Germany, July 21 -- HOCHTIEF has been awarded two major building construction contracts in Germany with a total value of up to EUR 130 million. For the University of Duisburg-Essen, the company will build a new research center on the campus in Essen. HOCHTIEF will also convert and extend a former boiler house in Krefeld into a modern event center.Sustainable research center added to university campusThe new research center in Essen is a five-story building for interdisciplinary work in the fields of nano- and material sciences, energy, water, microbiome, protein, environmental and chemical research. At the heart of the building is a 4,100-square-meter state-of-the-art laboratory area.The building will be equipped with a large-scale photovol...