The construction industry
in France, Spain and Germany
Christina Mohr
Miguel Cabezudo
Nicolas Laflesselle
Table of contents
1. The Construction Companies
• France
• Spain
• Germany
2. Projects
• France
• Spain
• Germany
3. Statistics
• France
• Spain
• Germany
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 Pålteknik 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
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,…
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
French projects
1. The viaduct of Millau
2. The Channel Tunnel
3. The Eiffel Tower
The viaduct of Millau
343 meters high : highest bridge in the world
2,5 km long : longest bridge in the world
The Channel Tunnel
50,5 km long
37 km under the
sea, world record
The Eiffel Tower
built in 1889
The paying monument the most
visited in the World
Spanish projects
1.
2.
3.
4.
“La Sagrada Familia”
“Cuatro Torres Business Area”
“Alamillo Bridge”
“Guadarrama Tunnel”
“La Sagrada
Familia”,
Antoni Gaudi.
Construction started
In 1.883
Currently still under
construction.
“Cuatro Torres
Business Area”
These are the four tallest
buildings in Spain (224; 236m;
249m; 250m)
“Alamillo Bridge”,
Santiago Calatrava.
The bridge only has straps on
one side of the tower.
Built for the Universal
Exhibition to Seville in 1992
“Guadarrama
Tunnel”
28 km in length.
This tunnel is the most
important
engineering project in
Spain.
Projects of German
Construction Companies
1. The Commerzbank Tower
2. The Gotthard Tunnel
3. The Sheik Khalife Bridge
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).
Bilfinger Berger and partners
from Italy and Switzerland are
building one of the difficult
sections of the tunnel
Gotthard Tunnel - Switzerland
Sheik Khalifa Bridge
1.45 kilometer long bridge
from Abu Dhabi City to
Saadiyat Island built by
Zueblin
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)
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.
Evolution of the Construction Industry
in European Union
Forecasts
Reconstruction
Civil
Engineering
No Residential
Construction
Evolution of the Construction Industry
in Spain
Residential
Construction
Forecasts
Reconstruction
Civil Engineering
No Residential Construction
Residential Construction
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)