Tramway Line T9 between Paris and Orly-Ville was completed and now connects the two cities in 30 minutes.
EARTHWORKS AND ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (4%). Business activity, which is often carried out in synergy with other VINCI Construction entities, held up in the four main markets, namely transport infrastructure (north-eastern Metz bypass), coastal and river development (extension works at La Cotinière fishing port, in Charente-Maritime; infrastructure to preserve marine biodiversity in Cherbourg, Manche, for the Marineff project), earthworks and hard surfaces (Amazon’s Nez-Frescaty logistics base), and environmental upgrades.
Environmental upgrades are carried out by several subsidiaries (including Cognac TP, Sethy and VINCI Construction Maritime et Fluvial) and under the Equo Vivo brand. The main projects here included restoring ecological connectivity along the Mayenne river (Maine-et-Loire), Saye river (Gironde) and Bièvre river (Greater Paris area), redeveloping natural habitats along an industrial rail line in Donges (Loire-Atlantique) and creating a water reserve connected to the waterfalls at the Fer-à-Cheval cirque, in Savoie.
The Bièvre, a tributary of the Seine that was completely covered over in Paris, Antony and Gentilly in the 20th century, is now in the midst of an extensive uncovering and ecological restoration operation.
● OVERSEAS FRANCE
VINCI Construction, which has long been established in practically all of overseas France through its subsidiaries, generated €0.6 billion in revenue in these geographies (up 7.9%). Business in 2021 was spread across the main construction markets and a selection of projects follows:
- ◗ in building, the structure to house the Fort-de-France university hospital’s new cyclotron, in Martinique; and several social housing projects developed by entities that specialise in property development and financing packages;
- ◗ in transport infrastructure, the new bridge in Dumbéa, New Caledonia; the structure connecting the New Coastal Highway to the Le Barachois neighbourhood, and the new urban cable car in Saint-Denis, both on Reunion Island;
- ◗ in environmental facilities, installation of an inert waste storage facility in Brandélé, in Mayotte, built and operated by Sogea.
Lastly, in roadworks, Jean Lefebvre Polynésie commissioned an asphalt plant designed to achieve 35% recycling rates on road resurfacing operations – a first in Polynesia.
● EUROPE
UNITED KINGDOM
The United Kingdom became VINCI Construction’s second-largest market, behind France, when the building, civil engineering and roadworks business activities were combined. Revenue rose almost 29%, to €2.1 billion, as a result of growth in all these markets.