All the sludge from the region’s treatment plants is processed at this centre, the first of its kind in Moravia (Czech Republic).
In building (27% of revenue), VINCI Construction reinforced its long-established position in the healthcare sector (with new contracts for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, in Manchester, and for the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People, in South London) and remained very active in the markets for residential properties, student residences and shopping centres – including the landmark New Covent Garden Market, in London.
The facilities management activity (20%), which takes over once building works are completed, grew on the back of multi-year contracts it obtained, renewed or extended, including the one it was awarded by the Ministry of Defence covering maintenance of its built estate across the south-east of England.
In civil engineering (18%), subsidiary Taylor Woodrow, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021, benefited from the ramp-up on the HS2 project while pushing ahead with its infrastructure projects for the London Underground (Whitechapel and White Hart Lane stations) and the Smart Motorways programme. It is also working with other VINCI Construction entities to build EcoPark South, a new sustainable waste management hub.
In roadworks (35%), Eurovia UK won a new contract covering the national road network in the south of England.
Maintenance and services subsidiary Ringway, which manages nearly 50,000 km of roads, was awarded a contract by Surrey County Council to deliver repairs, resurfacing and specialist structural projects on 560 km of road and 290 km of pedestrian pathways, initially for 10 years.
GERMANY
Eurovia GmbH increased its revenue by 3.3% to €0.9 billion in markets buoyed by substantial public investment aimed at revamping road and urban infrastructure.
Roadworks business activity was spread across a large number of projects including renovation of the A52 motorway north of Düsseldorf, the Berliner ‘Ring’ (the longest orbital motorway in Europe), the A61 in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in the wake of heavy flooding, and the B464. The PPP that the Group was awarded for the new B247 federal road will also fuel business activity from 2022 onwards.
The main projects in other markets included redevelopment of the Bergedorf quarter in Hamburg, replacement of the Tegeler bridge in Berlin, runway extension and roadworks at Düsseldorf Airport, and renovation of the Steinhavelmühle lock in Fürstenberg (Brandenburg), including new fish passes.
Regarding innovative technologies for sustainable mobility, Eurovia GmbH in partnership with ElectReon set up two pilot inductive charging roads, including one in Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg), and teamed up with the Rhine-Westphalia Technical University to trial Power Road®, the positive energy road solution developed by VINCI Construction.
CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA
Business was buoyant (up 12.7% to €1 billion), in particular due to transport infrastructure modernisation projects financed by the European Union. Eurovia CS handed over the last of a series of large upgrade projects on the D1 between Prague and Brno (covering a total of 68 km of motorway over 8 years), and Eurovia SK completed construction of the southern and western Prešov bypass, on the D1 motorway in Slovakia (8 km, 18 bridges and a 2 km twin-tube tunnel). The major PPP contract awarded to the Group covering renovation and extension of the D4 motorway in the Czech Republic will contribute to increasing business activity over the coming years.
In the other markets, civil engineering subsidiary SMP CZ is building a system to cap flood peaks on the Hostivař dam in Prague and a sewage sludge treatment plant in Přerov, Moravia. SMP CZ and construction subsidiary Průmstav are also renovating and extending the Marriott hotel in Prague.
POLAND
Revenue declined 1.2% to €0.5 billion, as VINCI Construction continued to apply its selective order-taking policy.
In building and civil engineering, Warbud completed construction of the 195 metre high Skyliner tower in Warsaw (one of the tallest in the country) and of the Toruń courthouse in central Poland. New contracts principally include construction of a hospital in Poznań and of three new buildings on a university campus in Cracow, extension of an aluminium can factory in Lublin, and refurbishment of a viaduct and road infrastructure in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, close to the border with Germany.
Eurovia Polska worked on urban development projects, entirely revamping roads and utility networks in Bielsko-Biała (Silesia) and Szczecin (Western Pomerania).