The I-64 Hampton Road Bridge Tunnel in Virginia (United States) will include the largest tunnel ever built by VINCI Construction
- ◗ In Denmark: the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, which will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel and shorten travel times between the Danish and German coasts from 1 hour by ferry to 7 minutes by train and 10 minutes by car; and construction of two tunnels and five underground stations for Copenhagen metro Line M4.
- ◗ In Africa: the 350 MW Abdelmoumen pumped-storage power plant in Morocco, and the Sambangalou dam on the Gambia river in south-east Senegal, which will generate renewable energy, improve irrigation and supply drinking water to neighbouring regions. Work on the Cairo metro also continues with the extension of Line 3.
- ◗ In the United States: extension and refurbishment of the I-64 interstate highway between Hampton and Norfolk, Virginia, including construction of 5.3 km of sea viaducts and new tunnels, and widening of 14.5 km of existing roads.
- ◗ In Canada: the Confederation Line in Ottawa (27.5 km of light rail infrastructure, 15 crossing structures and 16 stations, plus widening of 12 km of motorway) with Eurovia; renovation of the Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine tunnel in Montreal; the West Calgary Ring Road in Alberta (5 km of highway infrastructure including four interchanges and five overpasses); a 166 km pipeline (the Coastal GasLink project) and a 225,000 cu. metre liquefied natural gas tank in Kitimat, which will have the heaviest dome VINCI Construction has ever built, both in British Columbia.
- ◗ In Colombia: the Bogotá–Girardot motorway, which VINCI Construction is widening and refurbishing in its entirety for VINCI Highways.
- ◗ In Cambodia: the Bakheng water treatment plant, which will supply drinking water to the capital, Phnom Penh.
- ◗ In New Zealand: the City Rail Link project in Auckland, involving a 3.5 km extension including 3.2 km of tunnels and three new stations, with Soletanche Bachy.
Specialty Networks
- Volume rose sharply (11.5% to €3.6 billion) as the expertise of VINCI Construction’s six specialist brands continued to rank them among the standard-setters worldwide. Practically all geographies posted growth as a result of the steady rise in orders over the past several years.
SOLETANCHE BACHY (49% of revenue), a world leader in foundations, was active on many small and medium-sized projects as well as large operations where it brought to bear its operational capability and its position as general contractor in ground technologies. The main projects it worked on, often in synergy with other VINCI Construction entities, related to low-carbon transport infrastructure (HS2 rail line in the United Kingdom, Grand Paris Express programme in France and City Rail Link in Auckland, New Zealand) and improving the quality of water (Canoas wastewater treatment plant in Colombia and Austerlitz tank in Paris). Other noteworthy projects included berths 11 and 12 at the Port 2000 in Le Havre, north-west France, and extension of Hong Kong International Airport.
Regarding external growth, Soletanche Bachy acquired a majority stake in Brady Marine & Civil, an Australian specialist in port infrastructure and marine and coastal structures, and increased its stake in Zetas ATS, a subsidiary in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), to 100%.
MENARD (13% of revenue), which specialises in ground improvement, was involved in projects ranging from the Lincoln Gateway Mall in Nebraska, United States, to the Melbourne metro in Australia, and on to the multipurpose terminal in the port of Alexandria, in Egypt, the future Nam Binh wind power plant in Vietnam and remediation of a closed-down chemicals production plant in Bydgoszcz, in Poland. The company expanded its operations in the United States by acquiring Farrell Design-Build, a California-based specialist in ground improvement, and in the United Kingdom, where it acquired Dunton, which specialises in land remediation. In France, Menard’s subsidiary Remea opened a contaminated-soil treatment and recovery facility in Normandy.
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