In Singapore, Soletanche Bachy is working on the extension of the Ang Mo Kio metro station, including its six entrances, two microtunnel-bored underpasses, a cut-and-cover tunnel and two TBM-excavated tunnels. This project uses the very latest Hydrofraise® (HF8c) developed by Soletanche Bachy.
As regards innovation, Soletanche Bachy inaugurated Exegy® low carbon concrete foundations on the Sullivan 25 project in Mexico and used compensation grouting for the first time on the Łódź metro project in Poland, as well as the more environmentally benign Screwsol® piling technology for the construction of the Promenada shopping centre in Romania.
Menard (14% of revenue), which specialises in soil investigation, improvement and remediation, maintained high business levels, thanks in particular to robust performance in Australia, the Middle East and the United States, where a number of recent acquisitions have helped it expand its foothold. Business in North America was driven by various projects for electric vehicle and battery plants. At the Linamar OEM’s new production plant in Welland, Ontario (Canada), generative design solutions developed in house have reduced the amount of material used and implemented low carbon concrete formulations. After purchasing Lankelma in the UK in 2022, Menard strengthened its position in the soil investigation sector in Canada by acquiring Geotech at the end of 2023.
Terre Armée (6% of revenue) saw its business and backlog grow thanks to strong demand in its longest standing businesses, namely reinforced soil slopes and structures using Reinforced Earth® technology, retaining walls and precast concrete arches. The company continued to diversify its range of geosynthetic soil reinforcement and protection solutions by acquiring Synthetex, a US based company that specialises in fabricformed concrete mattresses. It worked on a number of projects during the year in the UK (canal bridge in Winchburgh, Scotland), Australia (Ovingham Level Crossing), the US (I-65 North Split, Indianapolis), Canada (Ottawa’s Trillium Line LRT) and Brazil (access to the stadium in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais).