Construction

Affordable housing is in short supply, and we also need more schools and preschools. These are typical jobs for project developers in collaboration with construction trades. But contracts in the sector have abruptly fallen off. The economy is weak, and bankruptcies loom. “To survive in the construction industry, you’ll now have to restructure — regardless of what role you play,” says our author Roland Sitzberger. He is a civil engineer, an experienced industry expert, and Partner at Porsche Consulting.

04/2024

The construction industry has seen little change in recent decades. It still mainly uses the traditional approach of manual on-site labor with multiple trade representatives, with largely unpredictable risks. That could soon change. In the future, hospitality, healthcare, and residential buildings will be manufactured like cars in factories. One of the pioneers in this form of industrialization is a company from Finland.

03/2022

Goldbeck GmbH, a family-run construction and real estate company based in Bielefeld, offers everything from a single source. It designs, builds, and operates commercial properties such as hall buildings, office complexes, and multi-level car parks. It also manufactures the component parts of these structures. With the courage to pursue an individual course yet also to think in systems, it has become one of Germany’s most successful medium-sized enterprises.

07/2021