Bourdin et Chaussé
Created in 1928
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Work on the travel plant in Douala, Cameroon
In 1928, Sylvain Bourdin and Louis Chaussé teamed up to create a road construction company, focused mainly on markets in western France. As of 1945, Bourdin et Chaussé, expanded beyond its regional base and successfully moved into Africa, where it built the "road of the sands" in the Sahara, and participated in the construction of the Uranium road in Niger. These projects, some of which were risky, established the company's reputation. In 1977, it became a subsidiary of SGE and merged with Cochery in 1985. The new company, Cochery Bourdin Chaussé, merged with Viafrance in 1997 to form Eurovia.