Solel Boneh
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| Public company | |
| Industry | Construction, Civil engineering, Infrastructure, Roads and Logistics planning |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Founder | The Histadrut |
| Headquarters | Israel |
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Key people
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Yehoshua Rapaport (CEO) Uri Shani (head of directors) |
| Revenue | 1.7 billion USD in 2004 |
| Owner | Housing & Construction Holding Company Limited |
| Website | www.solbo.co.il |
Solel Boneh (Hebrew: סולל בונה, lit. Paving and Building) is the oldest, and one of the largest, construction and civil engineering companies in Israel.
Solel Boneh was founded in 1921 during the first conference of the General Histadrut, under the name of Batz (Hebrew: בע"ץ), an acronym of Binyan veAvodot Tziburiot (Hebrew: בניין ועבודות ציבוריות, lit. Construction and Public Works). Its first project was to pave a road from Tiberias to Tzemah, which is now part of Highway 90. The company was founded as a cooperative organization in the spirit of socialist workers' groups, but it encountered financial difficulties, which led in 1923 to the founding of a company named "Solel Boneh," based on the organization but managed as a business corporation.
Solel Boneh had an integral role first in building activities in Mandate Palestine and later in Israel after statehood was achieved in 1948. Among other projects, the company built Tegart's wall in 1938. During the Mandate era it built bridges, airfields, bases for the British Army and army projects in Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain and Cyprus.
In 1926, Solel Boneh employed 3,000 workers in various public works projects, included 139 women who worked in construction.
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