News Worker on Fehmarnbelt Tunnel dies after site accident A worker on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark has died after being struck on the head by an excavator shovel on Monday afternoon. The 41-year-old Polish worker was…
Companies Eiffage to buy Eqos to tap Germany’s buoyant energy market French engineer Eiffage has agreed to buy German infrastructure company Eqos, which specialises in energy networks, telecoms and rail.
News Germany is turning its big open coal mines into lakes German utility RWE has chosen a Turkish steelmaker to supply pipe sections for its planned pipeline from the River Rhine to turn opencast coal mines in the Ruhr into giant…
Markets ‘It can’t go on like this’: Germany’s housebuilding crisis deepens Building permits for apartments in Germany fell by 18% in February compared with February 2023, official statistics reveal. The Federal Statistical Office said the figure was 35% less than in…
News Strabag team wins €532m contract to replace canal lock in Germany A team made up of subsidiaries of Austrian contractor Strabag has been awarded a €532m contract to replace a lock on a major canal in Germany. Ed Züblin, Züblin Spezialtiefbau…
News Germany’s largest landlord announces €6.8bn loss The largest landlord in Germany reported a loss of €6.8bn last week after writing down the value of its property portfolio. Shares in Vonovia fell more than 7% in the…
News Implenia and Johann Bunte win €130m German motorway contract A joint venture between Swiss contractor Implenia and Germany’s Johann Bunte Bauunternehmen will build a ring-road to alleviating traffic congestion in Bremen, northwest Germany. The 1.7km bypass will be located…
News European Investment Bank awards €200m to Germany for refugee housing The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to loan the west German state of North Rhine-Westphalia €200m to finance housing for refugees. The money will be channelled through a refugee programme…
News MVRDV designs Berlin office and residential campus Construction has begun on a 61,200 sq m mixed-use development in the eastern Friedrichshain district of Berlin, designed by Dutch architect MVRDV. The LXK Office and Residential Campus is formed…
News Mammoet slides rail bridge into place on the River Oder Dutch heavy lift specialist Mammoet has published details of its project to replace the Küstrin rail bridge over the River Oder on the German-Polish border. The project team decided to…
News Rheinmetall breaks ground on €300m artillery shell factory Düsseldorf-based arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has broken ground on an ammunition factory near the village of Unterluess in Lower Saxony. The ceremony was attended by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Mette Frederiksen,…
News Heidelberg data centre is ‘Europe’s biggest printed building’ Peri 3D Construction has handed over a printed data centre in Heidelberg, Germany. It calls the 600-sq-m building, named “Wavehouse”, Europe’s biggest printed building so far. Yesterday, it handed the…
News Germany’s economic slump may force it to rely on coal, business figure warns Germany’s plans to base its energy transition on a fleet of hydrogen-fuelled power plants may fall victim to the country’s growing economic malaise, leading to a continued reliance on coal,…
News Nineties Berlin film studio has sequel as bright yellow office building Construction has been completed on the redevelopment of a Berlin film studio into offices, designed by Dutch architect MVRDV and Germany’s Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten. The Berliner Union Film Ateliers, a…
News Germany starts laying track on its side of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun work on railways leading to the €3.5bn undersea Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link connecting Hamburg and Copenhagen. It will install 88km of track to…
News German politicians demand return of nuclear power Germany’s centre-right parties have called for a reversal of the country’s anti-nuclear policy. Leading members of the CDU/CSU alliance and the liberal FDP want to restart decommissioned reactors and build…
News German billionaire in talks to buy Hamburg’s stalled Elbtower German logistics magnate Klaus-Michael Kühne is considering a purchase of Signa Real Estate’s half-finished Elbtower, German business newspaper Handelsblatt reports. A source told the paper that discussions on a possible…
News Investors scrap German green hydrogen project over costs Investors have scrapped plans to build a green hydrogen plant in northern Germany because of high construction costs, broadcaster NDR reports. Set to be built in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, the plant…