Built on the Dutch coast in 1894. Still building.
Hextal Group N.V. is a Fortune 500 European engineering and construction company headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We design, build and maintain the physical infrastructure that connects communities, powers economies and protects coastlines across 18 countries. Our work spans bridges and alpine tunnels, offshore wind foundations, hospital complexes, heritage restorations, water treatment networks and the digital engineering systems that tie them together. We employ 41,800 people of 32 nationalities, operate 2,140 active project sites and have been in continuous operation for 131 years.
Three words. 131 years of proof.
Permanence
We build structures that will stand for a hundred years. That commitment shapes every material choice, every design review and every handover certificate we sign. Short-term thinking has no place on a Hextal site.
Precision
A millimetre matters when you are boring through alpine gneiss at 1,200 metres below the surface. We measure twice, model three times and pour once. Our digital twins carry every dimension from design through to decommissioning.
People
The best infrastructure is built by people who stay. Our average tenure is 11.4 years. We invest in apprenticeships, graduate programmes and a safety culture where zero incidents is the only target we will accept.
1894 to the present day.
Founded
Willem Hextal and Sons begins as a quay wall contractor in the port of Rotterdam.
First major contract
Awarded the Nieuwe Waterweg sea lock reinforcement. 340 workers on site for three years.
Incorporated
Hextal becomes a limited liability company (N.V.) and opens a second office in Antwerp.
Delta Works
Joins the Delta Works consortium after the North Sea flood. Builds the Haringvliet sluice gates.
Civic expansion
Wins the Rotterdam Dijkzigt Hospital rebuild, marking Hextal's entry into civic construction.
Listed on Euronext
IPO on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Ticker: HXTL. Raises NLG 48 million for European expansion.
Heritage practice
Restores the Ridderzaal in The Hague. Heritage and Restoration becomes a permanent division.
UK entry
Acquires Calloway Partners, a London-based civil engineering firm. Begins work on the Channel Tunnel rail link.
Centenary
100 years in continuous operation. 8,400 employees across 6 countries. Revenue crosses NLG 2 billion.
Concessions launched
Creates Hextal Invest, the group's concession and PPP arm. First equity stake in a Dutch toll road.
Iberian expansion
Opens offices in Madrid and Lisbon. Wins the Barcelona metro Line 9 extension.
Energy and Grid
Establishes the Energy and Grid division. First offshore wind foundation contract in the German Bight.
Hextal/Lab founded
Thomas Hartmann starts a digital engineering skunkworks in Delft with three engineers. Now 1,200 strong.
Brenner programme
Awarded lead contractor role on the Brenner Base Tunnel North Approach, Tube T-3. EUR 2.8B contract.
New CEO
Margriet van Doorn appointed Group CEO. First woman to lead the company in its 127-year history.
SBTi validated
Science Based Targets initiative validates Hextal's net-zero 2040 commitment. CO2 intensity down 61% since 2007.
Record year
EUR 18.4B revenue. EUR 32.6B order book. 41,800 employees. 2,140 active projects across 18 countries.
Margriet van Doorn
Karl-Heinz Bruckner
Elena Ferreira Santos
James Calloway
Anna Lindqvist
Pieter de Vries
17 offices. 12 countries.
Benelux
UK & Ireland
DACH
Nordics
Iberia
CEE
Accountable to shareholders, answerable to the public.
Board of Directors
Nine members, five independent. The board sets strategic direction, appoints the executive team, approves annual budgets exceeding EUR 500M and oversees risk management across all group operations. Meets quarterly in Rotterdam with extraordinary sessions as required.
Audit Committee
Chaired by an independent director with ACCA qualification. Oversees financial reporting, internal controls, external audit (Mazars Europe) and risk management. Reviews quarterly financials against IFRS standards and CSRD sustainability disclosures.
Remuneration Committee
Sets executive compensation policy aligned with long-term shareholder value. Performance metrics include safety record (TRIR), on-time delivery rate, embedded carbon reduction and order book growth. No discretionary bonuses.
Nomination Committee
Manages board composition, succession planning and diversity targets. Current board composition: 44% female, 6 nationalities. All directors serve three-year terms with a maximum of three consecutive terms.
Sustainability governance is embedded at board level. The Chief Sustainability Officer reports directly to the CEO and presents quarterly to the full board. All capital projects above EUR 50M require an embedded carbon assessment before approval.
An independent, externally managed whistleblower line is available in 14 languages, 24 hours a day. Reports are investigated by the General Counsel's office with oversight from the Audit Committee. All reporters are protected under EU Directive 2019/1937.
Zero-tolerance policy on bribery and corruption, compliant with the Dutch Criminal Code, UK Bribery Act 2010 and the EU Anti-Corruption Directive. All employees complete annual compliance training. Third-party due diligence is mandatory for suppliers above EUR 1M.
41,800 people. 32 nationalities. One standard.
Hextal's culture is an engineering culture. We believe the best infrastructure is built by people who understand materials, respect physics and take personal responsibility for the safety of everyone on their site. That culture is not taught in a workshop. It is formed over years, on live projects, under the supervision of people who learned it the same way.
Our apprenticeship programme has run continuously since 1912. More than 6,400 people working at Hextal today started as apprentices. Many of our site managers, division directors and two members of our executive board began their careers pouring concrete, reading levels or driving piles before moving into leadership.
Safety is not a department at Hextal. It is a condition of employment. Every employee, from the CEO to a first-day apprentice, has the authority and the obligation to stop work if they observe an unsafe condition. Our lost-time injury rate of 0.41 per 200,000 hours worked is less than a quarter of the European sector average. We are not satisfied with it.