Bilfinger Berger Magazine 2/2009

Bilfinger BergerBilfinger Berger Magazine 2/2009


News


MAJOR ACQUISITION
TAKEOVER OF SERVICES PROVIDER MCE
Bilfinger Berger has acquired the industrial and power services provider MCE, headquartered in Linz, Austria. This major acquisition is a big step forward in the development of the Group’s services business.


INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
BILFINGER BERGER BUYS LTM
Bilfinger Berger has acquired 80 percent of the shares in French industrial services provider LTM. The Lyon-based company is focused on the pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical industries as well as energy management.


ENERGY EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION
DÜSSELDORF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Bilfinger Berger is building the new Düsseldorf correctional facility for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The order is valued at €120 million. The facility will accommodate 850 inmates.


INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTORWAY PROJECT NEAR BRISBANE
Bilfinger Berger Australia has been commissioned to expand an eight-kilometer stretch of the Ipswich Motorway south west of Brisbane form four lanes to six. The project also includes the construction of 31 bridges.


EDUCATION
AUSTRALIA INVESTS IN SCHOOLS
Bilfinger Berger is profiting from Australia’s infrastructure programs. In the Sydney area the Group will be thoroughly modernizing 177 schools. The order worth €120 million is scheduled to be completed by mid 2011.


NEW HIGH SPEED LINE
TUNNELS FOR THURINGIA
To serve the new 100-kilometer high speed line being built in Thuringia, Bilfinger Berger is building three tunnels with a total length of around 10 kilometers. Total volume for the project amounts to €290 million.


GOLDEN EARS CROSSING
PPP HIGHWAY ENTERS SERVICE IN VANCOUVER
Golden Ears Crossing in Vancouver, Canada has entered service, providing a high speed link across the Fraser River. The key feature is a 1,000-meter bridge served by three kilometers of highway and nine kilometers of connector roads.


CONSTRUCTION AND PIPING
MANNHEIM POWER STATION
Bilfinger Berger is to carry out structural work for the new block at the Mannheim power station. The order has a total volume of €120 million, of which Bilfinger Berger will account for 30 percent.


STOCKHOLM RAILWAY TUNNEL
IMPROVED CONNECTIONS
Bilfinger Berger has won an order to build a 1.9-kilometer long section of the City Rail Tunnel in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, improving the connection from the city’s main station to the national railway network.