STRABAG awarded three projects worth € 98 million in Slovenia

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- Building complex for the University of Veterinary Medicine in Ljubljana
- Warehouse at the international seaport in Koper
- Residential construction project in Ljubljana

STRABAG d.o.o., the Slovenian subsidiary of STRABAG SE, has added three new building construction and civil engineering projects to its order books. The company has won a public tender for a new construction project for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the capital city of Ljubljana. The new university complex consisting of two interconnected building sections with a contract value of € 46.4 million will replace the outdated faculty buildings. A five-storey wing of the building will house lecture halls and institute facilities, while the adjacent three-storey section will house the veterinary clinics. The design, by architectural firm arhitektura mj of Ljubljana, also includes the greening of the roof areas. The plans foresee designating the entire roof of the lower building section as a multifunctional green area.

Construction will begin in July and should be finalised by the end of 2025. Once completed, the facility will provide around 24,000 m² of space for research, teaching and clinical treatment in line with international standards.

Logistics centre at the Port of Koper

STRABAG has also been selected as the contractor for Warehouse No. 54 at Slovenia’s most important seaport in Koper. The project involves the construction of a warehouse for the storage and handling of steel coils. The € 35.9 million contract also includes the supply and installation of equipment and the warehouse management information system. A photovoltaic array on the roof and a transformer station are also planned to ensure a sustainable power supply.

The nearly 21-metre-high warehouse will be built on 1,730 concrete piles with a length of 31 metres. It has been designed in a two-aisle layout, will be equipped with several bridge cranes, and will contain no partition walls in order to simplify logistics, all of which represents a particular structural challenge. At 230 metres long and 61.5 metres wide, the building covers a gross floor area of around 14,000 m². Construction is due to start in July and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2026.

New public housing project in Ljubljana

The planned residential development to be built at the intersection of Litijska and Pesarska streets in eastern Ljubljana comprises 97 non-profit rental units, communal areas and restaurants on the ground floor, two units for senior citizen shared housing, and a two-storey underground car park with 188 spaces. The project in the suburban neighbourhood of Štepanja Vas is being built turnkey by STRABAG as general contractor for the City of Ljubljana. It consists of three four-storey buildings, two of which are grouped in an L-shape around a landscaped courtyard with a children’s playground. The family-friendly ensemble is complemented by a second playground at the third building, 380 partly covered bicycle parking spaces, greened roof surfaces and generous tree cover. The € 16 million contract with an estimated construction time of around 20 months is due to start in September of this year.

Strong market position in Slovenia

“We are proud to have been awarded these important contracts in Slovenia. The new projects in building construction are another opportunity for our Slovenian subsidiary and its team of around 130 employees to demonstrate their broad range of services and expertise. They have spent the past 20-some years successfully realising construction projects that not only bring economic progress, but also social benefits,” says STRABAG CEO Klemens Haselsteiner.

These three projects again demonstrate the Group’s extensive range of services and its ability to cover the entire construction value chain. In recent years, STRABAG has also acquired significant contracts in Slovenia in transportation infrastructures and environmental engineering, including the mechanical-biological waste treatment plant in Ljubljana or the ongoing construction of the feeder road to the future north-south motorway from Slovenj Gradec to Celje.