West phal ia , ▁Germany . ▁Ho cht ief ▁is ▁Germany ' s ▁largest ▁construction ▁company ▁and ▁oper ates ▁glob ally , ▁ranking ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁general ▁construction ▁companies ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁through ▁its ▁Turner ▁subs idi ary , ▁and ▁in ▁Australia ▁through ▁a ▁ 7 2 . 6 8 3 % ▁share hold ing ▁in ▁C IM IC ▁Group . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁it ▁employed ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁employees ▁across ▁five ▁corpor ate ▁divisions . ▁One ▁of ▁these , ▁Ho cht ief ▁Con cess ions , ▁is ▁a ▁major ▁air port ▁operator . ▁The ▁others ▁are ▁involved ▁with ▁construction ▁project ▁planning , ▁fin ance , ▁construction ▁and ▁operation . ▁Work ▁done ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁was ▁€ 2 3 . 2 3 ▁billion , ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 0 % ▁coming ▁from ▁operations ▁outside ▁Germany . ▁ ▁The ▁company ' s ▁history ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁and ▁includes ▁engineering ▁fe ats ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁trans plant ation ▁of ▁the ▁Ab u ▁Sim bel ▁rock ▁tem ples ▁in ▁Egypt ▁( s aving ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁N ile ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁As wan ▁High ▁Dam ), ▁and ▁infrastr ucture ▁projects ▁like ▁the ▁new ▁Ath ens ▁International ▁Airport ▁and ▁Germany ' s ▁first ▁nuclear ▁power ▁plant . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁Bau haus ▁movement , ▁particularly ▁for ▁its ▁work ▁at ▁Z oll verein ▁col li ery