by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Construction & Infrastructure, Startup
⚡ TL;DRPortuguese construction has been through three distinct eras: an EU-funded building boom from 1986 to 2008, a domestic collapse during the austerity years when public tendering effectively stopped, and a recovery from 2021 driven by European recovery...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Construction & Infrastructure, Startup
⚡ TL;DRTeixeira Duarte is one of Portugal’s oldest construction companies, founded in 1921 and listed on Euronext Lisbon since 1998, with the founding family retaining majority control. It operates across six sectors — construction, concessions and...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Construction & Infrastructure, Startup
⚡ TL;DRBrisa operates the core of Portugal’s motorway network — over 1,500 kilometres of toll roads covering the country’s fundamental road axes. In October 2020 a consortium of Dutch pension manager APG, Korea’s National Pension Service...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Construction & Infrastructure, Startup
⚡ TL;DRPortugal is building a 290-kilometre high-speed line between Lisbon and Porto designed for 300 km/h and a journey time of about 1 hour 15 minutes, structured as three sequential public-private partnerships. The Porto–Oiã concession has been...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 30, 2026 | Portugal Construction & Infrastructure, Startup
⚡ TL;DRMota-Engil is Portugal’s largest construction group and one of the few Portuguese companies where the domestic market is almost an afterthought. In the first half of 2025 it reported turnover of €2.745bn, EBITDA of €448m and record net...
