Volker Wessels
| Volker Wessels NV | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Public company (NV) |
| ISIN | NL0012294466 |
| founding | 1854 |
| Seat |
 Netherlands , Amersfoort
|
| management | Jan de Ruiter , CEO |
| Number of employees | 13,500 |
| sales | 4.713 billion euros (2011) |
| Branch | Construction industry |
| Website | volkerwessels.com |
VolkerWessels is a Dutch construction and plant engineering company . It is the second largest Dutch construction company after the BAM group .
The owners are the Wessels family (42.5%), CVC Capital Partners (42.5%) and the leading employees (15%).
history
The parent company Volker goes back to a predecessor from 1854. In 1978 the company merged with the Stevin Groep to form Volker Stevin , and in 1997 with Kondor Wessels to form Volker Wessels Stevin . The company name was changed to VolkerWessels in 2002.
Buildings
The company built well-known structures such as the Oosterschelde storm surge barrier or the Newcastle – Gateshead Millennium Bridge .
subsidiary company
The submarine cable laying company Visser & Smit Marine Contracting is a 50% subsidiary of VolkerWessels. Boskalis owns the other half of the shares .