Construction experts Swietelsky Hungary

CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS

Swietelsky Hungary Kft employs over 700 people and its operations cover the whole of Hungary with branches established in a number of regions. The company is able to offer the full spectrum of construction services which generates approximately HUF 42 billion annual turnover. Edina Beale reports.

Swietelsky Gmbh is one of the most significant players in the Austrian construction industry, operating a number of subsidiaries and employing more than 6000 employees across Europe. Swietelsky entered Hungary in 1991 and established two subsidiaries: one involved in public utility construction projects and surface engineering, the other purely concentrating on road construction. The rapid development of the company began in 2004 when the two companies joined forces and soon became a leading construction company in Hungary.

Today Swietelsky in Hungary continues to generate some of its income from road construction. The company established asphalt mixing plants across the whole country to enable it to participate in the major infrastructure projects conducted in recent years. The extension of this operation will continue in the future. Currently a new plant is being built in Szarvas which will supply asphalt for several regions including Békés, Csongrád and Jász-Nagykun Szolnok in south east Hungary.

The road construction division recently completed the preparation work for the new M43 motorway between Szeged and Makó and currently is carrying out the construction of a 3 km road link between Zemplénagárd (Hungary) and Nagytárkány (Slovakia). At the same time, the company is part of the consortium that is responsible for large road maintenance projects in the Komárom, Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém regions in addition to other regions in the western part of Hungary.

Construction projects

Swietelsky Hungary is the main building contractor of the Metro 4 project in Budapest and is required to construct all planned tube stations for the capital’s new tube line. The company has also successfully conducted general construction projects including a college building in Baja and an education and sports centre in Törökbálint, a project that is worth over HUF 4 billion. The company has resumed the construction of the Laurus office block in Budapest’s X. district, a project that was put on hold temporally after the recent recession. The seven storey building complex consists of three individual building blocks with a total floor area of 3500m2 and will be handed over in September this year.

The Swietelsky-Közgép consortium has recently started the construction of the ANS3 air traffic control centre in Ferihegy airport; this project is worth HUF 3.6 billion.

Swietelsky has acquired special technologies that enable the company to win tenders not only in Hungary but in the neighbouring countries. It is due to finish a construction project in April this year in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. Here the company is required to build a five level underground car park with a total area of 18 800 m2 .

In addition, Swietelsky has many years of experience in property development. In Hungary the company develops its own properties of various types mainly including newly constructed luxury apartments, and offers them for sale (www.relaxhome.hu, www.harmathaz.hu, www.balazshazak.hu).

Specialist services

The company’s Environment and Water construction division has been reorganized in recent years and has taken on additional staff – mainly highly-trained water construction engineers and experts – to provide a wide range of services including water site construction, water plants, docking stations, construction of sewage plants, pipeline construction and flood protection. The company

Épületgépész Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. Vas Tibor managing director, Tel +36 20 9426 573, 1131-Budapest, Faludi u. 20, Hungary Telefon, fax: +36 1 232 1430, E-mail: vasfi@vnet.hu, www.vasfi.hu

We produce and assemble • Heavy steel structures including large halls and roof structures; • Railings for stairways and balconies as well as windows and doors; • Porch roofs, pergolas, courtyard lightings, unique staircases, traditional and rustic railings, fences and electric gates; • Stainless steel railings and overlays.

KÓD MŰSZAKI ÉS KERESKEDELMI KFT H-5100 Jászberény, Nagykátai út. 9. Tel: +36-57-505-600 | Fax: +36-57-505-601 E-mail: business@kodkft.hu | www.kodkft.hu

also offers environmental underground construction and complex technologies, drainage and guttering services, cabling, waste site construction and reconstruction, public and industrial water supply, and canal reconstruction. The division has recently completed the reconstruction of the Veszprém and Zirc sewage plant and is currently carrying out drainage construction developments in Hatvan and Rózsaszentmárton.

Over the years, Swietelsky Hungary Kft has also gained extensive experience in industrial construction projects. Since 1989, the company’s underground construction division, VIZÉP Territorial Directorate has been continuously taking part in the implementation of the industrial and environmental investments carried out by MOL Dunai Refinery and in special reconstruction projects that were undertaken without closing the operation of the refinery.

Swietelsky Railroad Construction Kft, part of the Swietelsky group in Hungary, employs the most modern technologies

that meet the highest European standards. This has enabled the company to be part of the consortiums involved in the reconstruction of the railway line between Tárnok and Székesfehérvár. This HUF 20 billion project is expected to be completed in 2012.

Highly trained staff

Despite the fragile market conditions due to the recession, Swietelsky managed to maintain its lead in Hungary. In order to stay competitive it is essential for construction companies to provide excellent quality of service whilst meeting deadlines. Swietelsky does this by investing heavily in the training of its staff not only to extend their knowledge and expertise but to prepare them for work in special and unexpected circumstances. Thanks to this approach Swietelsky has been able to compete with strong rivals throughout the years and won several tenders that required special expertise. One of these challenging tasks included the construction of the EUROPEUM hotel and shopping centre; the company was required to carry out the construction work whilst protecting the old building front and handling the undesirable geotechnical attributes of the ground. Similarly, the construction of Budapest’s only six level underground car park required professional expertise in this field.

In the future Swietelsky Hungary intends to maintain its position in the domestic market and exploit new opportunities in the surrounding countries. The company’s high quality and cost effective solutions together with its highly trained workforce and special technologies will enable Swietelsky to face up to the future challenges of the construction industry. n