Deconstruction and road equipment. Dismantling, strip-out and asbestos removal operations were carried out as part of deconstruction operations on several industrial sites, such as the Metz electricity plant and the chimney at the Kem One plant in Lavéra (Bouches-du-Rhône), engineering structures (Jean-Jacques Rousseau bridge in Le Havre) and office and residential buildings. Illustrating these circular economy solutions, 200 tonnes of materials were recovered for recycling from deconstruction operations on the Défense 2 building in Nanterre.
In road markings and signage, VINCI Construction participated in the A480 widening project in Isère (500 km of road markings, 500 signs and 19 gantries) and in urban development work in Rouen (markings and signage, street furniture).
VINCI Construction, which has operations in practically all of overseas France, generated €0.7 billion in revenue in these geographies (up 7%). In building and civil engineering, its local subsidiaries were mainly involved in projects on Reunion Island (La Kanopée eco-district in La Possession, Roland-Garros airport, East River bridge), in Guadeloupe (new housing in Pointe-à-Pitre’s Darboussier neighbourhood) and in Martinique (extension of Aimé-Césaire airport). In transport infrastructure, there was significant activity in New Caledonia (upgrade of the road along the Anse Vata seafront, repair of a heavily damaged road between Dumbéa and Païta) and in Mayotte (the administrative department’s first bus rapid transit project).
VINCI Construction’s largest market after France, the United Kingdom accounted for €2.3 billion (up 19%) of the revenue generated by the Proximity Networks pillar.
In building, VINCI Construction consolidated its position in the healthcare sector by winning several contracts (emergency departments at Tameside Hospital in the Manchester area and Manchester Royal Infirmary, GenesisCare cancer treatment and research centre in Guildford, Surrey) and by continuing work on largescale projects such as the Paterson building site at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Activity was also brisk in the residential building sector (University of the West of England in Bristol, New Victoria development in Manchester) and in the renovation of historic buildings (The Guildhall, York).
The facilities management activity, which takes over once building works are completed, grew on the back of new multiyear contracts in the academic sector (University College London) and defence sector (maintenance contract for some 60 buildings in London and south-east England).
Civil engineering activity was supported by the High Speed 2 project, which the Taylor Woodrow subsidiary is involved in, and work on Old Oak Common station. Taylor Woodrow also won two framework contracts, one covering National Highways’ motorway network in southern England and the other the airports of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands (Manchester Airports Group).
In addition, Taylor Woodrow was p resented with an innovation award by the Institution of Civil Engineers for the first use of Exegy® ultra-low-carbon concrete in the UK (on the construction of the EcoPark South sustainable waste management hub in London).
