construction was carried out by the ŽSR – Beluša
Consortium led by STRABAG s.r.o. of Bratislava
with a significant portion of the works performed by
group company Viamont DSP a.s.
The works on the 20 km section also included the
modernisation of four railway stations, the removal of
the old track, the complete upgrade of the substructure
using recycled material, and the creation of a new
drainage system. The new track was laid with pre-stressed
concrete sleepers to allow for speeds of up to 160 km/h.
For safety reasons, all railway crossings were replaced
by new bridges, underpasses and overpasses.
Contract value:
€ 127.9 million
Construction time:
November 2009 – June 2014
Earthworks:
566,252 m³
Noise barriers:
6,817 m
The modernisation of the rail line now allows for top speeds
of up to 160 km/h.
An exact schedule as a criterion for success
The programme of works had to take into account a
number of track closures. To maintain railway operations
during construction, work was carried out in stages with
one direction of travel – several tracks at the stations –
closed along the line. Certain construction measures
even required the line to be closed completely. Work was
then performed at night and the closures were kept as
brief as possible.
“One of the most demanding tasks was the closure
for four nights of the railway station at Dubnica nad
Váhom in order to exchange some old switches. But
the work had to be adapted to allow night trains to
pass. The good cooperation and coordination of the
group companies, especially during closely related and
intersecting works, was our strength. In the end, we
were able to reduce the total duration of track closures
to 27,666 hours – 5,808 hours less than the
competition had offered!” says Petr Koval, director
of the project.
Viamont DSP a.s.
possesses top quality
railway technology
equipment. Rapid
progress was made
through the use of
several road-rail
excavators and the
company’s flagship
UNIMAT 09-4S
automatic tamping
machine.
Contact:
Petr Koval, Group Division Transportation
Infrastructures Czechia/Slovakia,
Sub-Division Slovakia (TG)
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LEGO Factory
Factory of the future will have children
jump for joy
It’s a dream come true for any child: on 24 March 2014, Danish toy
maker LEGO opened the world’s largest toy factory in Nyíregyháza,
Hungary. STRABAG played an important role during construction.
Hungary. The building complex, constructed as a
greenfield investment, has a total floor area of almost
122,000 m². “The land lies outside of the city of
Nyíregyháza and was previously used for agricultural
purposes. The investment has helped to increase
the value of the area on an infrastructural level,” explains
project manager Róbert Varga. STRABAG’s share of
the project, which has a contract value of € 43 million,
comprises a gross floor area of 69,200 m². The project
was completed in just ten months.
STRABAG began with the construction works immediately
after contract award in March 2013. Because of the
short period allotted for the completion of the works, all
activities had to be perfectly coordinated both within
the team as well as with the external suppliers. “LEGO
had high demands for the industrial flooring – a difficult
task given the rather unfavourable soil conditions, but not
impossible. Our experts at TPA and Frissbeton worked
together to come up with a solution that was in keeping
with the requirements,” says Varga.
entrance hall on the ground floor welcomes visitors
to the building, which also includes offices and a
restaurant. A technical highlight is the corridor system,
which plays an elementary role alongside the admin
building. It features three levels from which various
functions are controlled. The 450 m long corridor system
covers a total area of 8,500 m². Material movements
are coordinated on the ground floor, while the BSE
facilities and the offices can be found on the 1st floor.
The 2nd floor houses the piping systems necessary
for the energy and water supply.
LEGO places enormous value on compliance with
environmental requirements. For this reason, special
attention was paid to the aspect of environmental
friendliness in the choice of construction materials,
systems and technologies so that the factory can truly
stand for the future.
STRABAG was also hired to carry out the technical
building services engineering (BSE). The admin building
stands out between the separate building components
thanks to its attractive façade design. An impressive
Contract value:
€ 43 million
Construction time:
10 months
STRABAG share:
69,000 m²
Corridor system:
450 m
Compliance with environmental standards is very important
for LEGO and required special attention to be paid to the
use of environmentally friendly materials..
With a total floor space of nearly 122,000 m²,
the LEGO factory is the world’s largest toy factory.
Contact:
Róbert Varga, Group Division Hungary (6X),
Sub-Division Building Construction Hungary
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Cityhouse Schwechat
Three buildings – Two basement levels –
One Project
STRABAG is general contractor for the turnkey construction of
the new Cityhouse in Schwechat. Our teams. editor-in-chief
Barbara Amon got a first-hand look at the € 13.43 million project.
Austria. The construction works for Cityhouse
Schwechat are already running at full speed. A large
construction site covering nearly 4,000 m² of ground –
routine for some, this is something truly special for me.
I met site manager Katharina Schaber in her office on
the construction site. What I noticed right away was the
positive and easy-going relationship between her and
her colleagues. But before the tour could begin, I first
needed to be outfitted with the right safety gear – no
helmet, no tour.
The first three of six upper floors have already been built.
The first floor was accessible via the concrete stairs
formed by our team – for the remaining floors I had to
climb a ladder. At the top, I saw how the prefab ceiling
elements were being put in place, surveying work was
being carried out, and the first wall elements were being
assembled. Exciting tasks demanding full physical and
mental concentration from the entire team.
JUST-IN-TIME
The project got going in August 2013. Once the site
had been set up, the excavation works could begin.
A highlight of the project for Schaber: “The building will
receive two basement levels with underground car park,
building services rooms and cellar compartments, which
means that we had to dig 7.5 m down. Correspondingly
difficult was the excavation support, using high pressure
soil cementing to underpin the neighbouring buildings,
and the reinforced inserted girder support system.”
Another unique feature is the interesting architecture of
the residential complex consisting of three separate
buildings. The façade of the first building rises upwards
at a slant. The second building is open and features an
external corridor, while the third building encloses an
inner courtyard with wavelike façade elements.
Due to the central location and limited storage capacities,
material orders must be precisely planned. This requires
the constant coordination between the site manager
and her 24-member team. The core team – site manager,
technicians and foreperson – have worked together
for three years and operate perfectly well together. The
secret to success: “Open communication and the ability
to deal with problems as a team,” reveals Schaber.
Site manager Katharina
Schaber and her team are
perfectly coordinated.
Contract value
(Phase 1):
€ 13.43 million
Construction time (Phase 1):
August 2013 – Q3 2015
Residential units:
93, plus 7 shops
Highlight:
Three separate buildings
The Cityhouse Schwechat construction site is in
a prominent location at one end of Schwechat’s
main square.
Contact:
Katharina Schaber, Group Division BC+CE
Austria East, Sub-Division Lower Austria (AS)
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EFKON
13 years of teamwork: More than just
a business relationship
EFKON and Toll Collect have maintained a business partnership since
2001. It is a relationship that has grown over the years, with a mutual
appreciation that is based upon the common goal of finding custom
solutions at a technically advanced level.
International. Free to flow – as a global leading supplier of
intelligent transport systems (ITS), electronic toll collection
(ETC) and enforcement solutions, EFKON AG, founded in
1994, possesses important know-how in this technological
field. The communication between a vehicle (in-vehicle
equipment) and the infrastructure along the way (roadside
equipment) is handled either via microwave or infrared
technology. Due to an EU requirement, microwave
systems are the standard in Europe. In Asia, on the other
hand, infrared is the primary solution. Germany is an
exception: the German tolling system still uses infrared
technology. To create a system that is compatible in all
of Europe, the latest generation of enforcement solutions
works successfully with both systems. In this way,
enforcement vehicles can communicate with trucks
equipped with microwave units as much as with vehicles
that have an infrared module on board. The STRABAG SE
subsidiary has made a name for itself in the application of
both technologies – and is considered a global technology
leader in the infrared business.
EFKON operates worldwide from its headquarters in
Raaba near Graz, Austria: With subsidiaries in Asia and
Africa, EFKON does business in countries such as
Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, South Africa, India, South
Korea and Pakistan.
TEAMS WORK.
The TEAMS WORK. philosophy primarily reflects the
successful teamwork within the group. Yet we should
not neglect the importance of external influences on
team success, which forms a significant part of the
whole concept. EFKON’s intense partnership with
Germany’s toll billing company Toll Collect is just one
example of good teamwork outside of the group.
For the billing of thousands of trucks crossing German
territory, Toll Collect is the first company in the world
to use a satellite-supported GPS tolling system. This
technology requires specialists. EFKON therefore has
not only been a dependable supplier of hardware and
software components for Toll Collect since 2001 but
is also engaged in the development of solutions for the
toll operator. The secret of this business relationship
is the partnership philosophy behind the cooperation.
Both parties benefit thanks to the close cooperation,
constant exchange of ideas, highly professional dialogue,
and collaboration on the creation of individual custom
solutions. For EFKON, it is important to be more than
just a supplier like any other. The aim is to offer clients
not only outstanding technology and quality products,
but also added value for their money – solutions that
fully and completely fulfil their needs.
Unseen enforcement
Toll Collect can count on the competence of a specialist
for the development of its enforcement solutions. Today
there are different systems in use for the stationary,
portable and manual enforcement of the correct toll in
Germany, and these are constantly being developed
further. Through the use of DSRC modules in trucks
travelling on Germany’s motorways, there is no need
to interrupt the flow of traffic for toll enforcement.
Transceivers installed along the motorway communicate
with the in-vehicle units and verify if billing has been
properly made and if the unit’s settings are correct. There
is a saying in German: “Trust is okay, but verification is
better.” In order to verify that proper payment has been
made, the toll operator needs suitable tools. A truck
with several axles, for example, has to pay a higher toll
than a vehicle with only two axles. A total of 278 vehicles
belonging to the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG)
have already been equipped for manual enforcement.
The enforcement vehicles can access the data stored
in the settings of a vehicle’s on-board unit as it passes,
compare the data against the vehicle and verify the
general functioning of the unit.
The wireless connection provided by stationary, portable
and mobile communications units deliver to the BAG
enforcement teams data from vehicles for which it was
not possible to indisputably determine proper toll billing.
These in-vehicle DSRC modules are also produced and
delivered by EFKON – with around 850,000 units currently
in use. An especially attractive feature is the interoperability
with the Austrian toll company ASFINAG. Toll2Go makes
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EFKON AG and
Toll Collect – a team
that exemplifies good
teamwork outside of
the framework of the
group structure.
Business relationship:
since 2001
Incoming orders:
increase by nearly 40 %
in 2013 – 2014
Enforcement systems:
portable & mobile
it possible to use the same DSRC module (OBM 220)
in both Germany and Austria. This only works as a result
of the combination of two integrated communications
modules within the OBM 220. In this way, the box behind
the windshield can communicate both with infrared (the
technology currently in use in Germany) and microwave
(technology standard in Austria).
Both Toll Collect and EFKON intend to continue their
intense cooperation in the future for the realisation of new,
more advanced projects. The know-how exchange
between the two is what makes innovative thinking and
the implementation of new solutions possible.
Contact:
Melanie Almer, EFKON AG
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STEP Waste Water Project
Abu Dhabi steps into the future
The United Arab Emirates not only impresses visitors with its
architectural masterworks, soon the country will also be the
proud owner of one of the most complex and biggest waste water
systems in the world.
Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, the capital and largest of the
seven emirates, has undergone considerable growth in
the last 20 years – a trend that will continue into the
future. Besides the many positive effects this development
means for Abu Dhabi, the government has also been
forced to seriously think about the future and sustainability
of the country.
The master plan for Abu Dhabi 2030 includes extensive
urban restructuring to cope with the growing demands
facing the city. At the heart of this once-in-a-century
project is the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme
(STEP) consisting of 84 km of gravity-driven waste water
tunnels plus an enormous pumping station (60 m across,
100 m deep). The three most important objectives of the
project are: to replace the existing pumping stations,
create a sustainable overall solution, and deal with future
demands.
Ed. Züblin AG is playing a key role in this project. In
January 2012, the company was awarded the contract
to design and build the two gravity-driven waste water
networks LS-01 and LS-02 with a combined length of
45.2 km in order to help the desert country prepare for
the future infrastructural challenges associated with
its growth.
Ed. Züblin AG is working
on the STEP project in
Abu Dhabi.
The two tunnel sections were realised under a joint
venture of Züblin AG’s Singapore-based pipe jacking
division and Züblin’s Abu Dhabi branch.
Besides an improved waste water system, the works
will benefit the population in other ways as well. On
the one hand, the treated water can be recycled to
irrigate the surrounding fields and agricultural land. On
the other hand, the dismantling of the old pumping stations helps the city to regain land for public or private use.
Building without digging
But as with all such megaprojects, the works must also
take into consideration the local residents and the
environment. A unique difficulty of this construction project
was that many of the tunnels pass directly underneath
densely populated areas, which requires enormous
precision in the planning. As a result, all works are being
carried out on the basis of trenchless technology – an
environmentally friendly method of construction causing
only minimal disturbances on the surface.
Apart from the obvious challenges, such as the project’s
size and the high technical demands, the team must also
deal with aggressive groundwater conditions and some
very hard soil layers. But the bureaucracy was another
tough nut to crack. Countless licences and permits had
to be secured, and the number of approvals needed for
the more than 260 temporary and permanent shafts
crossed the 10,000 mark.
“We were able to commence operations with the first
tunnel boring machine in January 2013. Today, nine TBMs
are at work simultaneously. The construction is ongoing
24 hours a day, seven days a week – with summer
temperatures that regularly reach 45°C,” reports Christian
Isfort. And he goes on: “As the tunnel shafts have a
diameter of just three to 14 m, our employees have to work
under extremely cramped conditions in tunnels whose
deepest shaft lies 40 m below ground.” An average of
1,200 Züblin employees are at work on the project at peak
times, 150 of them in the areas of design, structural
dynamics, quality, safety and site management. The
teamwork is helping to create something of gigantic
proportions here, as can be seen by the progress of
construction. Despite all of the adversities, 61 % of the
works have already been completed.
The satisfaction of the client is evidenced by the award
of a follow-up contract. Ed. Züblin AG has now been
commissioned to also design and build the sewer connec
tion to Al Reem Island, a new district of Abu Dhabi. The
project foresees a tunnel to transport the waste water
from Al Reem Island into Abu Dhabi’s sewerage system.
Work on the tunnel shafts has already begun. Pipe jacking
of the two tunnels with a total length of 2.6 km started in
July 2014 and is scheduled for completion in April 2015.
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The works in Abu Dhabi
present the team with
extreme physical
challenges such as
temperatures of up to
45°C, narrow tunnel
shafts and working at
depths 40 m below
ground.
Contract value:
US$ 389 million
(approx. € 290 million)
Construction time:
1,342 days (incl. Reem)
Tunnel boring machines:
9
Shafts:
260
The client, clearly satisfied with the work of the up to 1,200 Züblin employees
in Abu Dhabi, awarded Züblin AG another contract for Al Reem Island.
Contact:
Jens Nagel und Christian Isfort,
Group Division International, BC+CE
Middle East, Abu Dhabi
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Cross-City Link Zurich
Swiss precision – The secret to success
in railway bridge building
Besides chocolate and cheese, the Swiss also have a reputation
for precision, punctuality and conscientiousness. This is more
than just a cliché – it’s everyday working practice.
Switzerland. Zurich Central Station – with more than
2,900 trains a day one of the busiest railway stations in
the world. In order to get passengers to their destinations
even more quickly, Switzerland is building the so-called
Cross-City Link at the main station. The 9.6 km rail link
across the city will connect the Altstetten, Zurich and
Oerlikon stations so as to relieve the burden on Zurich
Central and to optimise the rail connections. The project
involves the construction of two new single-track bridges
in the middle of the field of approach tracks in order to
avoid level crossings and to save time.
In 2008, the ABD joint venture consisting of the com
panies STRABAG AG, Stutz AG, Anliker AG, Kibag AG
and Frutiger AG, and led by Markus Meier (Business
Unit IB Zurich and New Construction), began with the
construction of the 30 piers for the troughs of the
Letzigraben and Kohlendreieck Bridges. At more than
1 km in length, the Letzigraben Bridge will be the
longest bridge in Switzerland’s rail network. Work on
the piers was completed in July 2013.
Precision under traffic
In the second of half 2011, the joint venture began with
the assembly of the movable scaffolding system needed
to begin construction of the Letzigraben Bridge. This
self-supporting scaffolding system “pushes” itself along
the finished parts of the bridge and piers, making it
possible to build a bridge without the need of ground
supports – and allowing construction to be carried out
with no interruptions to rail service. Thanks to this
scaffolding system, works on the Letzigraben Bridge
could be performed with almost no external influences
and the bridge trough was completed in 2014.
Contract value:
CHF 58 million
(approx. € 47.8 million)
Construction time:
June 2008 – December 2015
Height of bridge piers:
6 – 16 m
Diameter of bridge piers:
2.5 m
Each bridge field required
between 50 and 70 truckloads of concrete. For the
concreting itself, the mixers
had to drive backwards up
onto the bridge.
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Info
Germany
France
Zurich
Liechtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
One country with many languages
Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and
Romansh. Salutations in the German-speaking part of the country
range from “Grüezi” or “Grüessech” (more formal) to “Hoi” and “Sali”
(among friends). In French-speaking Switzerland, acquaintances are
greeted with “Salut”. In Romansh, the typical salutation for strangers
is “Bun di” and “Buna saira”. Both Romansh and Italian speakers
prefer a simple “Ciao” among acquaintances.
The main challenge in building the Kohlendreieck Bridge
was the tight radius required to bypass an electrical
substation belonging to the Swiss Federal Railways.
Old met new during the construction of the bridge’s
superstructure, which began in July 2012, as the bridge
passes over a historically listed building designed by
Swiss architect Hans Hilfiker at a distance of just 80 cm.
Special steel scaffolding was used to span over the
building without any further supports.
The programme of works for the two bridges not only
had to take into account the high safety requirements
as well as the maintenance of rail services during
construction, but also had to come to terms with the
local logistics challenges. But safety comes first –
and so too on this construction site. Using so-called
safety guardians, the employees received regular safety
training from the Swiss Federal Railways and the joint
venture partners. The commitment by all involved paid
off: since construction began, there have been no
serious accidents at either of the bridges.
Protected areas for wildlife
“The local residents aren’t the only ones whose needs
we must take into account during construction – attention
is also being paid to the animal kingdom. A number
of environmental measures were undertaken to maintain
the special habitat that exists in the track field,”
reports project manager Hubert Bähr. The warm, dry,
nutrient-poor environment is the ideal habitat for
wall lizards, yellow-bellied toads and wild bees. Several
different measures are being carried out to protect
the animals and their environment, such as gabions to
provide shelter at the edge of the tracks, sandy areas
for nesting, and a number of seepage ponds.
The works performed by STRABAG AG at Zurich
Central Station are progressing rapidly and – thanks
to the high safety standards – have been particularly
accident free.
The Swiss Federal Railways will install the necessary rail
technology after handover of the structural works by the
joint venture. The Letzigraben and Kohlendreieck Bridges
will be opened to traffic in December 2015.
Contact:
Markus Meier und Hubert Bähr,
Group Division Switzerland (6X), Sub-Division
Switzerland (MV), Civil Engineering Zurich and
New Construction
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Our Favourite Places
Warsaw: My city
The history of the Polish capital can be seen in its architecture. This
includes its nearly complete destruction during the Second World War.
The rebuilt Old Town is the only reconstruction that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Today, modern architecture
complements the face of the city and makes Warsaw well worth seeing.
A place to chill
Impressive baroque architecture
“It’s green, magical and, above all, peaceful and serene. I discover
new places every time I’m there. Local products, healthy foods, an
eco-market, countless cafés – it’s my absolute highlight,” exclaims
Monika Golebiowska about Saska Kępa. The neighbourhood,
centrally located on the right bank of the Vistula River, is a place
with a special atmosphere and a magnet for young and old alike.
Marek Grzeszczyk enjoys Warsaw’s parks for walks and photography.
Strolling through the “orderly” lanes is the best way for the hobby
photographer to relax after a stressful day. “My favourite park is
Wilanów. The place is enchanting and captivating, especially thanks
to the baroque architecture of King Jan III Sobieski’s summer residence,
a historical monument,” says Marek Grzeszczyk.
The way of kings
Relaxation in the park
A district with history
“My favourite place in Warsaw is a section
of the city’s Royal Route, namely prestigious
Krakowskie Przedmieście, which was pre
viously known as Bernardyński Square,” says
Piotr Jakubczyk. Krakowskie Przedmieście
has been the Polish capital’s most representative street for centuries, with famous
sights along the way such as the Presidential
Palace, historic churches, the University of
Warsaw, and other majestic monuments.
“After a stroll through town, or for some
rest and relaxation on the weekend, I like to
visit the tree-lined avenues of Ogród Saski,
the Saxon Garden,” explains Justyna Krupa.
On hot days, she cools off in the Marconi
Fountains in this centrally located garden.
And when the sun dial points at noon,
she heads to her favourite restaurant,
St. Antonio, which serves excellent Polish
and Italian cuisine.
Marcin Maź loves to stroll through the district
of Praga. Here every town house and
every cobblestone has a story to tell, having
remained unchanged over the years. The
district is full of pre-war pavements, old
lanterns and traditional architecture, with a
special highlight being the Russian Cathedral
of St. Mary Magdalene. “What I love most is
to relax in a café with a great atmosphere and
take in the authentic Warsaw flair”, says Maź.
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Name day in Poland is
especially important – in many
places even more important
than one’s birthday!
Justyna Krupa, Sub-Division Building
Construction Poland
Wars
aw
: My C
ity
Special
tip
Good to know!
Careful! Many toilets in Poland
are marked with a circle for ladies
and a downward-pointing triangle
for men.
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Company Outings
Off to the sunny south!
Sardinia and Monaco are two of Planet Earth’s lovelier little spots. And
in the middle of it all – some of our Austrian colleagues and co-workers.
The food of the
Sardinian shepherds
was the highlight of
my trip.
International. For four full days, the white sandy
beaches and varied cultural offerings of Sardinia, the
Mediterranean’s second-largest island, cast their spell
over some 388 colleagues and co-workers from our
Austria East Region. Meanwhile, 160 employees from
Region West were on a four-day holiday of their own to
Monaco. Thanks to the outstanding organisation of the
works council, the company outings this year once
again were an opportunity for our colleagues to get to
know a different country and culture, and each other,
a little better.
Elisabeth Deinhofer,
The visit to the Sardinian “bandit region”
of Orgosolo as well as the boat tour
to a secluded Mediterranean cove and a
picturesque port town were among the
unique experiences for the colleagues of
Business Unit East.
Monaco – principality,
second smallest country
on Earth, and a darling
of the rich and beautiful.
Along with Cannes,
St. Tropez, Nice and four
days of sunshine, this
place left its impression
on the colleagues
of Business Unit West.
The Principality of
Monaco was very
impressive for me,
and the atmosphere
was simply unique!
Mario Schäfer, BMTI GmbH
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STRARUN
Premiere for the first STRABAG running event
Some 129 runners from 11 nations defied the elements and lined up
for the start on 16 May 2014. A premiere for the event – but long since
routine for the organisational team working behind the scenes.
Austria. “The competitive conditions for the first STRABAG
running event were quite difficult. The rain threatened
to turn the race into a washout, which unfortunately
scared off many of the participants – especially those
who would have had a longer arrival,” explains Mario
Rabitsch, initiator of the STRABAG triathlon. Still,
129 runners defied the bad weather forecast, which
luckily did not come true. The cool temperatures
failed to dampen the mood among the runners and
did not keep the fans from providing their vociferous
acoustic support. Among the elite distance runners,
STRABAG employee Constance Mochar was the
first to sprint across the finish line after 43 minutes
and 8 seconds. In the 5 km race, Sebastian Grabs was
the fastest STRABAG runner with a time of 20 minutes
and 32 seconds. The fastest relay team were the
STRABAG Water Runners, alias Andreas Heindl and
Christian Messinger, with 42 minutes and 39 seconds.
pressed between two glass plates. The wooden trophy
pedestals were – this is almost a tradition – made by
our carpenters’ team in Gerasdorf. Whether concrete or
formwork plates, our creativity knows no bounds.
The medals – and this is also in keeping with tradition –
were lovingly handcrafted by the street children from
the charity organisation CONCORDIA in Romania and
Moldova. The registration site was programmed by the
BRVZ IT/Notes Group, and the T-shirts were selected
and ordered in cooperation with our Corporate
Communications. The start numbers were printed and
the starting bags were filled, and the busy hands of
FM ensured a professional event set up and take down.
They say that too many cooks spoil the broth – but not
here. The harmonious cooperation is a perfect example
that TEAMS WORK.
Backstage
The sweat was pouring long before the day of the race.
Weeks before the start, Petra Burger, assistant to the
sub-division management at Technical Head Office Vienna,
was sweating along with her busy helpers. What many
don’t know is that the organisational requirements of a
company event like this are in every way equal to those
of a large event. For the first time, we have been able to
take a closer look.
The starting shot for the organisational team fell at the
end of October. The White Collars’ Works Council East,
which sponsored the trophies, began with the design,
production, assembly and polishing of the cups in 2012.
In this way, a conventional bricklayer’s trowel was
re-functioned into a beautiful trophy. The cup’s concrete
pedestals were made by our apprentices. The trowels
were then covered with metal colour foil, a plaque was
attached to the pedestal and the whole thing was
assembled, glued and polished by hand. “It took me about
20 hours, and I finished with the polishing one hour
before the first runners crossed the finish line,” explains
Burger with a smile. It doesn’t get any more individual
than this. A glass element served as the trophy symbol
in 2013. In 2014, it was an inlay in the certificate design
We’re proud of our STRABAG athletes and congratulate all finishers.
Contact:
Petra Burger, Technical Head Office
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