Soletanche Freyssinet, a world leader in specialist civil engineering, operates in more than 100 countries and is active on a very fragmented market. Its competitors include Trevi, Bauer and Keller in special foundations, and VSL (a Bouygues subsidiary) in prestressing and stay cable systems.
VINCI Construction is the leader in the building and civil engineering sectors in France, ahead of Bouygues Construction, Eiffage Construction, NGE, Fayat and Spie batignolles.
The remaining market is divided among several medium-sized regional companies (including Demathieu Bard and Léon Grosse) and a large number of small contractors. In the transport infrastructure and urban development sectors, VINCI Construction is a market leader alongside Colas (Bouygues group)and Eiffage Infrastructures.
The market is otherwise shared by a large number of local and regional companies. VINCI Construction is also a market leader in aggregates, where its competitors include roadworks companies and cement groups such as Holcim, GSM (HeidelbergCement group) and Cemex, along with a number of local producers.
VINCI Construction, through Eurovia GmbH, is one of the sector’s main players with Strabag, in a market made up mainly of regional players.
VINCI Construction operates in the United Kingdom through its subsidiaries specialising in the building, civil engineering, roadworks, long-term road maintenance and building facilities management markets. Its main competitors are Balfour Beatty, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Laing O’Rourke, Tarmac (CRH group), Sir Robert McAlpine, Aggregate Industries (Holcim) and Hanson (HeidelbergCement group).
VINCI Construction operates in the region through its local subsidiaries, notably in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. VINCI Construction is among the leaders in road and rail works in the Czech Republic. Its main competitors are Porr, Metrostav and Strabag.
Through its Canadian business units, VINCI Construction is one of the major players in road infrastructure works in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Its main competitors are subsidiaries of Colas, CRH and Holcim, as well as local companies.
Through its business units in the United States, VINCI Construction is a market leader in roadworks on the east coast, with operations in 10 eastern states and in Texas. For construction works, its main competitors are Archer Western Contractors (Walsh Group) and Lane Construction (Webuild); for the manufacture and application of asphalt concrete, it competes against Preferred Materials (CRH) and a large number of regional players.
Operating in some 20 countries, VINCI Construction is a major player, through its subsidiary Sogea-Satom, in Central Africa, West Africa, Equatorial Africa and East Africa.
VINCI Construction is a prominent player in the New Zealand and Australian infrastructure markets through HEB Construction and Seymour Whyte.
Source: internal studies, company literature.
