STRABAG receives new million-Euro-contract for construction of Katowice's main railway station
Construction of new railway and bus stations as well as a
commercial and service building in the centre of Katowice
Second STRABAG project associated with railway station
construction in Poland, after Warsaw
Vienna, 2 December 2010 At the end of November, STRABAG Sp. z
o.o. and Galeria Katowicka Sp. z o.o. signed a contract for the
construction of the new main railway station in Katowice in Poland. The
contract comprises the construction of the railway station with its
commercial area, construction of a bus station and road passage under
the railway station, construction of a 5-storey shopping centre,
multi-level underground car park, and a multi-screen cinema. The
construction works are to start within the next few weeks. The total
project value amounts to € 240 million. The STRABAG share is worth a
triple-digit million-Euro amount.
Total usable area of the new complex is around 200,000 m². The new
project will improve the comfort of the residents and passengers and
the solutions that are to be implemented will make the station
friendlier to the disabled. The project of the shopping centre is
inspired by the pre-war architecture of Katowice’s city centre.
This is STRABAG’s second project in Poland that is associated with a
railway station in a short time. Since spring 2010, STRABAG has also
been responsible for the refurbishment of the railway station Warsaw
East. In recent years, STRABAG has also carried out several similar
projects in Europe, such as the construction of a new railway station
in Berlin and the expansion of Vienna’s northern station. In Katowice,
STRABAG is known as the general contractor of Silesia City Centre
shopping mall, which was opened in 2005.
STRABAG SE is one of Europe’s leading construction groups. With some
75,500 employees, STRABAG generated a construction output volume of €
13.0 billion in the 2009 financial year. As a result, STRABAG is listed
in the Fortune Global 500 list as one the largest companies worldwide.
From its core markets of Austria and Germany, STRABAG is present via
its numerous subsidiaries in all countries of Eastern and South-East
Europe, in selected markets in Western Europe and on the Arabian
Peninsula. STRABAG’s activities span the entire construction industry
(Building Construction and Civil Engineering, Transportation
Infrastructures, Special Foundation Engineering and Tunnelling) and
cover the entire value-added chain in the field of construction. More
information is available at www.strabag.com.
