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HOCHTIEF history:

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History of
HOCHTIEF Construction Austria


HOCHTIEF Construction has been operating in Austria through a business unit since 2005.

In 2007, after the acquisition of a number of major projects, HOCHTIEF Construction Austria was established as an independent national company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of HOCHTIEF Construction AG.

Since 2008 HOCHTIEF Construction Austria constitutes the competence center for underground and road construction within the HOCHTIEF Construction AG. With this the company also offers its know-how in-house at home and abroad.


Chronicle of HOCHTIEF

The history of HOCHTIEF, the largest construction company in Germany, dates back to the 19th century.
The company was founded in 1874 by the brothers Helfmann near Frankfurt on the Main. In 1896 it was transformed into a corporation for structural and civil engineering works, and virtually at the same time the first foreign order was already received.





With the invention of reinforced concrete HOCHTIEF was able to advance its successful development further. Already in 1922 the company headquarters were relocated to Essen. After the reconstruction works of the Second World War and the economic recovery associated with it, HOCHTIEF established itself worldwide. Today the group is an international construction service provider and covers the entire range of construction and the services associated with it.

Detailed information about the HOCHTIEF history can be found at the following links below:
  1873 - 1896
Company established, first major construction contracts gained
  1896 - 1921
The company becomes an Aktiengesellschaft (joint-stock corporation) and expands its infrastructure
  1921 - 1933
Success in Germany, initial orders from other countries
  1933 - 1945
HOCHTIEF in the Third Reich
  1945 - 1966
Post-war rubble-clearing and reconstruction
  1966 - 1989
From the master-builder to the group of construction companies
  since 1990
Development into an international construction services provider
 
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