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 million Euro employees Subsidiaries in more than 110 countries like Poland (Warbud), Hungary, Sweden ( Europile Pålteknik AB, DEC) 2.Bouygues Volume of million Euro employees 3.Eiffage Volume of million Euro million employees

Construction Companies Spain 1.ACS Group Volume of million Euro 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 employees. The company operates in more than 10 countries like Ireland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Mexico,… 3.Sacyr Volume of 150 million Euro employees. The company operates in more than 15 countries like Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Cuba,…

Construction Companies Germany 1.Hochtief Volume of million Euro employees Subsidiaries in the USA (Turner), Australia (Leighton), Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Switzerland and Hungary 2.Bilfinger Berger Volume of million Euro employees 3.Zueblin Volume of million Euro 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.“La Sagrada Familia” 2.“Cuatro Torres Business Area” 3.“Alamillo Bridge” 4.“Guadarrama Tunnel”

“La Sagrada Familia”, Antoni Gaudi. Construction started In 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).

Gotthard Tunnel - Switzerland Bilfinger Berger and partners from Italy and Switzerland are building one of the difficult sections of the tunnel

Sheik Khalifa Bridge 1.45 kilometer long bridge from Abu Dhabi City to Saadiyat Island built by Zueblin

French Construction Industry - Statistics companies in % 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 deaths per year (1 death every 2 days)

Spanish Construction Industry - Statistics economic crisis affecting the construction industry. In Spain there are 3,000,000 of empty houses unemployed in the construction sector. 157 construction workers have died in Spain is the third European country that has invested in construction in 2010.

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

German Construction Industry - Statistics companies in ,6 % with less than 20 employees - 9,6 % with more than 200 employees Employees : people (in 2009) Insolvencies: (in 2009) Labour costs per hour : 20,90 Euro (in 2009) Incoming orders from foreign countries : 27,4 billion Euro (in 2009)