Karl-Heinz Strauss

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Karl-Heinz Strauss (born November 27, 1960 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian construction manager. Strauss has been General Director of Porr since 2010 .

Career

Strauss graduated from HTL Mödling in 1980 in the civil engineering department . He studied at Harvard University , at the Management Business School in St. Gallen and obtained an MBA from IMADEC University in Vienna.

At Raiffeisen Zentralbank , he held various functions up to 2000, including in the construction and real estate division. He then founded Strauss & Partner Immobilien GmbH, one of their best-known projects is the Euro Plaza on Wienerberg. After a selection process, he became General Director of Porr in September 2010 . Since then, by splitting off the real estate division from the construction company and concentrating on Austria, the Federal Republic of Germany, he has had certain parts of Eastern Europe ( Poland and the Czech Republic ) with regard to the construction business, and by withdrawing from the Middle East with the exception of the Emirate of QatarPorr AG largely got out of debt. Under his leadership, Porr AG grew from the third largest to the second largest construction group in Austria. The decisive factor for this was the bankruptcy of Alpine Holding in 2013. Porr was able to take over two subsidiaries of the insolvent construction group, namely Grund-Pfahl- und Sonderbau GmbH (GPS) and Stump , which was active in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. A total of around 500 employees were taken on. He sees the shortage of skilled workers and the training of the next generation as a major challenge in the construction industry.

Strauss is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claudia Ruff: Karl-Heinz Strauss becomes Porr boss . Der Standard , print edition of July 16, 2010, online edition of July 15, 2010, accessed on April 26, 2018
  2. ↑ Porr wants to be the best, not the greatest , Die Presse , print edition of April 22, 2016, online edition of April 21, 2016, accessed on April 25, 2018
  3. ↑ Porr takes over two other Alpine companies. Der Standard, online edition August 2, 2013, accessed April 26, 2018
  4. ↑ Shortage of skilled workers: There is a lack of all corners and ends | Part 1 a3bau on October 15, 2019
  5. ↑ Thomas Cik: From the excavator to the construction crane. Kleine Zeitung of April 30, 2011, accessed April 25, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Strauss, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian construction manager
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt