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“Lukas Miedler’s and Lukas Ritzberger’s success shows the enormous potential that is inside our young skilled workers”. With these words, yesterday Hubert Wetschnig, CEO of the HABAU GROUP congratulated HABAU specialists Lukas Miedler from Horn (Lower Austria) and Lukas Ritzberger from Enns (Upper Austria) on their win at the EuroSkills 2025. The up-and-coming talents managed to secure the gold medal in the category “concrete construction” at the European vocational championships in Herning, Denmark.

The HABAU GROUP is currently training 210 young people in 20 different apprenticeships in Austria and Germany. In the 2025 apprenticeship year, around 41 new construction talents joined the team.

With the completion of the building shell, a significant milestone was achieved in the new construction of the elementary educational institution “bafep21” in Vienna’s 21st district. The project is being carried out by a consortium consisting of Apleona Austria GmbH, RBI Leasing GmbH and HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.H. within the framework of a PPP (Public Private Partnership) model on behalf of the City of Vienna. On 16 September, the consortium held a topping-out ceremony together with the client and representatives of politics at Schloßhofer Straße / Freytaggasse. The start of school operations is anticipated for autumn 2026, with overall completion planned for 2027.

At the European vocational championships EuroSkills 2025 in Herning, Denmark, HABAU specialists Lukas Miedler from Lower Austria (Horn) and Lukas Ritzberger from Upper Austria (Enns) managed to secure the gold medal in the category “concrete construction”. Following their win at the AustrianSkills 2023, they now managed to make their mark on a European stage and demonstrate their skills impressively.

At the threeway “Funkturm” traffic junction in Berlin, one of Germany’s most heavily transited motorway sections, the two HABAU GROUP companies HABAU and MCE will be completing new construction of the Ringbahn and the Halenseestraßen bridges. The investment sum is around 50 million euros net.

This year, the Steel Construction Award for outstanding engineering and architectural innovation was awarded for the tenth time. In the category of Infrastructure, the project “U81 city train bridge over Nordstern, Düsseldorf” by MCE came out on top.

In the course of the safety expansion of the S31 Burgenland motorway to Weppersdorf, significant headway was made on 16 June: the last incremental launch at the Sieggraben viaducts has been successfully completed. On behalf of ASFINAG, this milestone was achieved in a consortium made up of the HABAU GROUP and Swietelsky. An impressive example of technology, precision and partnership-based cooperation in line with what’s best for the project. Overall completion of the project is envisaged for December 2026.

For decades, the Waldbad natural forest pool in the Upper Austrian city of Perg has been a popular meeting spot for all ages. To expand the available seating options, the HABAU GROUP has now fabricated a concrete seating ensemble at the initiative of the association “Waldbad 69ers”. The ensemble, sponsored by Austria’s fourth biggest construction group, was built by enthusiastic HABAU GROUP apprentices with great dedication and is now available at the natural pool on the river Naarn – as a symbol of active regional engagement and for the delight of all bathers. The project was implemented in cooperation with the Raiffeisenbank Perg, which provided financial support. On 6 June, the finished seating furniture was officially handed over as part of an apprentice event alongside Perg mayor Anton Froschauer.