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*See glossary on page 198.
**See glossary on page 197.
98 Annual Report 2009
Project highlights
Large-scale projects
HOCHTIEF Construction is building Barwa Commercial
Avenue in Doha, a project valued at EUR 1.3 billion. The
more than eight-kilometer retail and commercial center
will be completed in mid-2012. Covering nearly 900,000
square meters of gross floor space—equal to around
110 soccer fields—the complex will offer exclusive retail,
office and residential units. We already provided consulting
services to the client in the planning phase of the
project based on our partnership-based PreFair business
model and used virtual construction technology:
HOCHTIEF ViCon developed a complex 3D model of
the shopping center which could be used to calculate
the precise quantities of construction materials required.
Office and commercial buildings
In Frankfurt, the Tower 185 building will be constructed
by spring 2010. At more than 185 meters, the 50-story
tower is among the tallest buildings in Germany. After
completion, the building is expected to receive LEED*
Gold certification. The contract is worth EUR 62 million.
Since July 2009, HOCHTIEF Construction has been re-
vitalizing the former Unilever high-rise in Hamburg and
expanding it into the new Emporio urban quarter, featuring
office and commercial space, apartments and a
325-room hotel. The Emporio received the silver preliminary
certification from the German Sustainable Building
Council** in early 2009. The contract is worth EUR 121
million.
Real estate development projects
HOCHTIEF Construction is developing and building one
of the largest residential complexes in North Rhine-Westphalia
by 2011: the Wildparkcarrée project in Düsseldorf-Grafenberg.
The development will include 280
rental units and freehold apartments as well as luxury
townhouses. An initial 140 apartments constructed
during phase one representing an investment of EUR
40 million have already been sold.
Public-private partnership projects
In April 2009, HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions was awarded
a contract by the town of Moers in North Rhine-Westphalia
to design, finance and build a new town hall with
an adjacent education center and then to operate this
complex for 23 years after completion. HOCHTIEF Construction
is responsible for the construction work on
behalf of its sister company. The share of the contract
value accruing to HOCHTIEF Construction is EUR 48
million.
Infrastructure projects
As partners in a joint venture, HOCHTIEF Construction
is extending Prague’s metro line A along with its Czech
subsidiary. The project includes lengthening the line by
approximately six kilometers and adding four stations.
The total value of the contract is around EUR 500 million,
with HOCHTIEF’s share coming in at roughly EUR
190 million.
In Hořice in the Czech Republic, we are participating
in a sustainable project aimed at renovating all public
buildings and removing all barriers to accessibility
throughout the town’s infrastructure, ranging from
roads, walkways and public lighting to water mains.
Airport projects
In Wrocław, Poland, HOCHTIEF Polska is planning and
building the new passenger terminal for the international
airport by 2011. The contract worth around EUR
56 million features construction of a new three-story
terminal along with the access roads and 1,000 new
parking spots.
We are also expanding the airport in Poland’s second
largest city, Łódź, and preparing to build a new airport
in Vladivostok, Russia.
Energy
In the year under review, we built the first offshore wind
farm in Germany, “alpha ventus,” north of the island of
Borkum in conjunction with several of the country’s
major utilities. The wind farm includes 12 wind turbines
that HOCHTIEF Construction installed at a depth of 30
meters and a transformer station. Use of our Odin jackup
platform was vital in seamlessly conducting the nec-