08/14/2012
HOCHTIEF Solutions formart celebrates topping out ceremony for the WaterHouses IBA Hamburg
The five residential buildings in a water basin are part of the international building exhibition, IBA Hamburg.
Hamburg, 14.08.2012 – HOCHTIEF Solutions formart is today celebrating the 'topping-out' ceremony for the WaterHouses in Hamburg. Five residential buildings are being built on posts in a water basin with a surface area of approx. 4000 m². All 34 homes, which range in size between 55 and 130 m², were sold before the building work commenced in June 2011. The site in Wilhelmsburg, between the harbour and Süderelbe, is part of the international building exhibition IBA Hamburg, and is scheduled for completion at the beginning of 2013.
Four buildings in the project are "triplex" homes: three-storey detached properties with separate access and their own water terraces. The nine storeys of the "WaterTower" will contain 22 privately owned apartments. The entrance level will also include a landing stage. The WaterHouses will be built to passive house specifications. Heat will come from renewable energy sources such as natural groundwater heat and the sun, and district heating added as and when required. A geothermal heat pump system will be installed, and solar thermal energy elements incorporated in the facades. The fresh air and energy supplies will be regulated automatically. The WaterHouses have been pre-certified with gold from the DHNB e.V., the German Association for Sustainable Building.
HOCHTIEF is a leading international building services provider. With over 75,000 employees and sales revenues of € 23.28 billion in 2011, the company is represented on every important global market. The group provides development, building and operational services to cover the entire lifecycle of infrastructure projects, real estate and complexes. It focuses on four strategic areas of growth: the realisation of sustainable energy infrastructure, the design of metropolises, the development of modern traffic infrastructures, and contract mining.
The group's Australian subsidiary Leighton (HOCHTIEF share approx. 54 percent) is the market leader in that country. In the USA, the world's biggest construction market, HOCHTIEF's subsidiary makes it the no. 1 in commercial building, and with Flatiron is one of the leading providers in traffic route engineering.
Because of its commitment to sustainability, HOCHTIEF has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability indices since 2006. For further information please go to www.hochtief.de/presse.
HOCHTIEF Solutions bundles the core business of the HOCHTIEF group in Europe and in specific regions in the rest of the world. The company plans, develops, builds, cultivates and manages real estate and infrastructure facilities. HOCHTIEF Solutions is the leading company in the group's European Division, which in 2011 had a total global workforce of approx. 15,000 people. The company is considered a market and innovations leader in many regions and divisions. Further information is available at www.hochtief-solutions.de.
formart is the residential development division of HOCHTIEF Solutions' real estate segment. The division develops, builds and markets residential projects in Germany and on international markets. With total annual sales of over 1000 properties to private users and institutional investors, format is one of the leading residential property developers in Germany. The group's offer includes multi-generation homes, urban residential forms, properties for the elderly and complete residential developments. For further information please go to www.formart.hochtief.de.
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HOCHTIEF Solutions AG
Gabriele Stegers Director Communications Real Estate Solutions
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