Teerag-Asdag AG (TEER), Austria

Founded in 1914 Teerag-Asdag AG is a major contractor for infrastructure in Central Europe. The about 3000 employees of the group generated a turn-over of about 850 Mill € in 2010. Teerag-Asdag has numerous subsidiaries in Austria, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech, Italy and Spain. Recently, Teerag-Asdag AG is incorporated in the PORR AG group, a major player on the European construction and infrastructure market.

Competencies and facilities

Our activities cover a broad spectrum, e.g. highway, railway, landscaping, river and waterways, hydropower etc. Recently, many construction activities in East Europe have been added to our portfolio. Traditionally slope excavation and stabilization play an important role in our daily business. Water induced slope failures are a major concern for our activities. Some high profile projects in 2010 are Highway M6, Dunaújváros-Szekszárd, Hungary; Expressway Campina – Predal, Romania; Highway between Vyskov and Morice, Czech Republic and Embankment construction for flood control, Krems, Austria. Such high profile projects offer a wealth of opportunities for young MUMOLADE fellows to gain hand-on experience.

Key person

DI Harald SCHÖN is the managing director of Teerag-Asdag in Krems, Austria. He has over twenty years’ experience in slope engineering and long-term cooperation with research institutions and universities. A joint research project on reinforced earth barrier for noise protection, supported by the Austria Research Agency (FFG) was successfully completed in 2007. Moreover, Mr. Schön teaches the course “Geotechnical Engineering for Road Constructions” for graduate students at BOKU.