Strabag

Strabag is an Austrian international technology group for the built environment based in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, with its headquarters in Vienna. It is the largest construction company in Austria and one of the largest construction companies in Europe. The company is active in its home markets Austria and Germany and in all countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, in selected markets in Western Europe, on the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in Australia, Canada, Chile, China and India. In these markets Strabag has subsidiaries or operates on a project-basis.

==History== ===Origins=== The business has its origins in two businesses: Baumeister Lerchbaumer-Isola-KG, which was founded as a craft workshop business known in 1835. The business was developed by Anton Lerchbaumer (1879–1954) and his son-in-law, Franz Isola (1901–1968). It evolved to become Baumeister Lerchbaumer-Isola-KG in 1929. In 1954 Anton Lerchbaumer senior died. Franz Isola became the sole manager of the largest private building company in Austria. In 1968 Franz Isola died and Anton Lerchbaumer junior (1913–1974) became manager of the company. The company became known as Ilbau AG in 1972. Strassenwalzenbetrieb was founded in 1895 and known as Strabag from 1930.