Managers of Austrias biggest airport have decided to hold an open day at a disputed construction site.In what is regarded as an attempt to improve the aerodromes reputation, Flughafen Wien AG officials said today (Thurs) that the Skylink terminal building site can be visited free of charge between 10am and 5pm on 10 April.Skylink is […]
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Another aerial bomb found in Vienna
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Dozens of flats in Vienna-Wieden had to be evacuated after a World War Two (WWII) bomb was discovered at a housing estate yesterday (Tues).No one was injured when the 200-kilo aerial bomb was defused and removed by a team of explosives experts sent out by the federal interior ministry.Only last month, two similar bombs were […]
Porr may leave Hungary
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Porr AG chairman Karl-Heinz Strauss has said the construction firm may stop operating in Hungary.The Hungarian government has criticised the quality of a motorway recently built by the Viennese company. Strauss pointed out today (Tues) that the problems were “of political nature”.The businessman said: “We may have to withdraw from Hungary. I think (the situation […]
Austrian construction companies are in for a difficult year, a leading think tank has warned.The Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) announced today (Fri) that it expected investments in the domestic building sector to grow by just 0.7 per cent year on year. The think tank pointed out that the Austrian gross domestic product (GDP) was […]
Workers assigned to build Viennas new main train station have discovered a 250-kilo aerial bomb just days after a similar wartime missile was discovered at the building site.Police said tenants had to be evacuated from approximately 100 apartments located near the large construction site after staff came across the bomb this morning (Fri). It took […]
Nazi bomb found
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Explosives experts of the interior ministry were summoned to defuse two wartime bombs in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, this morning (Thurs).The bombs discovered at a property belonging to the Austrian army were identified as training bombs used by the German Wehrmacht forces in its military drill exercises during World War Two (WWII). No […]
Building project costs soar up
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Prices in the construction sector rose by nearly four per cent year on year in 2010, Statistik Austria has announced.The agency said today (Thurs) that costs climbed by 3.9 per cent. It explained that roadwork activities were 5.5 per cent more expensive in 2010 than in the previous year, adding that bridge construction rates jumped […]
Damages of 15,000 Euros were caused by thieves who stole tools and cables from a construction site in Lower Austria, it has been reported.Police in St. Pölten said today (Fri) that clothing, computer equipment, tools, copper cables and other items were taken from the building site in the city in the night-time incident. They added […]
Siemens Austria has been contracted to produce 35 underground trains for a Polish citys public transport network.The technology company announced today (Weds) that it was assigned by decision-makers in Warsaw to produce, deliver and install 35 of its Inspiro public transport vehicle models for 272 million Euros.Siemens Austria said it will start manufacturing the ordered […]
Strabag SE chief Hans Peter Haselsteiner has rubbished speculations construction projects in 2014 Olympics host city Sochi are running late.The businessmans company is just one of a string of Austrian firms which were assigned to carry out building and infrastructure projects in the Russian Black Sea resort.Haselsteiner told the Kurier newspaper today (Thurs): “We are […]