As regards building activities, in association with Sir Robert McAlpine within the Integrated Health Projects joint venture, VINCI Building secured or continued several projects in the healthcare sector. These include the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (Shropshire), hospitals in Bournemouth and Poole (Dorset), Guildford (Surrey) and Macclesfield (Cheshire), as well as the Cancer Research Centre at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. In other sectors, VINCI Building began construction of a new facility for Sheffield Forgemasters (South Yorkshire) to house a strategic defence equipment manufacturing plant and completed construction of a student residence in Bristol for the University of the West of England.
In building renovation, maintenance and facilities management (VINCI Facilities), 2024 saw the award, renewal or extension of contracts for Lincolnshire County Council, the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool and the Ministry of Defence (extending the existing Built Estate contract to include some 1,600 Reserve Forces and Cadet Association sites in South East England).
Revenue increased by 3% to €1.2 billion. In roadworks, their main area of activity, the German subsidiaries continued work in synergy with Major Projects on the new B247 federal road, for VINCI Highways, and carried out a major project to repair and resurface the A3 motorway in North Rhine-Westphalia. In urban works, VINCI Construction is responsible for the complete overhaul of Georg-Wilhelm-Strasse in Hamburg, including new paving and drinking water pipelines. Other large projects involved rebuilding the Rautenkranz bridge near Eisenhüttenstadt (Brandenburg); replacing the district heating pipes in Tamm (Baden-Württemberg); renovating the spillway system at the Müden dam (Rhineland-Palatinate); dismantling the disused lignite-fired facilities at the Klingenberg cogeneration plant in Berlin; modernising the sewerage system in Dresden (Saxony), including constructing of a wastewater channel and nine wells; and earthmoving and civil engineering at the power substation built by Omexom (VINCI Energies) in Cottbus (Lower Lusatia). The Via Structure subsidiary is also involved in building the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link.
In the Czech Republic, the regional subsidiaries completed the major D4 motorway project for VINCI Highways, and continued work on five sections of the D35 motorway and three sections of the D6. A major contract was won at the end of 2024 for a new section of the ring road east of Prague (12.6 km, 19 bridges, two tunnels). In Slovakia, work continued on the R2 motorway and the Prešov bypass (R4), which includes a 2 km tunnel.
In rail works, in addition to the completion of a major junction project at Pardubice, a consortium led by Eurovia CZ was selected to modernise the rail hub in Central Europe’s largest freight station (track overhaul and upgrading to the European Train Control System), at Česká Třebová (Bohemia). In Prague, the regional subsidiaries were also involved in laying new tram tracks on Wenceslas Square in the historic city centre, and in the extension of the Klecany hydroelectric power station.
In the building market, Warbud’s activity was split across the healthcare sector (hospitals in Poznań, Szczecin, Łódź and Warsaw), civil works for the military (Polish and US army sites), public amenities (Warsaw Museum of Modern Art, water parks in Płock and Polkowice, Jagiellonian University campus in Kraków) and office property (Skyliner II tower in Warsaw).
In roadworks, Eurovia Polska was active on some 50 projects. These mostly involved local roads and a few larger trunk roads such as national roads DK75 (between Brzesko and Nowy Sącz) and DK94 (between Zederman and Jerzmanowice), and voivodeship roads DW865 (extension between Koniaczów and Zapałów) and DW367 (bypass from Sobięcin to Wałbrzych).
Of all the Group’s business lines, VINCI Construction has the strongest presence in the US, where its revenue totalled €1.5 billion (up 9%) thanks to its local subsidiaries’ road operations. Its move in June 2024 to acquire Newport Construction a company that covers southern New Hampshire and the Boston area, and operates a quarry that provides it with nearly 50 million tonnes of materials solidified its position in the north-east of the country. Thanks to the vigorous expansion policy VINCI Construction has been pursuing since 2010, its roadworks and materials subsidiaries are able to carry out projects in 10 states on the East Coast and in the south, using supplies from 44 asphalt plants and a network of quarries that produce over 1.8 million tonnes of aggregate a year.
In North Carolina, its subsidiary Blythe completed the extension of NC-540 (13 km, 14 bridges) on the outskirts of Raleigh and reconstruction of the I-85 at Lexington (nine bridges). The company also won a new contract for infrastructure at Charlotte Douglas International airport. In Florida, Hubbard Construction widened the SR417 toll highway, upgraded the taxiway at Winter Haven regional airport and revamped the EE Williamson Road Trail in Longwood.
Eurovia Atlantic Coast completed several road projects in Texas and southern Virginia (Norfolk International airport and several military airports), as well as in the northern part of the state (maintenance work for the city of Alexandria and on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority).
visitors to Warsaw’s new Museum of Modern Art during the opening weekend.
