The construction industry in France, Spain and Germany
Christina Mohr Miguel Cabezudo Nicolas Laflesselle
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Table of contents 1.The Construction Companies France Spain
Germany 2.Projects France Spain Germany 3.Statistics France Spain
Germany
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Construction Companies France 1.Vinci Volume of 32.000 million
Euro 163.200 employees Subsidiaries in more than 110 countries like
Poland (Warbud), Hungary, Sweden ( Europile Plteknik AB, DEC)
2.Bouygues Volume of 24.000 million Euro 121.000 employees
3.Eiffage Volume of 13.000 million Euro 70.000 million
employees
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Construction Companies Spain 1.ACS Group Volume of 1.200
million Euro. 142.176 employees. The company operates in more than
40 countries like Brazil, Italy, Jordan, China, United States,
Canada, 2.FCC Group Volume of 280 million Euro. 80.250 employees.
The company operates in more than 10 countries like Ireland,
Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Mexico, 3.Sacyr Volume of 150 million
Euro. 20.711 employees. The company operates in more than 15
countries like Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Cuba,
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Construction Companies Germany 1.Hochtief Volume of 20.566
million Euro 66.178 employees Subsidiaries in the USA (Turner),
Australia (Leighton), Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Switzerland
and Hungary 2.Bilfinger Berger Volume of 10.403 million Euro 67.199
employees 3.Zueblin Volume of 2.524 million Euro 12.279
employees
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French projects 1.The viaduct of Millau 2.The Channel Tunnel
3.The Eiffel Tower
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The viaduct of Millau 343 meters high : highest bridge in the
world 2,5 km long : longest bridge in the world
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The Channel Tunnel 50,5 km long 37 km under the sea, world
record
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The Eiffel Tower built in 1889 The paying monument the most
visited in the World
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Spanish projects 1.La Sagrada Familia 2.Cuatro Torres Business
Area 3.Alamillo Bridge 4.Guadarrama Tunnel
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La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi. Construction started In 1.883
Currently still under construction.
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Cuatro Torres Business Area These are the four tallest
buildings in Spain (224; 236m; 249m; 250m)
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Alamillo Bridge, Santiago Calatrava. The bridge only has straps
on one side of the tower. Built for the Universal Exhibition to
Seville in 1992
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Guadarrama Tunnel 28 km in length. This tunnel is the most
important engineering project in Spain.
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Projects of German Construction Companies 1.The Commerzbank
Tower 2.The Gotthard Tunnel 3.The Sheik Khalife Bridge
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Commerzbank-Tower in Frankfurt Built in 1997 by Hochtief as the
main contractor. The tower is the highest office building in Europe
(nearly 300m high).
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Gotthard Tunnel - Switzerland Bilfinger Berger and partners
from Italy and Switzerland are building one of the difficult
sections of the tunnel
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Sheik Khalifa Bridge 1.45 kilometer long bridge from Abu Dhabi
City to Saadiyat Island built by Zueblin
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French Construction Industry - Statistics - 439 980 companies
in 2009 - 86 % with less than 5 employees - 0,04 % with more than
250 employees Employees : 1,5 millions (1 people on 30 who is
working) Volume of 170 billion Euros in 2009 180 deaths per year (1
death every 2 days)
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Spanish Construction Industry - Statistics - 2008 economic
crisis affecting the construction industry. In Spain there are
3,000,000 of empty houses 750.000 unemployed in the construction
sector. 157 construction workers have died in 2010. Spain is the
third European country that has invested in construction in
2010.
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Forecasts Reconstruction Residential Construction Civil
Engineering No Residential Construction Forecasts Reconstruction
Civil Engineering Residential Construction No Residential
Construction Evolution of the Construction Industry in Spain
Evolution of the Construction Industry in European Union
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German Construction Industry - Statistics - 715.060 companies
in 2009 - 46,6 % with less than 20 employees - 9,6 % with more than
200 employees Employees : 705.000 people (in 2009) Insolvencies:
4.500 (in 2009) Labour costs per hour : 20,90 Euro (in 2009)
Incoming orders from foreign countries : 27,4 billion Euro (in
2009)