Installation of new tram tracks in Prague’s Wenceslas Square, Czech Republic.
Canada
Business activity, which revolves around transport infrastructure and urban improvements, amounted to €1.0 billion. In the eastern provinces, the acquisition mid-year of Entreprises Marchand & Frères, which operates in Quebec and James Bay, enabled VINCI Construction to densify its network of regional manufacturing entities. The network now includes 30 asphalt plants and quarries that produce 9.6 million tonnes of aggregates a year, supplying jobsites over a vast geography, sometimes in very remote locations. Subsidiaries Eurovia Québec and Eurovia Northern (Maritime Provinces) repaired the 80 km Billy Diamond Highway in north-west Quebec and a section of Route 8 in New Brunswick. Other large projects included emergency repairs to Autoroute 55 in Shawinigan, renovation of the Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine tunnel (with Major Projects) and rue Sainte-Catherine in Montreal, and, in rail infrastructure, refurbishment of the Huntingdon–Beauharnois line south of Montreal and extension of the Ottawa LRT’s Confederation Line (also with Major Projects).
In the west, in Alberta Carmacks was awarded a 15-year contract for the maintenance of the West Calgary Ring Road, following on from its involvement in the construction of the last portion of the ring road in recent years. The subsidiary completed the widening of Highway 40 south of Grande Prairie and of a section of the Edmonton Ring Road (Southwest Anthony Henday Drive). In Saskatchewan, HJR Asphalt, in partnership with Carmacks, is widening Highway 2 at Meacham, east of Saskatoon. In British Columbia, BA Blacktop and Carmacks won the contract to widen and upgrade a 4.1 km stretch of Highway 1, including the introduction of dedicated carpool and bus lanes. On this contract, 12% of the work will be carried out by First-Nation-led companies.
Chile
Roadworks and maintenance activities, which are mainly carried out under long-term contracts, remained buoyant throughout the country. Bitumix – which in 2024 celebrated its 50 years in business including 25 years with VINCI Construction, its majority shareholder – carried out major upgrades (Route 5 South, 144 km; Ruta del Loa, in the Antofagasta region, 60 km) and road maintenance operations (El Cobre highway, 73 km). The subsidiary also delivered urban improvements in the port city of Iquique and in Santiago, which included widening Avenida General Velásquez, one of the capital’s busiest thoroughfares, to three lanes.