PORR
Our Mission Statement

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Our Vision

PORR - HOME OF CONSTRUCTION
TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD

We believe in a better world, a home facilitated by sustainable buildings. Those who build, change the world. For more than 150 years, standing at the forefront of the construction industry with new technologies has been in our DNA. 

Our goal is to shape the environment sustainably, while driving innovation and growth. And with it a world worth living in for everyone – today and tomorrow. This allows us to offer holistic construction solutions from a single source – from design to construction to operations, in building construction, civil engineering and infrastructure. 

Innovation, expertise and reliability – powered by PORR

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Our Business Model

PORR is and will remain
a construction company

It is one of Europe’s leading construction companies and has its headquarters in Vienna. On its home markets of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania, it offers a comprehensive range of services on a permanent basis. Here, it relies on its strong market position, regional focus and outstanding market knowledge. In addition, it operates a highly selective project business and offers its expertise in areas such as 
tunnelling, railway construction and specialist foundation engineering in selected international project markets and in cooperation with local partners. 

As a proven infrastructure expert, PORR realises complex and extensive construction projects as a general contractor and design-build provider – as a one-stop shop. From design, planning and construction to operation, demolition and revitalisation, it covers the entire construction value chain. It has its own resources for raw material extraction, logistics and recycling, enabling it to implement construction projects in a way that is especially economical and sustainable.

As the “Home of Construction”, its focus is on building. Since its foundation over 156 years ago, PORR has been working to create a better world. The result is long-lasting structures, both in building construction and civil engineering.

PORR relies on lean processes, innovative technologies and partnership-based project delivery using Building Information Modelling (BIM). Circular construction is also an integral part of the PORR Group’s strategy: Intelligent Growth with Green and Lean.

Building construction

Civil enginieering

Environmental Engineering

Design & Engineering

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Special competencies

Our Group strategy

PORR’s Group strategy
is based on its vision

PORR’s Group strategy is based on its vision PORR – Home of Construction. To Build a Better World. That’s why PORR is the home of knowhow and a magnet for the best people. With its comprehensive service portfolio, it covers the entire construction value chain and puts its core competency front and centre – building for a better world.

The future of construction in Europe is characterised by four megatrends: Deglobalisation, decarbonisation, digitalisation and demographic change – in short: the four “Ds”. These are the key framework conditions in which PORR operates. With selective, sustainable growth on its seven home markets and a focus on circular construction, partnership-based project management and lean processes, the overarching Group strategy remains unchanged: Intelligent Growth with Green and Lean.

Four megatrends

In the construction industry, the four Ds – deglobalisation, digitalisation, decarbonisation and demographic change – are the key framework conditions driving both demand and construction processes. This is why PORR’s long-term Group strategy is also aligned with them.

Regionalisation reduces international dependency. Geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties have caused lasting damage to confidence in an efficient global economy. That’s why more and more companies are turning to nearshoring and reshoring, 
i.e. bringing supply and production chains to their own country or a neighbouring country.

Local supply networks increase resilience. They result in shorter delivery times, fewer currency fluctuations, greater sustainability and faster response times. This requires modern transport infrastructure and reliable digital infrastructure. Local company sites are established by building production, research and storage facilities.

The EU has pledged to achieve climate neutrality. To this end, it has earmarked substantial investments totalling EUR 1.0 trillion in new technologies and production processes. This is resulting in comprehensive renovation strategies for existing buildings and requirements for new buildings – which must be emission-free from 2030. Energy generation from renewable energy sources is to be expanded at the same time.

The rise in temperature shall remain below 1.5 degrees  Celsius. This is the aim of the Paris Climate Agreement, to which around 200 countries have signed up. The focus is on national climate contributions, which include measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to promote resilience to climate change. These open up significant opportunities for the construction industry.

Technology and research are driving artificial intelligence. The EU is supporting digitalisation with investments of around EUR 180 bn through various programmes including “Horizon Europe”. In addition to robotics, this also includes basic research into artificial intelligence (AI). This requires extensive resources for buildings in the areas of data centres and chip production, where clean rooms are particularly in demand.

Digitalisation in construction has arrived. Highly sensitive sensors on massive pieces of construction equipment, robots that can handle routine tasks, and drones have long been a familiar sight on construction sites. In addition, BIM enables efficient coordination with all project participants thanks to the digital twin. 3D printers, virtual reality and AI are the next steps towards a digital construction site.

In future, around 80% of Europeans will live in cities. This leads to numerous challenges. For example, sustainable infrastructure and a reliable public transport system – think smart mobility – are essential for life in urban centres. Sufficient affordable housing also needs to be made available. 

The average age in Europe is rising by 4.5 years as a result of low birth rates and increasing life expectancy. This development not only has an impact on demand for healthcare and the amount of labour available, but also necessitates changes in urban planning, housing requirements and public transport.

Growth

Intelligent Growth
with Green and Lean

PORR’s corporate strategy remains focused on “Intelligent Growth” with “Green and Lean”. The focus is on expanding the strong market position on the seven home markets. PORR wants to be the market leader in resource-conscious, circular construction. To achieve this, PORR relies on partnership-based cooperation, a lean organisation and efficient processes in order to secure long-term profitability while creating sustainable added value for all stakeholders and society.

The Group strategy is based on 16 action fields, which are organised into four central pillars: Company, Employees, LEAN and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). New, measurable goals are formulated for each action field as part of a comprehensive strategy process. The Group-wide sustainability strategy remains firmly anchored in the pillars of Employees and ESG.

PORR’s ambition is not to be one of the biggest, but one of the best. The continuous development of the business model takes centre stage. Through innovative products and new technologies, PORR wants to achieve intelligent growth and safeguard its market share on every home market. The goal is to be among the top 3 construction companies on each market. There is a clear focus on the bottom line in order to ensure sustainable profitability with an EBIT margin above 3.5%. At the same time, the company is striving for an adequate equity ratio to ensure financial stability.

PORR lives by its five principles and implements them together with its customers, partners and stakeholders. Occupational safety is a top priority. PORR strives to be a “Best Place to Work” – one of the best employers. To this end, it invests in the training of its employees and workers, promotes leadership, diversity and inclusion, and is particularly committed to promoting women. The focus is on a performance-oriented approach to work, complemented by comprehensive occupational health management (OHM).

PORR works according to LEAN principles, whereby LEAN Construction on the building site is combined with LEAN Administration in the organisation to ensure a lean, flexible and cost-efficient structure. Through perfectly harmonised processes – from costing all the way to warranties – PORR sets itself minimum quality standards for costs, deadlines and execution. While doing so, it builds as much as possible itself and relies on in-house teamwork. PORR is also driving forward digitalisation, automation and connections in order to increase its competitiveness. The aim is to create a dynamic, flexible and responsive value creation network that communicates in real time.

With its commitment to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), PORR has underlined its focus on environmentally friendly construction. It proactively promotes the responsible use of resources and energy, both within the company and among its customers. These factors are crucial for a sustainable circular economy. Ethics, fairness and compliance are a matter of course for PORR – corruption is not tolerated under any circumstances.

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Foreword by the Executive Board

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Klemens Eiter, Chairman of the Executive Board & CFO
Karl-Heinz Strauss, Executive Board Member & CEO
Josef-Dieter Deix, Executive Board Member & COO
Claude-Patrick Jeutter, Executive Board Member & COO

Dear stakeholders,

When I look back on everything PORR has accomplished in the 2025 financial year, I am filled with pride. In a geopolitically challenging environment and against the backdrop of a construction industry experiencing only a gradual recovery, we not only delivered exciting new projects, expanded our range of services and capitalised on market developments. Our share price has also soared, enabling us to be listed on the Austrian Traded Index (ATX). PORR is now among the 20 largest and most liquid companies on the Vienna Stock Exchange. In addition, we launched our sustainability strategy and defined a clear roadmap for achieving specific decarbonisation targets. Milestone projects such as the opening of Austria’s first gypsum-to-gypsum recycling plant are contributing to this.

In 2025, major infrastructure contracts served as key growth drivers. These included the 1.8 km Lueg Bridge in Austria, ­Poland’s longest high-speed rail tunnel in Łódź, a railway line in Romania, as well as several railway modernisation projects in Poland and the Czech Republic. In Germany, projects such as the revitalisation of the Siemensbahn in Berlin and the overhaul of the Kachlet Danube lock came in. Building construction also gained momentum, including follow-up contracts for a pharmaceutical production facility in Germany, several healthcare construction projects and the Graz Center of Physics in Austria. Residential construction contributed too, for example through the Nordbahnhof Areal 3E residential complex in Vienna and the Kladno Living project in the Czech Republic.

Overall, PORR increased its order backlog by 11.7% and order intake by 14.1%. This is also good news for the coming year as the cushion of orders significantly exceeds one year’s production output. Production output remained stable at EUR 6.8 bn. Many large-scale infrastructure projects are currently in the design phase under design-build contracts and are therefore not yet reflected in this figure. Our decarbonisation plan has also yielded its first success stories. In the first year, we managed to reduce emissions intensity by 14.3% while keeping production output stable through the use of alternative fuels, the expansion of renewable energy and a consistent energy-efficiency strategy.

What lies ahead? The outlook for 2026 remains positive: This year is expected to be even better. The European construction industry is returning to growth. After two consecutive years of decline, the bottom appears to have been reached: Production output is forecast to grow by 2.4% already in 2026. Civil engineering will remain the strongest segment. But building construction is also expected to expand and residential construction to stabilise. In 2026, the residential construction segment in Europe is forecast to grow by 2.3%.

For PORR, this means continuing to expand to additional growth 
markets in 2026 as well as broadening our range of services in a targeted way. One of these is the PORR Healthcare sector, which has been established following the acquisition of the former VAMED subsidiary VAMED Standortentwicklung und Engineering GmbH (VSG). To address the high demand for affordable housing, we’re launching PORR Living – a modular-construction-based solution enabling rapid and cost-efficient residential development. To this end, the first projects will be implemented this year. We’re also strengthening our focus on industrial construction and data centres. Infrastructure will remain the key growth driver in 2026. While large-scale transport infrastructure expansion continues in Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic, we also anticipate increased order volumes in Germany.

Under our Green and Lean strategy, we’re continuing to implement projects to make us more efficient, leaner and more sustainable: These include innovations in recycling, digitalisation, LEAN Construction, the use of renewable energy and in emission reduction.

Although the geopolitical environment remains difficult to assess, we expect our dynamic development to continue. On the one hand, we’re not taking any risks in this regard: We have no operations in Ukraine or Russia at present, for example, and this will remain the case for the foreseeable future. We’re also closely monitoring the current conflict in the Middle East, which, according to current assessments, will not have a material impact on our reduced activities in the region. At the same time, PORR is capable of responding quickly to short-term market changes. Based on our high order backlog and the expected development of the market, the Executive Board anticipates moderate growth in production output and revenue in 2026 along with an increase in the EBIT margin. The long-term objective remains an EBIT margin of 3.5% to 4.0% by 2030.

Many of you have been with PORR for years – in some cases for decades. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyalty and the trust you have placed in us for all these endeavours. Let’s look forward to another successful year together.

Yours sincerely, Karl-Heinz Strauss