HOCHTIEF's business is shaped by innovative thinking, competence, working in a spirit of partnership and maintaining transparency. We are a reliable, trustworthy partner to our clients and dedicated to providing quality–in all project phases, for all the modules of our product and service portfolio.

Implementing these strategic principles as part of our daily routine represents a conscious effort to fulfill our Vision: "HOCHTIEF is building the future. –Along with our partners, we expand horizons, link people and organizations, create new ways to think and act, and continually enhance the values entrusted to our care."

Our Guiding Principles

The Guiding Principles are derived from our Vision and form a binding corporate code of conduct. They have to be observed by all HOCHTIEF employees and guide our business relationships with our partners, clients and shareholders. The Guiding Principles are divided into the following four sections:

Where we stand

HOCHTIEF is an international provider of construction services, and one of the world's leaders in this segment. We offer a portfolio comprising the modules planning, construction and operation. On this basis, we deliver integrated services covering the life cycle of infrastructure projects, real estate and facilities.

Thanks to our global network, we are on the map in all the world's major markets. We believe in sustainable growth and take on responsibility. We are a reliable, trustworthy partner.

Our highly qualified workforce creates value for our clients and shareholders. Building on its core competency, construction, HOCHTIEF is systematically expanding its spectrum of services to include multifaceted innovative solutions, concessions business and specialist services.

1. Client-oriented service spectrum

We address our clients actively and identify their needs. In personal discussions and throughout the process of partnership-based cooperation we demonstrate our expertise and professionalism.

We offer our clients convincing purpose-designed and comprehensive services along the entire value chain of construction.

We take an end-to-end view of our projects and take the overall life cycle of our buildings into consideration.

We achieve the leading position in competition thanks to the excellence of what we provide. To ensure this excellence, we always cooperate with the best partners.

We play an active role in shaping the markets of today and tomorrow and with our innovative products and services we set new standards.

2. Successful employees

We are geared to the steady and ongoing improvement of our results. We achieve this by means of new ideas, an entrepreneurial attitude, loyalty and a genuine commitment to excellence.

We assume responsibility for complex tasks and are given the necessary scope to achieve the agreed targets. We promote a frank and constructive attitude towards mistakes.

We reach agreement in our regular assessment interviews on concrete individual objectives. By means of objective appraisal we increase motivation and improve performance.

We ensure the transfer of know-how within our international network through the exchange of experience with our partners.

We work in inter-unit project teams in order to make best use of our range of competencies.

We attach importance to ongoing professional education and believe in a corporate culture which makes demands on people while always ensuring that they have the skills and resources needed to meet those demands.

We are flexible and mobile; for our external and internal clients we take on challenging tasks all over the world.

We are a strong group; as individual ambassadors, we help to ensure that the public has a uniform and positive perception of our Group.

3. Sustainability

We believe in sustainable growth and acknowledge our responsibility to the natural environment and to society.

We are committed to our ethical principles and do everything we can to promote fair business conduct.

We believe in equality of opportunity and work to encourage and support diversity.

We promote all measures to protect health and safety. In this way we reduce the risk of accidents and safeguard the health of all concerned.

4. Value-oriented strategy

We develop HOCHTIEF strategically and operationally - for the benefit of our shareholders and to maintain the respect of the capital markets.

We increase our earnings by means of innovations and safeguard the future of our company.

We believe in full and open communication, both internally and externally, and are committed to transparent reporting.