Development of the business segments

• High growth rates in orders received internationally
• Market position in Scandinavia further expanded
• Buoyant demand in Australia

With 80% of its business done outside Germany, the Civil business segment has a particularly strong international alignment. The focus of our activities is on major infrastructure projects which we carry out for public clients within the framework of concession models.

The international alignment in our civil engineering business is accommodated through a flexible and efficient divisional structure. On the one hand, we can apply our expertise in all markets without the need to maintain a presence in each country. On the other hand,we are in a position to offset, to a large extent, any swings in demand in the individual regions. Australia and Europe have now stepped in to replace Asia, which years ago was an important market. We have also once again secured larger projects in the Persian Gulf States.

The basis for the positive developments in this segment is our technical competence and the ability to carry out complex construction tasks. Additionally, in the Civil segment, we benefit from synergies with other business segments. The fact that construction and operating competences complement each other so well is an important strategic advantage in the competition for major infrastructure projects. The demand for privately-financed solutions has increased further in our international markets so that we can now show significant orders received on this basis.

Key figures for Civil