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Jun 11, 1872 Berehove, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine Died on 17 Oct 1915 (aged 43) Gemini
Arthur Porr - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Arthur Porr
- Arthur Porr (born 11 June 1872, in Berehove; died 17 October 1915 in Vienna) was an Austrian building contractor and inventor of various techniques for concrete-based construction. The son of a Transylvanian wood trader graduated from the Militäroberrealschule (military secondary school) in Mährisch Weißkirchen and the engineering department of the Technical Military Academy in Vienna.
- He was made second lieutenant in the Railway and Telegraph Regiment in 1893 and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1897.
- In the same year he resigned from the military service and then worked for various construction companies in the development of reinforced concrete construction.
- At the beginning of the 20th century, the inventions of civil engineers helped the concrete building method to break through.
- This technology secured the leading position for the company A.
- Porr Concrete Construction GmbH founded in 1908 with O.
- Stern, whose CEO Arthur Porr was until 1914.
- The merger with the Allgemeinen österreichischen Baugesellschaft created in 1927 the Allgemeine Baugesellschaft - A.
- Porr AG, today Porr AG.
