Film: The first 10 years
For 10 years now, VINCI has been deploying its skills in the service of urban and regional development.
The flagship projects
2000
June 2000 - 1,400 km of high-speed network.
VINCI Energies and VINCI Construction France have been charged by Telia International Carrier, a subsidiary of the leading Scandinavian telecommunications and Internet technologies operator, with the creation of a high-speed (backbone) telecommunications network linking Paris and Hendaye via Rouen, Caen, Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux and Biarritz, i.e. a fibre optic network more than 1,400 km in length.
Valued at over 150 million euros, the project involves creating the infrastructure (cable sheaths, pull boxes), laying and connecting the cables, and the construction and equipping of fourteen regeneration buildings, as well as the preventive maintenance of the installations.
September 2000 - A tramway in Bordeaux.
EJL Sud-Ouest, as leader of a consortium, starts work on the creation of a tramway for the Greater Bordeaux area. The company has been awarded a works package worth 8 million euros involving taking up 35,000 sq. metres of roadways and pavements, the laying of 4,000 m of multi-duct networks, and the construction of 11,000 sq. metres of platform, 16,000 sq. metres of roads and parking areas and 8,000 sq. metres of pavements. The works were completed in February 2002.
2001
May 2001 - TGV Méditerranée enters service.
The 3-hour high-speed rail link between Paris and Marseille entailed the construction of 250 kilometres of new track, 3 new stations, 500 civil engineering structures, and nearly 80 million cubic metres of earthworks. The line features around 20 major viaducts, more than 12 kilometres of tunnels and underground passages.
Several VINCI companies contributed to the project’s success, including Campenon Bernard, Dumez-GTM, Sogea, Deschiron, EMCC, Freyssinet, and GTM Construction (all subsidiaries of VINCI Construction) for the earthworks, drainage and civil engineering; Eurovia and EJL (for roads and utility networks and installation works, especially for the 3 stations); and VINCI Energies (for electrical installations and telecommunication infrastructures).
September 2001 - Inauguration of Phnom Penh airport Terminal A.
The new Terminal A at Phnom Penh airport, Cambodia, operated by a company 70%-held by VINCI Concessions, was inaugurated. VINCI Concessions also signed an additional contract with the Cambodian authorities on this occasion, concerning Siem Reap airport. The concession for this airport was granted to the same company.
October 2001 - VINCI picked for Le Havre’s Port 2000 project.
Several VINCI companies were picked for the first tranche of the planned Le Havre port extension, intended to double container-carrier traffic by 2005 and rival Rotterdam and Antwerp.
The project’s two main aspects were:
–construction of a 6-kilometre protective seawall and digging a channel. VINCI subsidiaries including VINCI Construction Terrassement, Dredging International, Dodin Campenon Bernard, VINCI Construction Grands Projets, TPC, Sotraga and GTM Génie Civil et Services all contributed, as did EMCC and Eurovia Béton;
– construction of 4 berths, by Soletanche Bachy—which became part of VINCI Construction 6 years later–, with contributions from Eurovia’s Le Havre agency and Matériaux Baie de Seine and Leroux Philippe quarries.
The second tranche of work entailed construction by Soletanche Bachy of 6 additional berths between 2007 and July 2010.
2002
February 2002 - VINCI Construction Grands Projets builds two pumping stations in Libya.
Under this €308 million contract, VINCI Construction Grands Projets built two pumping stations with a daily capacity of around 1 million cubic metres, with associated regulating station, at Al Gardabiya and Assdada.
The contract was part of phase 3 of the “Great Manmade River” project, which Libya initiated in the early-1980s in order to expand the supply of drinking water to the coastal areas and irrigate tens of thousands of hectares of new farmland. Work began in October 2002 and was completed in July 2007.
March 2002 - Maintenance of London's road network.
Ringway, a Eurovia subsidiary in the UK, is awarded a multi-annual contract for maintenance works (total value: €204m) by Transport for London (TfL), the body responsible for London's public transport systems.
The 5-year contract concerns the road network in north-west and north central London, including the capital's historic centre and main tourist areas (the City, Piccadilly, Chelsea...).
In particular, Ringway will be responsible for maintaining road surfaces, safety barriers, kerbs, footways, street lighting and electrical installations, signposts and the water evacuation system. The contract also includes 'smartening up' works, as well as the performance of tasks in connection with winter maintenance and emergency situations.
August 2002 - Renovation of Escota's tunnels.
Escota (VINCI Autoroutes), following the Mont-Blanc tunnel disaster of March 1999 which led to a tightening up of the regulations, launches a vast programme of works to bring the tunnels on its network up to standard. Although the new rules apply only to tunnels longer than 300 metres, the Escota programme covers all its 21 tunnels. This project, which will take almost ten years to complete, and is being implemented without disrupting traffic, represents an investment of 400 million euros.
It aims to improve accident detection technology (video surveillance, sensors), provide for speedier evacuation (pedestrian walkways, lighting, smoke extraction, ventilation), limit the consequences of an accident (access control, upgrading of fire-fighting resources, improved fire-proofing), and back up both the power supply and transmission facilities.
October 2002 - Building Europe’s largest nitrification/denitrification plant.
Campenon Bernard TP (VINCI Construction France) headed a consortium to build a nitrification/denitrification plant on the site of the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant at Achères, near Paris. The €390 million design-build contract was completed in 40 months.
November 2002 - Renovation of the baggage sorting centre at Roissy CDG 1.
Actemium Paris (VINCI Energies) is charged with the refurbishment, automation and improving the safety of the baggage sorting system at Roissy CDG 1 Airport. Worth €14m, the project was completed in 2007, making possible the processing of 7,800 items of baggage an hour.
2003
February 2003 - Equipping a tower block at La Défense.
Sdel GPI, Sdel Imtec, Lefort Francheteau and Saga (VINCI Energies) start work on the high- and low-voltage power supply, climate engineering and plumbing of the 34-storey CBX-Dexia Tower at La Défense, by Paris (surface area: 44,000 sq. metres). Project value: 17m.
March 2003 - Overall management of an urban lighting system.
The town of Chartres awards Citéos (VINCI Energies) the overall management of its urban lighting for a period of six years. The contract covers 6,000 light sources and includes management of the power supply, renewal of more than half of the lighting estate and the maintenance of the installations.
This contract, worth €5.8m, was renewed in March 2010.
September 2003 - A new section between Prague and Krakow.
SSZ, a Eurovia subsidiary in the Czech Republic, secures, in a joint venture with its subsidiary ODS, the contract to build a 6.5 km section of the D47 motorway, which links Prague and Krakow. The works, worth 140 million euros, include the earthworks and the construction of the pavements and engineering structures.
2004
January 2004 - Start-up of operation of Grenoble airport.
The consortium in which VINCI Airports (part of VINCI Concessions) holds a 50% stake began operating the Grenoble Saint-Geoirs airport. The 5-year delegated public service contract, comprising cleaning, maintenance and operation of the airport terminal, runways, shops and car parks, was renewed for a further 14.5-year period on 28 November 2008.
June 2004 - Contract to maintain 43 schools in Germany.
SKE, a German subsidiary of VINCI Facilities (Énergies business line) specialising in building maintenance won a 15-year, €295 million public-private partnership (PPP) contract to upgrade, maintain and manage 43 schools. The contract covered 234 buildings, representing 220,000 m2 and 20,000 pupils.
July 2004 - High-speed network.
VINCI Energies and Alcatel sign a €55.5m contract with the General Council of the Moselle département (east of France) for the design and construction of a high-speed infrastructure more than 924 km in length. The works were supplied by subsidiaries of VINCI Energies and VINCI Construction.
August 2004 - The Rion-Antirion bridge enters service.
The Charilaos Trikoupis (Rion-Antirion) bridge, linking continental Greece to the Peloponnese, was opened to traffic. The 2,252-m structure can withstand earth tremors of magnitudes above 7 on the Richter scale.
Several VINCI contractors were involved in the work, notably including VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Freyssinet (VINCI Construction), Eurovia and VINCI Energies. It is operated by Gefyra (VINCI Concessions), under a 35-year concession.
September 2004 - Synergies in the Czech Republic.
SSZ (Eurovia) and SMP Construction (VINCI Construction) start work, in the Czech Republic, on a 12 stretch of the D8 motorway between Trmice and Kninice. This 2X2- lane section includes 19 engineering structures. Worth 107 million euros, the works were completed in August 2007.
December 2004 - A new tower for La Défense.
VINCI was awarded the contract to build the 180-metre tall, 36-floor Tour Granite at La Défense, Paris, in a joint-development with Nexity. The building, designed by architect Christian de Portzamparc contains 68,000 m2 of office space for 4,800 Société Générale employees.
The contract for the foundations and main structural work worth a total of €72 million was awarded to contractors belonging to VINCI Construction France, while €45 million of technical contracts went to firms belonging to VINCI Energies. The Tour Granite was delivered in October 2008.
2005
March 2005 - The European Investment Bank expands.
A consortium consisting of CFE, a Belgian subsidiary of VINCI Construction, and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, won a €135 million contract to build a new head office building for the European Investment Bank, the European Union’s financial institution, in Luxemburg.
The building, enclosed in a cylindrical glass casing, comprises 9 floors of offices and 2 levels of underground car parking, 3 heated atriums and 3 naturally ventilated winter gardens, representing 72,000 m2 in all. The transparency of the glass casing and of the winter gardens was designed to reduce energy consumption and atmospheric emissions. The new building was inaugurated in June 2008.
March 2005 - Signing of the A19 concession contract.
Gilles de Robien, French Minister for Transport, and Arcour (VINCI Autoroutes) sign the concession contract for the A19, between Artenay (A10 motorway) and Courtenay (A6 motorway), for a period of 65 years. More respectful of the environment, safer and more user-friendly, this 101 km stretch of road, which completes the outer ring road round the Paris region, meets the standards of the eco-motorway, a concept developed by VINCI's motorway-operating companies.
It was built by Group companies (VINCI Construction Grands Projets, VINCI Construction France, VINCI Construction Terrassement and Eurovia) and is operated by Cofiroute (VINCI Autoroutes). It was brought into service on 16 June 2009.
May 2005 - Storage site in the port of Antwerp.
Eurovia and Van Wellen (CFE) join forces in order to create a platform, in the port of Antwerp (Belgium), for storing, processing and trading in construction materials. In particular, the site will serve to supply markets in northern Europe where there is a shortage of road-building materials.
As of July 2005, this platform will be able to store 300,000 tonnes of materials, brought in by sea, and will enable 72,000 tonnes of materials to be unloaded and automatically stored in one go, at a rate of 6,000 tonnes/hour.
August 2005 - Urban lighting in Marseilles.
Two Citéos business units (VINCI Energies) form part of the consortium appointed by the city of Marseilles to operate, maintain and renovate its urban lighting network. 35 people will spend 5 years operating this network, comprising almost 70,000 light sources. Contract value: €17m.
October 2005 - A launch pad for Soyuz.
The consortium including VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Nofrayane (VINCI Construction’s local subsidiary), MT Aerospace (Germany) for metal structures and Clemessy (France) for high voltage electrical engineering, as well as Axima (Belgium), Krystal (France) and Intemann (Austria) for air conditioning, and APCO Technologies (Switzerland) for travelling cranes, was picked to carry out the ground infrastructure work and mechanical construction components of the Soyuz programme in French Guyana. The €135 million contract included construction of a payload preparation facility, launch pad and launch control centre, together representing 20,000 m2 of floor area and 86,000 m2 of roads on a 120-hectare site.
Work was completed in 36 months, in time for the launch of the first Soyuz during the second semester of 2010.
2006
February 2006 - Quick and Opteor, a "Giant" partnership
Opteor (VINCI Energies) is charged by restaurant chain Quick with the maintenance of 34 of its establishments in the west and south-east of France. This contract expands, in July 2007, to include some fifteen additional sites in the north and east of France, involving an input from Opteor Lorraine and Opteor Les Hauts de France. It covers various key operational areas, such a climate control, the power supply and cold storage for food.
March 2006 - Maintenance of telephone landlines.
In Poland, Graniou (VINCI Energies) began implementing a 3-year contract, renewed and extended in late 2005 by Telekomunikcja Polska, the local subsidiary of France Télécom, concerning the 7/7-day preventive and remedial maintenance of almost a million telephone landlines. The contract also includes a section relating to the construction of fibre optic infrastructure and the installation of new lines.
October 2006 - First urban lighting PPP.
The municipality of Thiers (central France) awarded VINCI Energies the contract to manage the town's urban lighting within the framework of a 15-year public-private partnership (PPP). Valued at a total of €6.75m, this first PPP to be secured by VINCI Energies covers the supply and management of power, the upkeep, maintenance and renewal of the installations (3,700 light sources), and the design and implementation of the lighting plan and the illuminations for the festive period. The project was implemented by SCIE Puy-de-Dôme and Citéos Exploitation Rhône-Alpes Auvergne, two VINCI Energies business units.
2007
January 2007 - An express light rail system for Lyon.
The RhônExpress Consortium was designated concession holder for the express light rail project linking the Gare de Lyon-Part Dieu to Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport in under 30 minutes, via a 22 km line connecting with Lyon conurbation’s public transport system, comprising a metro, a light rail system and TGV stations.
The consortium consisted of VINCI (32.4%)—including VINCI Concession, ETF Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires, Entreprise Jean Lefebvre Sud-Est (both subsidiaries of Eurovia), Campenon Bernard Management, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction France, and Roiret Transport (a subsidiary of VINCI Energies)—, in conjunction with Cegelec Centre-Est (2.8%), Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations (36.6%) and Veolia Transport (28.2%).
The consortium was given responsibility for designing, funding, building, servicing and operating the infrastructure for a period of 30 years. Scheduled start-up date: August 2010.
January 2007 - The Cofiroute network breaks through the 1,000 km barrier.
The Cofiroute network (VINCI Autoroutes) breaks through the 1,000 km barrier with the bringing into service of the section between Bourgueil and Langeais (central France) - the 'missing link' in the A85 Tours-Angers motorway.
March 2007 - Inauguration of the Viva Marinha hotel complex.
Located near Lisbon (Portugal), this luxury complex had been entirely equipped by
Sotecnica and Sotubar, two VINCI Energies business units: a multi-technology project (electricity, security, telecommunications, climate control, water treatment and gas supply network) for a surface area of 60,000 sq. metres surrounded by 155,000 sq. metres of gardens. Group companies were also charged with the maintenance of the installations.
March 2007 - An urban lighting PPP in Rouen.
The city of Rouen (Normandy) entrusts the "centralised management of the safety of its public spaces" to a joint venture formed by VINCI Energies and VINCI Concessions.
This public-private partnership, unprecedented in the nature and scope of its content, concerns urban lighting (replacement and maintenance of lighting installations and traffic lights), the power supply and traffic management, for a period of 20 years.
The works represent 50% of the overall contract. They were supplied by VINCI Construction France and VINCI Energies business units, in association with local SMEs.
July 2007 - Signature of Athens-Tsakona motorway concession contract.
VINCI Concessions signed a contract with the Greek Government for the concession to operate the Athens-Tsakona motorway, the largest motorway construction project in Greece. The project entails arranging the financing, designing, building and/or upgrading, as well as operating the 365 km of toll road linking Athens to Tsakona, via Corinth and Patras, in the southwestern Peloponnese, for a period of 30 years. This involves 82 km of existing motorway, 120 km to be upgraded and widened, and 163 km to be built. The work is being carried out by a consortium comprising, among others, VINCI Construction Grand Projets (check that for the exact name) in tandem with its German and Greek partners.
September 2007 - A confinement shelter for Chernobyl.
The Novarka consortium, a 50/50 venture between VINCI Construction Grands Projets (leader) and Bouygues Travaux Publics, was awarded the “New Safe Confinement” design-build contract for Chernobyl.
This covers the design and construction of a confinement shelter in the form of a huge arch to permit dismantling of the old sarcophagus and the wreckage of the reactor that exploded on 26 April 1986. The arch will consist of an 18,000-ton metal framework spanning the existing sarcophagus. It will be 105 metres high, 150 metres long, with a 257-metre span.
The contract, worth over €430 million, was signed in Chernobyl on 17 September 2007. The project is being carried out on behalf of ChNPP, a Ukrianian State-owned company, with financing provided by an international fund managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
October 2007 - 70 km of large-capacity fibre optic cables beneath the streets of Paris.
In order to supply high-speed internet access to 23,000 residents in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, teams from Graniou (VINCI Energies), on behalf of the operator Free, were deploying 50 720-optical-fibre cables, a total of 70 km in length, via the capital's sewers.
The deployment of FTTH (fiber to the home) was to continue in the 4th and 17th arrondissements, and then across France.
October 2007 - Getting down to work on Berlin airport project.
Eurovia, as leader of a consortium, was awarded the contract to build one of the runways and the parking areas at the new Berlin-Brandenburg-International Airport.
Worth 215 million euros, the contract involves building and equipping one of the two take-off/landing runways, the taxiways and the parking areas for planes. The works will last from September 2007 until April 2011.
2008
April 2008 - Stone setting for A-Modell A4.
The concession holding company Via Solutions Thüringen GmbH & CO.KG, 50% held by VINCI concessions, laid the foundation stone for the construction of the A4 motorway in Germany. This €300 million project will relieve congestion on one of the most important motorway and trunk roads crossing Germany from west to east.
The contract covers the design, construction and operation, starting in May 2008, of the 45-km section between the towns of Gotha and Eisenach, in the State of the Thuringia under a 30-year public-private partnership (PPP) contract.
The 4-year upgrading (widening) and construction programme is being carried out by a consortium consisting of a Eurovia (project leader), Hochtief Construction and German SMEs.
May 2008 - Qatar-Bahrain causeway, the world’s longest bridge.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets, leader of a consortium of construction companies, and Middle East Dredging Company – Medco - (a subsidiary of CFE, a VINCI Group company) was awarded a design-build contract for the causeway between Qatar and Bahrain with the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation.
The Qatar-Bahrain Causeway project involves the design and construction of a 40 km two-lane dual carriageway motorway between Qatar and Bahrain, cutting road journey times between the two countries from 5 hours previously to around 30 minutes.
May 2008 - Renovation of an HV line.
In the Czech Republic, Elektrotrans (VINCI Energies) wins a 3-year contract with CEPS, the company responsible for the country's electricity network and power transmission. It involves renovating the V207 line between Tabor and Sokolnice (150 km of 220 kV line), including refurbishing the pylons and replacing the conductors and insulators.
June 2008 - Launch of works on the A89 between Balbigny and La Tour-de-Salvagny (central France).
ASF (VINCI Autoroutes) launches the works for the section of the A89 linking Balbigny and La Tour-de-Salvagny, in central France. This 50 km section will supplement the 324 km already operational between Bordeaux and Clermont-Ferrand.
Several VINCI companies are participating in the project, notably VINCI Construction Terrassement, leader, and Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction subsidiaries), GTM TP Lyon (VINCI Construction France), and Eurovia GPI and Eurovia Lyon (Eurovia subsidiaries). With the works being carried out in an environmentally sensitive region, ASF is working in close collaboration with the environmental protection bodies.
June 2008 - Electrical renovation works in 80 Carrefour hypermarkets.
Eight VINCI Energies business units (Masselin Surfaces Commerciales, Masselin Océane, Masselin Tertiaire, MCTI, Barillec Bretagne, Degreane Toulon, EGEP Bordeaux and Santerne Surfaces Commerciales) are working on a nationwide project representing 85,000 hours of work: the renovation of the lighting in Carrefour's 80 French hypermarkets.
The retailing group's objective is to reduce its electricity consumption by installing fewer, but more efficient and environmentally-friendly light fittings in its sales areas. The operation was completed in March 2009.
October 2008 - Completion of financing for MMArena.
VINCI Concessions completed the €102 million financing for the MMArena Stadium concession contract, for Le Mans football stadium.
The concession contract consists in designing, financing, building and operating the 25,000 seat MMArena Stadium which will be at home to the town's president football club, "Le Mans Union Club 72". Construction work and maintenance are being performed by subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France.
October 2008 - In tandem on the S7.
A consortium composed of Eurovia Polska (leader), Warbud (VINCI Construction), OL-Trans and Drogomex signs a contract to build a 14 km section, between Elblag and Kalsk, of the S7 expressway linking Gdansk and Warsaw (Poland). Worth 153 million euros (of which 53% for Eurovia and 18% for Warbud), the works will take 22 months to complete.
November 2008 - A rail link in the port of Antwerp.
The Locoral Consortium, consisting of VINCI Concessions, CFE (a subsidiary of VINCI Construction) and BAM PPP, was named concession holder for the Liefkenshoek rail link in Belgium.
The 16.2-km 2-track freight line will link the north and south banks of the port of Antwerp, passing under the Escaut River and the North Sea Canal. The project includes two tunnels to be drilled, each with a diameter of 7.3 m and 60 m long, built by construction crews from VINCI Construction Grands Projets and MBG (CFE), with contributions from Soletanche Bachy (VINCI Construction) and its subsidiary Fontec. The new infrastructure is scheduled to enter service in 2013.
December 2008 - Aggregates putting out to sea.
Construction DJL (Eurovia) loads more than 50,000 tonnes of aggregates onto a 190 m-long ship, the Nord Vision. The ship delivered this cargo in Port Canaveral, in Florida. Construction DJL's system of exporting construction materials by sea is becoming increasingly significant, a fully-fledged new business activity in its own right.
December 2008 - LAZ Parking becomes on street parking operator in Chicago.
Chicago City Council (Illinois) awarded the concession to operate 36,000 on-street parking spaces to an investor group headed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure. This is the first contract of this importance in the United States to be awarded to LAZ Parking, a subsidiary of VINCI Park (VINCI Concessions), comprising exclusive operation of the contract for 7 years.
LAZ Parking will be responsible for technical maintenance of the parking meters, ground signage, revenue collection and application of parking fines. Between now and 2011, it will also gradually replace the standard parking meters with equipment capable of accepting innovative new payment methods using cards and mobile phones.
2009
January 2009 - Travelling worksite for Européenne de Travaux Ferroviaires.
Européenne de Travaux Ferroviaires (a subsidiary of ETF-Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires), is awarded a contract for the renewal of track and ballast all over France.
This itinerant worksite, a veritable factory on rails, will be operational through into 2012, involving more than 300 people and requiring the deployment of high-performance equipment such as a ballast-clearing train (single-process clearing/renewal of ballast) and a track renewal train (single-process replacement of sleepers and rails). Over 200 km of track will be replaced each year, at an average rate of 1,000 m a day.
Marc 2009 - A pumping station in Qatar.
A consortium led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets (leader) and comprising Entrepose Contracting and QDVC (a Qatari subsidiary 49%-owned by VINCI Construction Grands Projets and 51%-owned by Qatari Diar), VINCI has signed a contract with the Doha Public Works Authority, PWA Ashghal, to build a pumping station to the north of Doha, capital of Qatar.
The contract, worth €358 million, calls for the building of a pumping station with a capacity of 900,000 cubic metres/day and laying over 45 km of a 1,600-mm diameter pipeline. The station will be used to channel Doha’s wastewater to a treatment plant currently under construction 25 km to the north of the city. Work is scheduled to last 33 months.
March 2009 - Signature of PPP contract for RI Expressway in Slovakia.
The Granvia consortium, 50%-held by VINCI Concessions, signed a 30-year PPP contract to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the 52-km RI Expressway in Slovakia, divided up into four distinct sections.
The concession company’s remuneration will take the form of an annual royalty paid by the grantor. Work in the €900 million contract is scheduled to last around 4 years and will be carried out by Granvia Construction, a subsidiary of Eurovia.
June 2009 - A photovoltaic farm under the sun of the West Indies.
Getelec Electricité (VINCI Energies) is awarded a contract by Akuo Solar for the construction of a photovoltaic power station at Capesterre, on the island of Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe).
With an output of 2 MWc, this solar energy farm is the biggest green electricity project in the West Indies-Guyana region.
On this turnkey project, Getelec Electricité will be entirely responsible for the supply and installation of the equipment (earthworks, site safety, creation of transformer stations and inverters, installation and wiring up of the solar panels and the delivery station).
June 2009 - Widening the A63.
A consortium notably comprising Eurovia GPI, VINCI Construction Terrassement and Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction subsidiaries) wins the contract, in connection with the upgrading of the A63 motorway, to widen the stretch between Ondres and Biarritz, in south-west France, from 2x2 to 2x3 lanes.
Eurovia GPI (lead contractor) is managing the consortium and coordinating the works, as well as supplying the pavements and drainage together with Cognac TP (a Eurovia subsidiary). The earthworks are being supplied by VINCI Construction Terrassement; Sogea Sud-Ouest TP and GTM Sud-Ouest TP (VINCI Construction France subsidiaries) are working together with Dodin Campenon Bernard on the construction of the engineering structures. Worth a total of €146m, the works will take 48 months to complete.
June 2009 - Cairo metro, line 3, phase 2.
In Egypt, the consortium headed by VINCI Construction Grands Projets signs the contract for the civil engineering works package of phase 2 of line 3 of the Cairo metro.
Valued at €323m, this project calls for the construction of a 7.2 km long section of tunnel and 4 underground stations. The works will take 51 months to complete, with entry into service scheduled for October 2013.
ETF-Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires has in addition been awarded, as part of a consortium, the contract for the track (value: €20m). This works package comprises the supply and laying of 14 km of single line track in the tunnel, and the power supply rail.
June 2009 - Route des Tamarins inaugurated.
The Route des Tamarins, on Reunion Island, was inaugurated and opened to traffic in June 2009. The 34-km dual carriage expressway linking Saint-Paul and L’Étang-Salé will ease road traffic in the western part of the island. This outsized project was launched in 2005, and crosses more than 120 ravines. It included the construction of 4 viaducts, 23 bridges, 9 interchanges, and 3 tunnels or covered trenches.
Several VINCI companies took part in the project, among them VINCI Construction subsidiaries SBTPC, Sogea Réunion, Dodin Campenon Bernard, VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Botte Fondations, Freyssinet and VINCI Construction Terrassement, along with Eurovia and VINCI Energies.
They contributed to 10 or so sites, in particular the construction of two interchanges (at Saint-Paul and Plateau Cailloux), 3 bridges (the Ravine des Poux, Ravine du Cap and Ravine Grand Étang structures), and construction of the impressive Grande Ravine viaduct (see photo). The latter, spanning a chasm 300 metres wide and 170 metres deep, is technically the most sophisticated of the project’s 4 outstanding civil engineering structures.
June 2009 - Entry into service of the first section of the A86 Duplex.
Cofiroute (VINCI Autoroutes) brings into service the first section of the A86 Duplex, between Rueil-Malmaison, by Paris, and the A13 interchange (municipalities of Vaucresson, by Paris, and Le Chesnay, Paris region).
This structure, a 4.5 km long, underground tunnel composed of two separate traffic levels (one for each traffic direction), was designed and built by Socatop – a consortium notably comprising VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Eurovia and GTM TP IdF (VINCI Construction France) – with the participation of VINCI Energies.
July 2009 - The Saint-Clar-de-Lomagne photovoltaic farm.
Solarezo, which specialises in photovoltaic solar energy installations, awarded Barde Sud-Ouest (VINCI Energies) the contract for the electrical installations, civil engineering, supply of the cables works package and installation of the site facilities for the biggest photovoltaic solar energy farm as yet authorised in Metropolitan France: a 23-hectare farm at Saint-Clar-de-Lomagne, in south-west France. It will achieve an output of 8.9 MWc, covering the annual electricity consumption of more than 8,000 inhabitants.
July 2009 - First section of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway.
North-West Concession Company (NWCC), a consortium comprising VINCI Concessions, leader, and Russian partners, has signed a concession contract for the first section of a toll motorway between Moscow and St Petersburg.
The contract calls for the design, finance, construction and operation of a 43 km section of motorway to relieve congestion on the existing M10 link between Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow’s main airport, and the city centre. Total construction cost is estimated at approximately €1 billion.
The 30-year concession contract, with a possible 5-year extension, will come into force in the first half of 2010, once financing arrangements have been completed, followed by 36 months of construction work.
August 2009 - Groundbreaking ceremony for A5 A-Modell project.
The upgrading works on the 60 km section between Malsch and Offenburg (Germany) of the A-Modell A5 motorway project, involving the widening of a 41.5 km stretch from 2x2 to 2x3 lanes, are launched in the presence of representatives of the Land of Baden-Württemberg, the German government and VINCI. Due to take 5 years to complete, they are being supplied by a consortium led by Eurovia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place at the headquarters of Via Solutions Südwest, the project company 50%-owned by VINCI Concessions which, in February 2009, signed the contract for the financing, design and works, and the operation and maintenance of this section for a 30-year period.
September 2009 - Hubbard Construction wins US 19 project.
In Clearwater (Florida, USA) Hubbard Construction (a Eurovia subsidiary) is appointed to implement, on a financing-construction basis, the US 19 project, converting a 4.1 km section of six-lane urban roadway into a 2x3-lane flyover.
The works involve the construction of five bridges and two-lane access roads at the north and south ends. This $109.5m (€74m) contract is both one of the biggest ever won by Hubbard Construction and the first of this type undertaken by the company.
December 2009 - Opteor provides an assuring presence at La Macif HQ.
Opteor (VINCI Energies) obtained HEQ Operation certification for the Paris headquarters of the La Macif insurance company.
This recognised the efforts made over the previous two years by this business unit, which supplies the multi-technology maintenance of the 11,500 sq. metre building, built in 1969 and renovated in 2007.
In particular, the Opteor teams had optimised energy consumption and developed a good practice guide advising La Macif on the approach to adopt vis-à-vis suppliers of services and the 250 people working in the building. A multi-annual programme of works (major maintenance and renovation) had also been drawn up.
2010
January 2010 - VINCI Airports lands contracts at Rennes and Dinard.
VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions) has won a contract to operate Rennes and Dinard Saint-Malo airports, in partnership with the two cities’ chambers of commerce.
VINCI Airports also holds 99% of the capital of the companies operating Grenoble, Chambéry, Clermont-Ferrand and Quimper airports. From March 2010, VINCI Airports will have 6 airports under management in France, handling a total of 1.8 million passengers a year and generating annual revenues of €45 million.
January 2010 - Signing of the 'motorway green package'.
ASF, Cofiroute and Escota, the three VINCI Autoroutes companies, sign the 'motorway green package' with the French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea.
In return for a one-year extension of their respective concession contracts, between 2010 and 2012 the three companies will invest €750m (€420m for ASF, €215m for Cofiroute and €115m for Escota) to improve environmental standards on their networks, in line with the principles agreed at the Environment Grenelle (summit meeting).
February 2010 - First partnership in the French rail sector.
Synerail, 30%-held by VINCI, has signed the GSM-R (Global System for Mobile communication - Railway) with Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), the first partnership in the French rail sector.
The contract, worth nearly €1 billion, covers the financing, construction, operation and maintenance for 15 years of a digital telecommunications network, to be deployed progressively until 2015, along 14,000 km of conventional and high speed lines.
The work, amounting to around €520 million, will be carried out by a company 60%-owned by VINCI Energies and will last 5 years.
The operation and maintenance of GSM-Rail will generate a total of €430 million and will be carried out by a dedicated 40%-owned subsidiary of VINCI Energies.
March 2010 - Maintenance work in nuclear power stations for EDF.
EDF awards VINCI Energies three contracts for maintenance works in its French nuclear power plants.
The first, signed with Tema, follows on from a number of assignments entrusted to the company by EDF since 1990 to maintain its plants in operation.
Worth €10m, this seven-year contract involves the maintenance of measuring instruments and safety equipment located within the reactor containment areas.
In addition, EDF awarded Tunzini Maintenance Nucléaire and Kellal Maintenance a contract worth nearing €100m for reactor vessel opening and closing operations, and the maintenance of lifting and handling equipment in the reactor building and the fuel building. Signed for a period of four years with an option for a further three, this contract, for 900 MW and 1,300 MW reactors, concerns a third of the tranches making up France's nuclear generating capacity.
Finally, Omexom Grands Projets Nucléaires, in association with Omexom Lyon and Omexom Tours, in a consortium with Ineo, was awarded a €150m contract (of which 50% for VINCI Energies). Signed for a period of seven years, it concerns the electrical renovation of 16 tranches of EDF's 'fleet' of nuclear power stations.
March 2010 - Work starts on Brest tramway.
Eurovia Bretagne launches the works on the first line of Brest Métropole Océane's future tram network.
Valued at 105 million euros, the project involves Eurovia Bretagne's offices in association with ETF-Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires which, in a consortium with two local firms, have been awarded the entire works: roadways, civil engineering, urban development, tracks and infrastructure.
This first line, scheduled to come into service in mid-2012, will feature 27 stops. Its 14.3 km long route will cross the urban area from east to west, thus linking the main residential and business neighbourhoods."
March 2010 - VINCI to build LGV high-speed line between Tours and Bordeaux.
Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) awarded the concession for the high-speed line between Tours and Bordeaux to a consortium led by VINCI.
This project, involving 340 km of new track, 302 km of them high speed, will be a key link in European rail system. It forms part of the Southern Europe-Atlantic link, which will later be extended to Limoges, Toulouse and Spain. The aim is to bring Paris to within 2 hours of Bordeaux by the end of 2016.
The project represents a practical outcome of the French government’s commitment to build 2,000 km of new high-speed track between now and 2020. The €7.2 billion project is one of the largest public works projects in the world.