Strabag wins $170m contract for Vienna's Klinik Favoriten emergency department

Overview

Updated Oct 17

Austrian construction group Strabag has won a €152 million ($170 million) contract for the first phase of a new central emergency department at Vienna's Klinik Favoriten hospital. The commission from the Vienna Healthcare Group covers the building work plus the electrical, ventilation, energy and building automation systems. Work runs while the hospital keeps treating patients, on a site with a single access point.

The emergency department sits inside a 65,000-square-metre central building with nine levels, replacing the hospital's old pavilion layout. Phase one runs from September 2026 to the first quarter of 2030 and is set to open that year, with the full building following by 2035. Clay-rich soil dug from the site went to brickworks that turned it into about two million wall bricks, contractor PORR said.

Why it matters

One of Vienna's largest public hospitals is being rebuilt while still treating patients; this contract funds the emergency department that must open by 2030.

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Key Indicators

$170 million

First-phase contract value

Strabag's €152,135,636 award covers construction, electrical and HVAC works.

65,000 m²

Central building usable floor area

The nine-level building replaces the old pavilion layout.

Levels in the central building

The building connects to the 2016 mother-child centre and underground service tunnels.

2030

Target year for phase-one opening

Phase-one construction runs from September 2026 to the first quarter of 2030; full build completion is planned for 2035.

2 million

Bricks made from site excavation

About 14,275 tonnes of clay-rich soil from the dig were recovered by end-August 2026 and mostly sent to Wienerberger, according to PORR.

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People Involved

Stefan Kratochwill

Chief executive of Strabag SE

Leading the company through the Klinik Favoriten award

Evelyn Kölldorfer-Leitgeb

Director general of the Vienna Healthcare Group

Overseeing one of Austria's largest public hospital construction programs

Sabine Schmaldienst

Head of the 1st Medical Department, Klinik Favoriten

Shaping the new emergency department's patient flows

Organizations Involved

Strabag

Construction firm

Phase-one contractor for the emergency department

The Austrian builder awarded the phase-one contract for the central emergency department.

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund (Vienna Healthcare Group)

Public healthcare authority

Commissioner of the project

The municipal body that owns and runs Vienna's public hospitals and commissioned the Klinik Favoriten work.

Lohr Gebäudetechnik

Building services company

Strabag subsidiary delivering technical systems

Strabag subsidiary delivering electrical, HVAC and building automation systems for the emergency department.

Klinik Favoriten

Public hospital

Site under redevelopment

A public hospital in Vienna's 10th district, being rebuilt under the city's hospital modernization plan.

Timeline

2025 October 2026

8 events Latest: October 16th, 2026 · 4 weeks ago

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October 2026
International trade press reports the award
Latest Announcement

World Construction Network reports Strabag's €152 million award for the first phase.
October 16th, 2026
STRABAG stock pre-market at EUR 102.50
Market

After the October 15 announcement, STRABAG's stock traded at EUR 102.50 in pre-market at Lang & Schwarz at 7:39 a.m. CEST.
October 16th, 2026 • 7:39 AM
Strabag publicly announces the €152m emergency department contract
Announcement

Strabag confirms the €152 million first-phase award for the central emergency department, covering construction, electrical engineering and building services. The first phase is scheduled to become operational in 2030.
October 15th, 2026
September 2026
Contract awarded to Strabag
Award

Vienna Healthcare Group awards Strabag the €152,135,636 contract covering three lots.
September 7th, 2026
Phase-one construction period begins
Construction

Construction on the central emergency department runs from September 2026 to the first quarter of 2030, per Strabag.
September 2026
August 2026
Excavated soil from the hospital site recycled into bricks
Construction

PORR's earthworks unit recovered 14,275 tonnes of clay-rich soil from the Klinik Favoriten dig by the end of August 2026. About 13,300 tonnes went to Wienerberger and became roughly two million wall bricks, the company said in a report published 29 October.
August 2026
May 2026
Groundbreaking for the central building
Construction

Officials break ground on the Zentralbau, a 65,000 m², nine-level building in Vienna.
May 6th, 2026
2025
Old pavilions cleared, site prep begins
Construction

Old pavilion buildings make way and site preparation work starts at Klinik Favoriten.
2025

Scenarios

New emergency department opens on schedule in 2030

Likely Resolves by End of 2030

Discussed by: City of Vienna and Vienna Healthcare Group planning materials

Phase one of the central building, including the central emergency department, starts operating by the end of 2030 as the Vienna Healthcare Group has scheduled. Strabag finishes construction and the technical systems while the surrounding hospital keeps running on the single-access-point site.

Construction slip moves the opening past 2030

Possible Resolves by End of 2028

Discussed by: Strabag's own note on the constrained site

The single access point and the need to keep intensive care and outpatient units functioning during the build slow phase one. The Vienna Healthcare Group announces a revised opening date in 2031 or later.

Strabag wins later phases of the central building

Possible Resolves by End of 2031

Discussed by: EU TED tender records

The current award covers phase one through 2030. The full central building runs to 2035, and with construction and technical systems already in hand, Strabag is positioned for follow-on phases or related tenders on the same frame agreement.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

2016

Klinik Favoriten mother-child centre (2016)

The hospital's previous major build, a mother-child and operating centre, opened in 2016 as the first piece of the campus modernized away from the old pavilion model.

Then

It became the anchor of the redeveloped campus.

Now

The new central building connects directly to it, repeating the same phased approach.

Why this matters now

Shows the hospital has redeveloped in phases before while remaining fully operational.

2025-2034

Vienna hospital modernization program (Spitalskonzept 2030)

The city's Spitalskonzept 2030 and the Vienna Healthcare Group's building program frame the modernization of all city hospitals through the mid-2030s. Klinik Favoriten is one of the sites being rebuilt.

Then

Several hospitals are being updated to modern standards in parallel.

Now

Klinik Favoriten's old pavilion structure is being partly replaced by a central building.

Why this matters now

The Zentralbau is one part of this city-wide plan, which also updates other clinics by 2034.