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Projects update and handover
May 2024
Projects update and handover
VINCI Airports inaugurates the first phase of terminal expansion works at Monterrey International Airport
14/05/2024 - News update - MexicoOMA, of which VINCI Airports is the main shareholder, which holds 13 airports in Mexico, inaugurated the first phase of a 400 million euros investment program at Monterrey International airport.
April 2024
Projects update and handover
The Dabou road opens to traffic In Côte d’Ivoire
03/04/2024 - News update - Ivory CoastSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) was tasked by the Ministry for Infrastructure and Road Maintenance to widen a 19 km stretch of the road connecting Abidjan to Dabou and Jacqueville to relieve congestion.
January 2024
Projects update and handover
The southern section of the West Calgary Ring Road opens 10 months early
09/01/2024 - News update - CanadaThree years after it was launched, the undertaking led jointly by Carmacks Enterprises, VINCI Construction GeoInfrastructure (both VINCI Construction subsidiaries) and Graham Construction opened to traffic on 19 December 2023 for Calgarians and users from throughout the province of Alberta.
December 2023
Projects update and handover
Extension of Gabriel-Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand
21/12/2023 - News update - FranceOn the first phase of the extension works at Gabriel-Montpied stadium, north of Clermont-Ferrand (central France), the consortium made up of VINCI Construction subsidiaries Campenon Bernard Centre-Est, Dumez Auvergne and Botte Fondations is building the structure and foundations for the east stand.
Projects update and handover
Underwater inspections of the piers of the Rion-Antirion Bridge
12/12/2023 - News update - GreeceThe campaign of underwater inspections aimed at protecting the piers of the Rion-Antirion Bridge, operated by VINCI Highways (VINCI Concessions), has just ended.
October 2023
Projects update and handover
Construction of the Nydalsbrua Bridge in Norway
25/10/2023 - News update - NorwayA major milestone has been reached on the Nydalsbrua Bridge construction project.
September 2023
Projects update and handover
Stays for the Rama III-Dao Khanong Bridge in Bangkok
06/09/2023 - News update - ThailandFreyssinet (VINCI Construction) is participating in the construction of the Rama III-Dao Khanong Bridge in Thailand. This new cable-stayed structure boasts two H-shaped pylons, a 450 m-long main span, and 152 stays, the longest measuring 233.7 m.
August 2023
Projects update and handover
Reinforcing the structure of the Tancarville Bridge
10/08/2023 - News update - FranceIn Normandy, Nuvia Access is working in a joint venture with Freyssinet (both VINCI Construction), Sade and Toffolutti on the Tancarville suspension bridge, as part of a project to repair and reinforce its structure.
June 2023
Projects update and handover
Building a viaduct for a railway test site
21/06/2023 - News update - SingaporeFreyssinet (VINCI Construction) is engaged, on behalf of the Singapore transport authorities, in the construction, by the cantilever method, of a viaduct composed of prefabricated parts for Singapore’s new railway test centre.
Projects update and handover
Refurbishing Villers-Cotterêts royal chateau
05/06/2023 - News update - FranceVINCI Construction is involved in refurbishing Villers-Cotterêts royal chateau, which will house the Cité Internationale de la Langue Française, in northern France.
May 2023
Projects update and handover
Rehabilitation of the siphon of a dam in Laos
22/05/2023 - News update - LaosFreyssinet (VINCI Construction) has carried out major works to rehabilitate the concrete siphon (an 8,000 m² structure associated with the discharge channel, which passes beneath the river) of the Nam Gnom hydroelectric power plant in Laos.
April 2023
Projects update and handover
A record-breaking slide on the High Speed 2 project
04/04/2023 - News update - United KingdomA year and a half of meticulous preparation for an operation lasting 34 hours and, as a bonus, a probable world record for length for this type of operation for the teams of the Balfour Beatty – VINCI consortium working on the High Speed 2 (HS2) project in the UK.
January 2023
Projects update and handover
In Benin, Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) is currently rehabilitating 148.6 km of the interstate highway to Niger, between Gogounou and Kandi.
06/01/2023 - News update - BeninOnce completed, this road will facilitate trade between the port of Cotonou and Niger, and the transporting of cereal crops to processing plants. It will also improve links between the communes passed through by the project.
Projects update and handover
Innovative resurfacing programme at London Gatwick Airport
03/01/2023 - News update - United KingdomIn the UK, London Gatwick Airport (VINCI Airports/VINCI Concessions) recently completed an innovative resurfacing programme on its main runway in half the time and at half the cost compared with using traditional resurfacing methods.
December 2022
Projects update and handover
5 highlights of 2022 in construction, energy and transport
23/12/2022 - News update - FranceWhat key trends and figures should be remembered from 2022 in the construction and public works, energy, and air and road transport sectors?
Apprenticeship, electric transportation, decarbonisation of the aviation sector... here is an overview of the highlights before this year ends.
September 2022
Projects update and handover
Repair works on a hydroelectric plant in Laos
09/09/2022 - News update - LaosNam Theun 2 Power Company-NTPC has entrusted the teams at Freyssinet (VINCI Construction) with repairing a concrete siphon at a hydroelectric plant in Laos.
June 2022
Projects update and handover
Cebu bridge inaugurated in the Philippines
09/06/2022 - News update - PhilippinesFreyssinet Grands Projets and Freyssinet International Manila (VINCI Construction) were involved in the construction of the Philippines’ longest bridge (650 metres including a 390 metre central span).
Projects update and handover
Rail Baltica project begins construction
02/06/2022 - News update - LithuaniaThe end of April marked the start of construction of the Rail Baltica rail infrastructure between Kaunas (Lithuania) and Latvia.
May 2022
Projects update and handover
Final works at the Abdelmoumen PSP
25/05/2022 - News update - MoroccoThe Abdelmoumen pumped storage power plant (PSP), in the south-west of the country, makes it possible to store electrical energy in the form of water.
Projects update and handover
End of the watertightness restoration work of the Emborrel bank on the Canal du Midi
19/05/2022 - News update - FranceFollowing the appearance of infiltration on the bank by the Emborrel lock in Avignonet-Lauragais (southwest France), Voies navigables de France (VNF) launched a call for possible solutions to these erosion problems.
Projects update and handover
Using river transport to limit the carbon footprint of Tideway East
13/05/2022 - News update - United KingdomIn London, VINCI Construction Grands Projets (leader), Bachy Soletanche (VINCI Construction) and Costain are currently building two sections – 5.5 and 4.6 km in length – of the East works package of the Thames Tideway drainage tunnel project.
Projects update and handover
Construction of a low-carbon building in Amsterdam
13/05/2022 - News update - The NetherlandsCordeel Nederland has awarded Bosman Projects (VINCI Energies) a project on Karspeldreef, in Amsterdam.
October 2021
Projects update and handover
La Cotinière port, a high-precision project in tune with the tides
28/10/2021 - News update - FranceMultiple VINCI subsidiaries have expanded and renovated La Cotinière fishing port on the island of Île d’Oléron in Charente-Maritime, southwest France. In a three-year project, they created a third basin for the port as well as a landing quayside and a 40,000 m2 platform – large enough for a fish market twice the size of the previous one that will open to the general public. The project was carried out in an environmentally friendly way, following the tides and currents around the island, giving VINCI teams an opportunity to demonstrate their maritime expertise.
July 2021
Projects update and handover
Launching work on Universeine in Saint-Denis
26/07/2021 - News update - FranceIn partnership with SOLIDEO, Paris 2024, the city of Saint-Denis and the Plaine Commune authority, VINCI Immobilier has launched the Universeine development project, set to be built by VINCI Construction France.
June 2021
Projects update and handover
Delivery of the Yamoussoukro stadium in Côte d’Ivoire
11/06/2021 - News update - Ivory CoastIn Côte d’Ivoire, a consortium led by Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) with Egis, Baudin Chateauneuf and Alcor is currently delivering a new stadium in Yamoussoukro.
March 2021
Projects update and handover
The Femern Tunnel – a groundbreaking tunnel between Germany and Denmark
03/03/2021 - News update - DenmarkThe Femern, a road and rail immersed tunnel, is being built 40 metres below the surface of the Baltic. At 18 km long, the tunnel is set to be the longest of its kind in the world.
January 2021
Projects update and handover
Testimonio II, a model for the Group’s environmental ambition
22/01/2021 - News update - FranceSince 2017, teams from VINCI Construction* have been working with Caroli BAT and Caroli TP on the Testimonio II project in Monaco for Groupe Marzocco and VINCI Immobilier. The project’s immense scale comes not only from the complexity of the work involved, but also the extensive range of environmental measures applied.
December 2020
Projects update and handover
A zero-CO2 e-emission pile borer
14/12/2020 - News update - FranceOn a project in Paris, Bottes Fondations (VINCI Construction France) has chosen to build piles using an electric borer that releases no CO2.
October 2020
Projects update and handover
An application for rail maintenance
01/10/2020 - News update - FranceAfter a year of development and testing, MESEA (VINCI Railways/VINCI Concessions) is introducing TIME – for Ticket Incident MEsea –, an application geared for maintenance on the South Europe Atlantic high-speed rail line.
September 2020
Projects update and handover
Completion of a Green Way in the Orne department
14/09/2020 - News update - FranceIn late July, Eurovia’s Basse-Normandie (Orne sector) office completed the works to transform a disused railway line into a Green Way (voie verte) between Alençon and Couterne, on behalf of the departmental council.
Projects update and handover
Works on a section of railway line
14/09/2020 - News update - LithuaniaThe joint venture composed of Eurovia Lietuva, Eurovia CS and Ltd GTC is renewing a stretch of the line linking the seaport of Klaipėda to Belarus via Vilnius, one of the busiest in the country.
Projects update and handover
New bus station in Ouagadougou
01/09/2020 - News update - Burkina FasoIn Burkino Faso, the teams from Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) have recently delivered the project to restore and extend the new bus station in the capital.
August 2020
Projects update and handover
Automated production of solar panels for satellites
25/08/2020 - News update - FranceActemium Toulouse Robotique & Automation (VINCI Energies) is helping Thales Alenia Space set up a factory to automatically manufacture solar panels for satellites.
July 2020
Projects update and handover
L’archipel in full swing
27/07/2020 - News update - FranceIn Nanterre, West of Paris, on the site of the future VINCI head office, a project that involves VINCI Construction France, VINCI Energies and VINCI Immobilier, the introduction of specific hygiene measures has made it possible to get over 650 workers back on site as they currently focus on the structural work, architectural trades, technical packages and installing the facades.
Projects update and handover
Raising platform levels in Gisors
24/07/2020 - News update - FranceIn Normandy, on behalf of SNCF Réseau, VINCI Construction Terrassement has increased the height of 1,200 lm of platforms; work involving temporarily stopping rail traffic was often carried out at night, by 50 workers.
Projects update and handover
Reinforcing the dunes of the south beach in Soulac-sur-Mer
24/07/2020 - News update - FranceThe Nord-Médoc coast (west of France) is bordered by sandy dunes which are constantly being eroded by the ocean swell.
Projects update and handover
New wastewater collector in Chokier
24/07/2020 - News update - BelgiumThe intercommunal drainage and wastewater association in the province of Liege (AIDE) has awarded Bessac (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction), in a joint venture with a Belgian partner, the construction of a wastewater collector in the commune of Flemalle, near Liege.
Projects update and handover
Motorway renovation works continue
24/07/2020 - News update - GermanyVINCI Highways (VINCI Concessions), concessionaire of the Via Niedersachsen motorway (A7-2) in Lower Saxony, opened a further 5 km-long section to traffic on 7 June 2020.
Projects update and handover
Installation of a steel bridge in Vrañany
24/07/2020 - News update - Czech RepublicOn 22 April, a steel bridge was installed in Vrañany, in Central Bohemia.
Projects update and handover
Renovation of a runway at Lakeland Linder airport in Florida
14/07/2020 - News update - United States of AmericaHubbard Construction (Eurovia) completed the second phase of the project to renovate one of the two runways at Lakeland Linder airport, located alongside the I-4 highway, halfway between Tampa and Orlando.
Projects update and handover
Submarine electricity interconnection in Crete
06/07/2020 - News update - GreeceOmexom (VINCI Energies) is currently working on building a section of the electricity line between Crete and Peloponnese and in particular laying 15 km of submarine cable to connect the Chania substation (in north west Crete) with the landing point.
Projects update and handover
La Manufacture de la mode in fine style
06/07/2020 - News update - FranceMéditerranée Préfabrication (VINCI Construction France) finalised the installation of 231 modules of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) that form the white exoskeleton of the Manufacture de la mode in Aubervilliers, north of Paris, after just seven months of work.
June 2020
Projects update and handover
An intelligent transport system in Poland
30/06/2020 - News update - PolandTychy EuroviaToday, the city of Tychy in Silesia, Poland is an industrial centre of automotive manufacturing — but tomorrow, it will be an urban centre with cutting-edge traffic management technology.
Projects update and handover
Providing hands-on experience to students on HS2 project
26/06/2020 - News update - United KingdomThanks to a partnership between Walsall College and Balfour Beatty VINCI, HS2’s joint venture construction partner for the West Midlands section of the railway, groups of students will supplement their classroom education with hands-on experience at Britain’s new high speed railway.
Projects update and handover
Purifying the water of an abandoned open-pit mine
23/06/2020 - News update - Czech RepublicEurovia CS is completing the turnkey construction of a biotechnology system to purify the water at the former Kohinoor open-pit mine in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic.
May 2020
Projects update and handover
Fire protection for a paper mill in Germany
26/05/2020 - News update - GermanyCalanbau Brandschutzanlagen GmbH - Augsburg (VINCI Energies) was commissioned with the sprinkler protection for the new paper mill of the Palm group, one of the largest manufacturers of paper and cardboard in Europe, at their headquarters in Aalen-Neukochen.
Projects update and handover
Rennes Bretagne airport reopens its main runway
11/05/2020 - News update - FranceThe renovation work on Rennes Bretagne airport’s main runway, which Eurovia carried out for VINCI Airports, was completed on 7 May.
Projects update and handover
Creating a temporary bicycle path on a departmental highway in the Greater Paris area
09/05/2020 - News update - FranceIn preparation for the lockdown easing in France, Signature (Eurovia) is working for the Seine Saint Denis department’s authorities, building a temporary bicycle path on the RD 932, the departmental highway connecting Porte de la Villette at the edge of Paris to Le Bourget via Pantin, Aubervilliers and La Courneuve.
Projects update and handover
Restarting a Eurovia production plant in the Oise
08/05/2020 - News update - FranceSAR, a Eurovia subsidiary specialised in road markings, has resumed work at its plant in Agnetz, about 50 km north of Paris. It has mapped out an action plan, which was approved by its Social and Economic Committee, to resume operations.
Projects update and handover
Czech Republic: modernisation of the D1 motorway between Prague and Brno
04/05/2020 - News update - Czech RepublicEurovia CS is renovating four sections (2, 7, 10 and 16) of the D1 motorway, between Prague and Brno, the Czech Republic’s two largest cities.
April 2020
Projects update and handover
VINCI Construction France resumes operations
29/04/2020 - News update - FranceVINCI Construction France is resuming work on a number of projects, such as the Cité des Sports in Issy-les-Moulineaux or line 14 North T09 of the Paris metro, ensuring safe work practices and proper prevention in compliance with current requirements.
Projects update and handover
Resumption of work on an air base in Normandy
29/04/2020 - News update - FranceAfter reorganising tasks and work schedules, Eurovia and VINCI Construction France crews were able to resume work last week on French air force base 105 at Évreux-Fauville.
Projects update and handover
Cameroon : Yaoundé’s projects still ongoing
29/04/2020 - News update - CameroonIn Yaoundé, Omexom Cameroon's 30 employees working on public lighting and traffic signal maintenance projects (VINCI Energies) are currently active.
Projects update and handover
Côte d’Ivoire: commissioning of a new drinking water plant in Abidjan
27/04/2020 - News update - Ivory CoastIn Côte d’Ivoire, 60 Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) employees, including 58 hired locally, took part in the construction of the new Saint Viateur drinking water plant in Abidjan.
Projects update and handover
Gradual resumption of work on the VINCI Autoroutes network
24/04/2020 - News update - FranceA9, A10, A61, A62… motorway widening and renovation projects are gradually picking up again on the VINCI Autoroutes network. Over the past several weeks, VINCI Autoroutes' project management teams have been working in coordination with all business units, project managers and health and safety coordinators on defining rules and procedures in response to the unprecedented context of the pandemic.
March 2020
Projects update and handover
Seismic protection for the new teaching hospital in Pointe-à-Pitre
03/03/2020 - News update - FranceFollowing the destruction of part of the teaching hospital in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) by a fire, new buildings meeting international seismic protection standards are currently being erected.
Projects update and handover
Reception area in Colombia for refugees
03/03/2020 - News update - ColombiaVia 40 Express (VINCI Highways/ VINCI Concessions), concessionaire of the Bogotá-Girardot motorway in Colombia, has opened Via Esperanza, a reception area for the thousands of refugees fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela.
February 2020
Projects update and handover
Modernisation of an airport’s arrival area
14/02/2020 - News update - Dominican RepublicPart of the VINCI Airports network (VINCI Concessions) since 2016, Aerodom, which operates six airports in the Dominican Republic, inaugurated the first phase of the works to transform the passenger terminal at Santo Domingo Las Américas Airport on 17 December 2019.
Projects update and handover
The PACBOAT R&D project for cleaner and greener ships
04/02/2020 - News update - FranceThe steel cutting ceremony for the MSC Europa cruise ship provided the opportunity to publicly announce PACBOAT, a research and development project designed to contribute to Europe’s transition towards a carbon-neutral economy by 2050.
January 2020
Projects update and handover
Energy transition: a fleet of ferries to go hybrid and electric
31/01/2020 - News update - FranceSodexo Sports & Loisirs has teamed up with Barillec Marine, a subsidiary of VINCI Energies France, to step up the energy transition of its fleet of Batobus ferries.
Projects update and handover
The tunnel boring machines digging Line 14 South and Line 15 South in the Grand Paris Express programme have crossed paths
23/01/2020 - News update - FranceAllison, the tunnel boring machine being used to extend the Paris metro Line 14 South, has successfully crossed over the future Line 15 South at the site of the future Villejuif Institut Gustave Roussy station, connecting the two lines.
December 2019
Projects update and handover
Inauguration of the Caserne Filley in Nice
13/12/2019 - News update - FranceThe Filley barracks building in Nice (south of France), which annually welcomes 10,000 young people to a Defence and Citizenship Day (formerly Defence Preparation Day), was inaugurated on 2 October 2019 in the presence of numerous civilian and military guests.
Projects update and handover
Foundation stone laid for Works Package 5 of Terre d’émergence in Strasbourg
13/12/2019 - News update - FranceOn 17 October 2019, Adim Est (VINCI Construction France) and Demathieu Bard Immobilier laid the foundation stone for Works Package 5 Terre d’émergence, located in the heart of the international business district in Strasbourg (east of France).
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of apron D at Cologne Bonn Airport
13/12/2019 - News update - GermanyIn order to increase the number of parking places and optimise the movement of aircraft on the ground, Cologne Bonn Airport is redeveloping its apron D.
Projects update and handover
Road maintenance in Madrid
13/12/2019 - News update - SpainIn September 2019, as part of works package 4 of a road maintenance contract awarded by the City of Madrid, Eurovia España teams have rehabilitated 400,000 m2 of roadway in Madrid, i.e. some 60 streets – Trespaderne, Poeta Blas de Otero, José del Hierro, José Arcones Gil, located in the Ciudad Lineal, San Blas-Canillejas and Barajas districts, in the east of the city – and major avenues – Arturo Soria, Calle Alcalá and Avenida de Arcentales.
Projects update and handover
Handover of the Quai 8.2 complex in Bordeaux
13/12/2019 - News update - FranceVINCI Immobilier has handed over, in the heart of the Bordeaux Saint-Jean Belcier integrated development zone (ZAC) and near the city’s train station, the 43,000 m2 mixed-use Quai 8.2 programme, co-developed with Icade.
Projects update and handover
The artificial intelligence (AI) programme enters its development phase
13/12/2019 - News update - FranceOn 19 November 2019, 20 employees gave the Group’s innovation directors progress reports on their AI projects after a month spent on project design (searching for accessible data, business plan) and studying the state of the art (usable models and in-house or external partners).
Projects update and handover
A tailor-made façade for the Manufacture de la Mode
12/12/2019 - News update - FranceMéditerranée Préfabrication, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction France, is working on the future Manufacture de la Mode in Aubervilliers near Paris.
November 2019
Projects update and handover
Creation of a new water supply system
20/11/2019 - News update - New-ZealandWithin the framework of the Northern Interceptor project, aimed at increasing the wastewater treatment capacity of the city of Auckland, Fletcher Construction has appointed Spiecapag Australia and its subsidiary HDI Lucas (both Entrepose/VINCI Construction) to undertake six horizontal directional drilling operations, over a total distance of nearly 5 km and with a diameter of 8 (fibre optics) to 22 inches.
Projects update and handover
Reconstruction of the Turcot interchange
20/11/2019 - News update - CanadaThe Ministry of Transport in Quebec had awarded the rebuilding of the largest interchange in the province of Quebec to the KPH Turcot Construction consortium in 2015.
Projects update and handover
Renovating electrical installations in a Zurich hospital
20/11/2019 - News update - SwitzerlandEtavis AG Zurich (VINCI Energies Europe East) has been working since April 2019 on the renovation of electrical installations in a building at the Triemli Hospital in Zurich.
Projects update and handover
New runway at Saint-Nazaire – Montoir Airport
20/11/2019 - News update - FranceIn order to better accommodate the Beluga XL at Saint-Nazaire – Montoir Airport (west of France), Aéroports du Grand- Ouest (VINCI Airports/VINCI Concessions) brought in Eurovia’s Nantes office to carry out infrastructure and lighting works on the runway and taxiways.
Projects update and handover
Creating a sports complex in Issy-les-Moulineaux
20/11/2019 - News update - FranceThe foundation stone for the future sports complex being built by Sogea Atlantique BTP (VINCI Construction France) in Issy-les-Moulineaux, by Paris, was laid on 10 July 2019.
Projects update and handover
Project to supply drinking water in Côte d’Ivoire
15/11/2019 - News update - Ivory CoastSince September 2018, the teams from Sogea-Satom have been involved in the first project to supply drinking water to Abidjan from the Mé river (which runs north east of the financial capital of Côte d’Ivoire).
October 2019
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Power Road® spreading at an increasingly rapid pace with two projects in the Hérault and Corrèze departments
22/10/2019 - News update - FranceEurovia is continuing to roll out Power Road®, the road to positive energy, with two new projects.
Projects update and handover
Metamorphosis of Salvador Bahia Airport almost complete
17/10/2019 - News update - BrazilBeing undertaken by VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions), in synergy with Actemium Transport Solutions (VINCI Energies International & Systems), the renovation works at the airport have now been 90% completed.
Projects update and handover
Down-to-the-millimetre inventory management for the T9 tram line
11/10/2019 - News update - FranceTo the south of Paris, Eurovia is undertaking urban development works along the 10 km route of the T9 tram line.
Projects update and handover
Innovation at the service of users
01/10/2019 - News update - MexicoIn Punta Mita, Tierra Armada México (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) has developed, on behalf of Grupo Dine, an overpass for the use of vehicles.
September 2019
Projects update and handover
Simultaneous displacement of three structures
23/09/2019 - News update - FranceWithin the framework of the project to ensure the hydraulic transparency of the Arles-Tarascon railway embankment, from 6-8 August 2019, over a period of 55 hours, the joint venture composed of GTM Sud (VINCI Construction France), leader, VINCI Construction Terrassement and ESAF (Entreprise Spécialisée en Activités Ferroviaires) moved three structures simultaneously; 180 people, including supervisory staff, and 75 machines were involved.
Projects update and handover
Create a new 16 km section on the D11 motorway between Hradec Králové and Smiřice
18/09/2019 - News update - Czech RepublicIn the Czech Republic, the authority responsible for roads and motorways has appointed the joint venture formed by Eurovia CS (leader), Metrostav and Swietelsky to create a new, 16 km section, comprising two motorway interchanges and 20 bridges, on the D11 motorway between Hradec Králové and Smiřice, in Bohemia.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of the port of Valparaiso
13/09/2019 - News update - ChileThe port of Valparaiso had suffered major damage following a powerful earthquake in 2015.
Projects update and handover
Nuclear decommissioning
09/09/2019 - News update - FranceNuvia (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction), together with EDF teams, has opened the reactor vessel of the Superphénix nuclear power station at Creys Malville (south-eastern France).
Projects update and handover
Start-up of a wastewater pre-treatment plant
05/09/2019 - News update - UgandaIn July, Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) handed over, on behalf of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, the Kinawataka wastewater pre-treatment plant, located on the banks of Lake Victoria by Kampala.
August 2019
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Waterworks in Uganda
22/08/2019 - News update - UgandaSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) is building the 53-km pipeline that will carry drinking water from the future water treatment plant in Katosi to Kampala, the country’s capital.
Projects update and handover
First project for Terre Armée India
08/08/2019 - News update - BangladeshTerre Armée in India (Soletanche Freyssinet / VINCI Construction) has designed and supplied MSE (mechanically stabilized earth) retaining walls for the installation of a flyover, to take the place of traffic lights, on the extremely busy Dacca-Chittagong motorway.
July 2019
Projects update and handover
Works in Tignes for the arrival of the 2019 Tour de France
26/07/2019 - News update - FranceEurovia Alpes (Chambéry office) has spent several months carrying out works in the Avenue de la Grande Motte, in Tignes (south-east France), in preparation for the arrival, on 26 July 2019, of the second-last mountain stage of the Tour de France.
Projects update and handover
Transforming a road in Dinard, Brittany
25/07/2019 - News update - FranceIn Dinard, Brittany, Eurovia began completely resurfacing the boulevard Féart, a major arterial road, in October 2018 in order to upgrade it to current standards in terms of accessibility, user comfort and service levels.
Projects update and handover
Power Road®, the road to positive energy, continues its rollout
23/07/2019 - News update - FranceIn Forez-Est (Loire) and Fleury-sur-Orne (Calvados), Eurovia is continuing to roll out its Power Road® technology, which captures thermal energy from the sun’s rays on roadways and either stores it or puts it to immediate use in nearby infrastructure.
Projects update and handover
Developing a ski slope
17/07/2019 - News update - FranceBenedetti-Guelpa (VINCI Construction Terrassement) has just started developing a ski slope on behalf of the Les Houches – Saint Gervais ski area SIVU (single-purpose intercommunal syndicate), in the Haute-Savoie department (south-eastern France), in preparation for France hosting the Alpine Ski World Cup, in 2020.
Projects update and handover
Various works in Nantes
15/07/2019 - News update - FranceEurovia’s Nantes office has been working since early 2019 on developing the public spaces in the Feydeau neighbourhood and, secondly, adapting the roadways and infrastructure in preparation for the arrival of electric buses using reserved lanes.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of a symbolic square in Bordeaux
10/07/2019 - News update - FranceSince September 2018, a joint venture composed of Eurovia Gironde (leader), Moter (Eurovia) and Sud-Ouest Pavage has been totally redeveloping Place Tourny in Bordeaux.
Projects update and handover
Upgrading works at Víctor Lafón Airport in San Felipe
08/07/2019 - News update - ChileTeams from Bitumix (Eurovia), in collaboration with the airports authority at Chile’s Ministry of Public Works, have carried out upgrading works at Víctor Lafón Airport in San Felipe, in the centre of the country.
Projects update and handover
Equipment for Line B of the tramway in Angers
05/07/2019 - News update - FranceCegelec Angers Infras, Roiret Transport and Actemium Angers (VINCI Energies France) have started work on the new tramway line in Angers (Line B) which, 10 km in length, will cross the Maine River in the city centre.
Projects update and handover
New hotels and homes in a mixed-use programme
03/07/2019 - News update - FranceAs part of the Poste Weiss urban renewal programme – a mixed-use development aimed at contributing to the economic expansion of Saint-Étienne –, VINCI Immobilier, co-developer along with the Cardinal Group, has just handed over 2 hotels and 49 homes.
June 2019
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Installation of pipelines for an oil field
28/06/2019 - News update - AlgeriaEntrepose Algérie (VINCI Construction) began work in late 2018 on the Collectes project, which involves the construction of 188 km of gathering pipelines and the surface installations for 50 producing wells in Algeria’s principal and oldest oil field, the Hassi-Messaoud field.
Projects update and handover
Building a flyover in Vendée, France
26/06/2019 - News update - FranceSince February 2019, Eurovia Béton (lead contractor), Bodin (Eurovia) and VINCI Construction Terrassement have been working as a consortium to build a flyover above the Palissy roundabout — the busiest in the Vendée department, located on the RD160 B‑road in La Roche-sur-Yon.
Projects update and handover
New sports centre
24/06/2019 - News update - New-ZealandHEB Construction (VINCI Construction International Network) has been participating since late 2018 in the creation of the Ngā Puna Wai sports centre, to the south-west of Christchurch.
Projects update and handover
Foundation stone laid for future Servier Paris-Saclay Research Institute
21/06/2019 - News update - FranceThe foundation stone for the future Servier Paris-Saclay Research Institute, being built by Bateg (VINCI Construction France) in synergy with VINCI Energies, was recently laid.
Projects update and handover
Completion of a stretch of the I-85 in South Carolina
19/06/2019 - News update - United States of AmericaTeams from Blythe Construction (Eurovia) recently started the completion works on section No. 1, part of the project to widen the I-85 corridor in South Carolina.x
Projects update and handover
Renovation and modernisation works at the Château de Fontainebleau
17/06/2019 - News update - FranceTP Goulard (Eurovia) teams are currently undertaking drainage and accessibility works at the Château de Fontainebleau.
Projects update and handover
Supplying components for a wind farm project
13/06/2019 - News update - South AfricaAt Somerset East in South Africa, Sogea‑Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) is working on a wind farm project in partnership with Stefanutti Stocks, a local construction company.
Projects update and handover
Construction of a viaduct in Buenos Aires
12/06/2019 - News update - ArgentinaIn Buenos Aires, Freyssinet (VINCI Construction) was involved until May 2019 in the construction of the future San Martín raised viaduct, manufacturing and supplying 359 box girders in prestressed concrete for the entire length of the structure.
Projects update and handover
Work starts on the deck slab for the Langeais viaduct on the A85
10/06/2019 - News update - FranceEurovia Béton, in a joint venture with ETPO, has started assembling the deck slab (the reinforced concrete slab that sits on the girders and supports the roadway) of the Langeais viaduct on the A85, the motorway connecting Tours and Angers of which VINCI Autoroutes is the concessionaire.
Projects update and handover
Construction Progress of Abdelmoumen's Pumped Energy Transfer Station
07/06/2019 - News update - MoroccoAt the pumped storage power station worksite at Abdelmoumen, in Morocco, VINCI Construction Terrassement recently completed the first million cu. metres of earthworks out of the 6 million cu. metres planned.
Projects update and handover
Renovation of a quay in the port of Douarnenez
04/06/2019 - News update - FranceIn the port of Douarnenez (Brittany), Eurovia’s Quimper office has just finished renovating a quay dedicated to pleasure craft and the maritime festivals which, each year, attract some 800 yachts and tens of thousands of visitors.
Projects update and handover
Completion of NoLiStra structural works in Strasbourg
03/06/2019 - News update - FranceUndertaken by Urban Dumez (VINCI Construction France), the structural works of the NoLiStra (le Nouveau Lieu de Strasbourg) project were completed in the course of April 2019.
May 2019
Projects update and handover
Successful completion of the testing phase at Chernobyl
31/05/2019 - News update - UkraineThe VINCI Construction Grands Projets teams responsible for the confinement of the sarcophagus at Chernobyl have just completed a crucial stage, the testing phase, entirely safely.
Projects update and handover
Extension of Highway 407 East
27/05/2019 - News update - CanadaReinforced Earth Company Ltd (RECo Canada), a VINCI Construction subsidiary, is participating in phase 2 of the project to extend Highway 407 East, in the province of Ontario, i.e. some 22,000 sq. metres of walls distributed across 36 structures.
Projects update and handover
Survey: the mobility divide in the French regions
23/05/2019 - News update - FranceIn a survey for VINCI Autoroutes of disparities in mobility in the French regions, based on a sample of 4,000 French people, Ipsos analysed their habits, difficulties and expectations as regards their day-to-day travel arrangements.
Projects update and handover
TBM Amandine at work for the Grand Paris Express
21/05/2019 - News update - FranceThe second TBM, called Amandine, started its drive in late April 2019 from the Arcueil-Cachan station and heading for Villejuif Louis Aragon (3.4 km), as part of the works on section T3C of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express.
Projects update and handover
Complex drainage works in the Ferrand Valley (south-east France)
17/05/2019 - News update - FranceIn the Ferrand Valley (south-east France), which can only be connected with the wastewater network in the commune of Freney-d’Oisans via a narrow gorge gouged out by a mountain torrent, teams from Perino Bordone (Eurovia) will be engaged until mid-2019 in complex drainage works.
Projects update and handover
Redeveloping a shopping street in Montreal
07/05/2019 - News update - CanadaEurovia Québec teams will be engaged until July 2019 in roadworks and redevelopment works in Rue Saint-Hubert, one of Montreal’s main shopping streets.
April 2019
Projects update and handover
TBM Ellen at work for the Grand Paris Express
15/04/2019 - News update - FranceThe TBM Ellen began its drive, from the Parc Robespierre shaft, in Bagneux, towards Fort d’Issy-Vanves-Clamart (by Paris), in mid-February 2018, as part of the works on section T3C of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express.
Projects update and handover
Modernising a wastewater treatment plant
12/04/2019 - News update - New-ZealandHEB Construction (VINCI Construction International Network) is currently modernising the wastewater treatment plant in Pukekohe, in the north of New Zealand, in a joint venture with McConnell Dowell.
March 2019
Projects update and handover
Extending and modernising a port on the Île d’Oléron
25/03/2019 - News update - FranceGTM Bâtiment Aquitaine (leader) and VINCI Construction Maritime et Fluvial (both VINCI Construction France), in a joint venture with VINCI Construction Terrassement, have started the works in the fishing port of La Cotinière, on the island of Oléron.
Projects update and handover
Building a bridge for a business park
22/03/2019 - News update - New-ZealandHEB Construction (VINCI Construction International Network) is currently building a 100 m-long, 3-span bridge, on behalf of Stevenson Mining Ltd, as part of the Drury South Crossing project, to the south of Auckland – a vast development programme involving, among other things, the creation of affordable housing.
Projects update and handover
New robotic valet parking service at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
18/03/2019 - News update - FranceVINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions) has just launched, on a large scale, a new robotic valet parking service at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, France’s second regional airport, thus taking forward its strategy of sustainable development aimed at enhancing the passenger experience.
Projects update and handover
Creating an SNCF works base
15/03/2019 - News update - FranceEurovia subsidiaries EJL Île-de-France, the Chelles and Livry (leader) offices and ETF sector Paris-Nord will be working until June 2019 on the development of an SNCF works base at Porte de la Chapelle in Paris.
Projects update and handover
Solar installations in Amazonia
13/03/2019 - News update - BrazilIn Brazil, Omexom Generation & Distribution (VINCI Energies International & Systems) has won a contract with local energy distributor CELPA for the construction and installation of 1,361 solar modules.
Projects update and handover
Foundation stone laid for Oasis Parc
11/03/2019 - News update - FranceOn 18 January 2019, VINCI Immobilier laid the foundation stone for the Oasis Parc residential development, in the presence of representatives of the City and Metropolis of Lyon.
Projects update and handover
Off-plan sale of an office building in Paris
04/03/2019 - News update - FranceIn late 2018, VINCI Immobilier and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations signed the off-plan sale agreement for BO13, an office building in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Projects update and handover
Contract for Chile’s rail network
01/03/2019 - News update - ChileThe joint venture composed of ETF (Eurovia), leader, and Colas Rail has won a contract with public enterprise EFE, which operates Chile’s rail network, for the supply of 210 switches and crossings (devices enabling a train to change track).
February 2019
Projects update and handover
Handover of the Le Belvédère office building in La Défense
26/02/2019 - News update - FranceVINCI Immobilier handed over Le Belvédère to AG2R-La Mondiale in late 2018. It is the first building in La Défense to offer the OpenWork concept – a new solution for office space, developed by VINCI Immobilier, which reflects changes in the way workspaces are used.
Projects update and handover
Repairing a breakwater in the port of Bormes-Les-Mimosas
15/02/2019 - News update - FranceIn a joint venture with Ei.age Travaux Maritimes et Fluviaux, VINCI Construction Terrassement is currently carrying out
remedial works on the breakwater in the port of Bormes-les-Mimosas (south of France).
Projects update and handover
First reversible traffic lane in a European capital
08/02/2019 - News update - EstoniaTeams from TREV-2 Grupp (Eurovia in Estonia) recently redeveloped Gonsiori Street, one of the main roads connecting the suburbs of Tallinn, the capital, with the city centre.
Projects update and handover
Upgrade for Gradignan’s town centre
07/02/2019 - News update - FranceIn April 2019, Eurovia Gironde will hand over a beautified town centre to Gradignan, in which cars, pedestrians and cyclists will find it easier to get around – notably thanks to the use of Agrevia®, Eurovia’s asphalt mix for decorative and demarcation purposes.
Projects update and handover
Building homes in Bussy-Saint-Georges
04/02/2019 - News update - FranceIn Bussy-Saint-Georges (Paris region), the joint venture composed of Verdoïa, Arbonis (both VINCI Construction France), the Chelles office of EJL (Eurovia) and Poulingue, will be working through until June 2020 on the construction of homes for Crédit Agricole Immobilier.
Projects update and handover
Rotating the frame of a bridge in the Czech Republic
04/02/2019 - News update - Czech RepublicOn 3 and 4 February 2019, SMP CZ (VINCI Construction International Network), in collaboration with MCE Slaný, rotated the second steel frame of the railway bridge on the Pňovany-Bezdružice line, in the Czech Republic.
Projects update and handover
New contract for the Jules Horowitz nuclear reactor
01/02/2019 - News update - FranceIn late 2018, the joint venture composed of CEM Projets (VINCI Energies International & Systems), Cimat and Socotec won a fourth major contract with the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Cadarache (south of France), as part of the programme for the new Jules Horowitz reactor (RJH).
January 2019
Projects update and handover
Pacific Plaza tower in Nouméa
31/01/2019 - News update - New CaledoniaIn New Caledonia, SCB (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom/VINCI Construction International Network) has completed the construction of the territory’s highest tower.
Projects update and handover
Seven new structures for the Aisne-Meuse PPP
18/01/2019 - News update - FranceIn late 2018, the COREBAM joint venture, composed of VINCI Construction Maritime et Fluvial, GTM Hallé and VINCI Construction France TP Lyon (all VINCI Construction France), brought into service six new dams on the Meuse and a new dam on the Aisne within the framework of the BAMEO-VNF partnership contract.
Projects update and handover
Railway lines transferred as part of a project
10/01/2019 - News update - CanadaLate 2018 saw Eurovia Québec’s Saint-Rémi office successfully complete works to transfer railway lines, undertaken as part of the reconstruction of the multi-level Turcot motorway interchange, which is located above three railway lines to the southwest of the island of Montreal.
Projects update and handover
New Angers – Tours links via the A85 motorway
08/01/2019 - News update - FranceIn late 2018, following works to link the A85 and the A10, two new ramps were opened to traffic to the south of Tours (central France).
Projects update and handover
Extending the A16 motorway in the Paris region
02/01/2019 - News update - FranceThe joint venture composed of Cochery Pierrelaye (Eurovia), leader, Eurovia Saint-Gratien and VINCI Construction Terrassement is working, within the framework of the contract for the earthworks, engineering structures and restoration of communication, on bringing 4 km of the RN1 up to motorway standards so that it can become a section of the A16.
Projects update and handover
Construction of a wooden building: Woodwork
01/01/2019 - News update - FranceIn Saint-Denis, by Paris, a joint venture composed of Arbonis (leader) and Sogea Picardie (both VINCI Construction France) is currently building Woodwork, a wooden office building (9,500 sq. metres; 7 storeys), on behalf of Woodeum.
December 2018
Projects update and handover
Handover of the tunnel and stations of works package 1 of Line b of the automatic metro in Rennes
18/12/2018 - News update - FranceAfter five years of works, on behalf of the Rennes metropolis and public transport operator Semtcar, the joint venture composed of Dodin Campenon Bernard (leader), GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations (both VINCI Construction France), Spie Batignolles Génie Civil, Spie Fondations and Legendre Ouest has completed the tunnelling (8.5 km of tunnel) and civil engineering works for Line b, i.e. nine stations and four ventilation shafts.
Projects update and handover
New water retention basin in Montréal
10/12/2018 - News update - CanadaEurovia Québec Grands Projets is building the William water retention basin.
Projects update and handover
Modernising the public transport network in Greater Poitiers
07/12/2018 - News update - FranceIn Poitiers, Eurovia Poitou-Charentes Limousin has finished reorganising the roads along the route of the future bus service that will link Voie Malraux to the Léon-Blum viaduct and, to the west, the Condorcet bus stop.
Projects update and handover
Fire protection for the Flamanville EPR
04/12/2018 - News update - FranceNuvia (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) is in charge of the planning, project management and installation of the fire protection for the Flamanville EPR, currently under construction in Normandy.
Projects update and handover
Underground drilling in the Chuquicamata mine
03/12/2018 - News update - ChileSoletanche Bachy Chile (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) won a major contract in April for exploratory and hydraulic fracturing drillings, on behalf of Codelco, in the Chuquicamata mine, located in the Atacama Desert in the north of the country.
November 2018
Projects update and handover
End of first phase of works on the A36 by Sévenans
28/11/2018 - News update - FranceThe joint venture composed of VINCI Construction Terrassement (leader), VINCI Construction France TP Lyon, Eurovia Bavilliers and Climent TP has just handed over, to motorway operator APRR, the 1 km-long link and the two interchanges between the A36 and the RN 1019 by Sévenans (Territoire de Belfort).
Projects update and handover
North interchange in Ouagadougou
16/11/2018 - News update - Burkina FasoOn 15 November 2018, the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, inaugurated the North interchange in Ouagadougou.
Projects update and handover
L’Archipel, a new head office symbolising new ambitions for VINCI
14/11/2018 - News update - FranceWork on “l’Archipel”, VINCI’s future head office, has begun in Nanterre in the new Groues district just a stone’s throw from the business district of La Defense.
Projects update and handover
Project begins to widen the A10 motorway north of Orléans
09/11/2018 - News update - FranceThe project to widen the A10 motorway to four lanes to the north of Orléans, north-central France, officially began on 9 November 2018. Financed entirely by VINCI Autoroutes, the project is one of the largest to have come under the Motorway Stimulus Plan.
Projects update and handover
A vertical TBM for Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express
07/11/2018 - News update - France25 September saw the lifting into position of the VSM (Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine) being used during the works on section T3C of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express, which are being undertaken by VINCI Construction (VINCI Construction Grands Projets, leader, VINCI Construction France, Dodin Campenon Bernard and Botte Fondations) and Spie Batignolles.
Projects update and handover
Regina Bypass nearing completion
05/11/2018 - News update - United States of AmericaUndertaken by VINCI Highways (VINCI Concessions) within the framework of a 34-year public-private partnership, the motorway bypass project for Regina, the capital of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is nearing completion.
Projects update and handover
Works on the banks of the Allier
02/11/2018 - News update - FranceIn September 2018, Eurovia Nord-Auvergne started redevelopment works along 6 km of the banks of the Allier, in the vicinity of the riverside cafés in Bellerive-sur-Allier (central France).
Projects update and handover
Made-to-measure footbridge in Nottingham
01/11/2018 - News update - United KingdomOn behalf of the city of Nottingham, Eurovia Contracting North has installed a 50 m-long steel footbridge over the Midland Main Line – a major rail link between London and Sheffield.
October 2018
Projects update and handover
Study for a future Bordeaux-London TGV link
30/10/2018 - News update - FranceAn agreement was concluded in mid-October between LISEA (VINCI Railways/VINCI Concessions), SNCF Réseau, Eurotunnel and HS1 (the HSL between the British end of the tunnel beneath the Channel and London) to launch a feasibility study regarding adapting Bordeaux Saint-Jean Station for a future development of cross-Channel traffic.
Projects update and handover
Easier parking at Santo Domingo’s airport
29/10/2018 - News update - Dominican RepublicAs of November, vehicles arriving at Las Américas Airport, operated by VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions), will be welcomed in a new car park, designed to reduce congestion thanks to its three separate zones (for short-term, long-term and premium parking).
Projects update and handover
Slope stabilisation and road rebuilding works in Tindharia
24/10/2018 - News update - IndiaReinforced Earth India (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) is currently involved in the rehabilitation of a 90 m-high embankment.
Projects update and handover
Construction of an overhead line in Germany
22/10/2018 - News update - GermanyTenneT TSO has awarded Omexom Bau Nord/Ost (VINCI Energies Europe) the construction of a 380 kV overhead transmission line between Stade and Agathenburg (Germany).
Projects update and handover
Demolition of a paper mill in the north of France
17/10/2018 - News update - FranceOn 26 September, teams from Cardem (Eurovia) demolished two 85 m-high chimneys at the site of the former Stora Enso paper mills in Brebières, near Douai.
Projects update and handover
Rehabilitation of urban roads
12/10/2018 - News update - BurundiThe Ministry of Transport, Public Works, Infrastructure and Regional Development has awarded Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) the works aimed at improving the accessibility of the towns of Gitega and Ngozi.
Projects update and handover
Widening Highway 19 in Alberta
10/10/2018 - News update - CanadaCarmacks (Eurovia) teams are widening, from two to six lanes, a stretch of Highway 19 in Alberta between the Nisku interchange and Highway 2.
Projects update and handover
Building a drinking water treatment plant
03/10/2018 - News update - UgandaSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) began work in August on the construction of the Katosi drinking water treatment plant, located near the capital, Kampala, on the banks of Lake Victoria.
Projects update and handover
New business campus in Saint-Ouen
01/10/2018 - News update - FranceBateg (VINCI Construction France) is to take charge, on behalf of AXA IM and VINCI Immobilier, of the works on the new Stories business campus in Saint-Ouen (93).
September 2018
Projects update and handover
New network of Bulles buses
28/09/2018 - News update - FranceEurovia Mazingarbe is currently engaged, in sector G of the communes of Bruay-la-Buissière, Ruitz and Barlin (Pas-de-Calais department), in a comprehensive upgrade of a 6 km-long section of Line 2 of the new Bulles bus network.
Projects update and handover
New tram line in central France
26/09/2018 - News update - FranceThe metropolis of Saint-Étienne has awarded ETF (a Eurovia subsidiary and lead contractor on the tracks works package) the construction of a new tram line.
Projects update and handover
Sliding operations at the railway viaduct in Marly-le-Roi (Paris region)
24/09/2018 - News update - FranceIn early July, the joint venture composed of Chantiers Modernes Construction (VINCI Construction France), ETF (Eurovia), Freyssinet, Soletanche Bachy Pieux and Soletanche Bachy France (VINCI Construction subsidiaries) and Baudin Chateauneuf removed the old tracks and the deck in puddled iron, weighing approximately 1,500 t, uncovering the bridge piers.
Projects update and handover
The first TBM for the Grand Paris Express heading to its worksite
19/09/2018 - News update - FranceIn connection with the works on section T3C of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express – awarded to VINCI Construction (VINCI Construction Grands Projets, leader, VINCI Construction France, Dodin Campenon Bernard and Botte Fondations) and Spie Batignolles – the first S-1119 earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (external diameter: about 10 m) is to leave the plant of manufacturer Herrenknecht, in Germany, and head for the worksite.
Projects update and handover
Modernising a station
11/09/2018 - News update - Czech RepublicEurovia CS, as part of a joint venture, is currently carrying out the modernisation works, aimed at providing travellers with a more comfortable journey, at the station in Veselí nad Moravou, in the southeast of the country.
Projects update and handover
Developing a public neighbourhood in Edmonton
07/09/2018 - News update - CanadaCarmacks (Eurovia) has been appointed by PCL Construction Management to carry outurban development works.
Projects update and handover
Atlantic Bridge in Panama successfully keyed
06/09/2018 - News update - PanamáVINCI Construction Grands Projets was awarded the contract to build the 1,050 metre long concrete cable-stayed bridge three kilometres north of the Gatun locks near the city of Colón.
Projects update and handover
Restructuring and renovation of the Musée de la Libération and the Catacombs
05/09/2018 - News update - FranceThe teams from CBC, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction France, are currently involved in the restructuring work at the Musée de la Libération and the Catacombs in Paris. This operation, which is part of the Paris museum historical heritage renovation plan, will be completed in August 2019 in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris.
Projects update and handover
Line 3 of the Cairo metro extension: ETF working on two new phases
04/09/2018 - News update - EgyptFollowing the first two phases of the works to extend Line 3 of the Cairo metro, ETF (Eurovia), leader, is currently laying rails for phase 4A and embarking on the construction of the 5 km-long 4B overground extension.
August 2018
Projects update and handover
Enlarging an aquatic centre in the south of France
17/08/2018 - News update - FranceSogea Sud Bâtiment (VINCI Construction France) is currently extending the Raoul Fonquerne aquatic centre in Sète, which is to have a new 50 m Olympic pool and seating for 1,000 people as well as two large sports halls.
Projects update and handover
Nice tramway works well on track
13/08/2018 - News update - FranceFor two years now, teams from ETF (Eurovia) have been developing, on behalf of the Nice Côte d’Azur metropolis, the west-east and north-south lines that will link Nice Airport to the Allianz Riviera Stadium via the Promenade des Anglais.
Projects update and handover
New residential programme at a historic site in Upper Savoy
08/08/2018 - News update - FranceFollowing a competition launched by Danone and the SNCF, VINCI Immobilier, co-developer along with Adim Lyon (VINCI Construction France), laid the foundation stone for Living Leman, a new programme being implemented at the site where Évian-les-Bains mineral waters were once bottled.
Projects update and handover
Renovating urban lighting in Guadeloupe
02/08/2018 - News update - FranceGetelec Electricité (VINCI Energies France) is to renovate the urban lighting in Gourbeyre, a town located 4.5 km from Basse-Terre.
July 2018
Projects update and handover
Completion of works on Harlem River Drive project
27/07/2018 - News update - United States of AmericaMenard Group USA and Nicholson Construction (Soletanche Freyssinet) recently completed works begun in 2016 on a major road in order to improve traffic arriving from Harlem River Drive in New York, in the USA.
Projects update and handover
The New Coastal Highway: many an exploit between land and sea
24/07/2018 - News update - FranceSpectacular by virtue of its scope and technical complexity, the New Coastal Highway comprises France’s longest viaduct and 6.7 km of embankments. Between now and 2020, it will give Reunion Island a coastal link that is strategically important for the local economy and for the safety of people on the island.
Projects update and handover
Widening of 100th Avenue in Surrey/Canada
24/07/2018 - News update - CanadaEurovia BC teams are completing the project to widen – to four lanes, plus separate cycle lanes – 100th Avenue in Surrey, the second most populous city in the province, in the south of British Columbia.
Projects update and handover
Teamwork for an exceptional project in Peru
23/07/2018 - News update - PeruTaking over the concession to operate the ring road in Lima, the Peruvian capital, raised two major challenges for teams at VINCI Highways, a VINCI Concessions subsidiary: taking immediate responsibility for running day-to-day operations on a very busy urban highway, including integrating the 600-strong workforce, and completing a 9 km section where work had ceased with only half the job completed. A challenge on this scale called on numerous skills from across the Group.
Projects update and handover
Housing development in Haute-Garonne, southwest France
20/07/2018 - News update - FranceBourdarios (VINCI Construction France) will begin building a housing development made up of seven buildings in the Cartoucherie integrated development zone in Toulouse.
Projects update and handover
Optimisation of a railway line in the Czech Republic
18/07/2018 - News update - Czech RepublicEurovia CS, as part of a joint venture, is undertaking reconstruction works on the railway line between Český Těšìn and Dětmarovice, in the east of the country, along the Polish border.
Projects update and handover
The Stampede Dam is gaining height
11/07/2018 - News update - United States of AmericaTeams from RECo USA, an American subsidiary of Terre Armée (VINCI Construction), are continuing their task, in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains (Northern California), of raising the Stampede Dam by 3.5m.
Projects update and handover
Renewal of switches and crossings at Paris-Montparnasse
09/07/2018 - News update - FranceETF (Eurovia) has just completed a project to renew 17 switches and crossings within Paris-Montparnasse station.
Projects update and handover
Pumped storage power plant in Morocco
03/07/2018 - News update - MoroccoVINCI Construction Grands Projets and VINCI Construction Terrassement teams are currently building a pumped storage power plant at Abdelmoumen, 70 km from Agadir.
June 2018
Projects update and handover
Widening a road in North Carolina
26/06/2018 - News update - United States of AmericaBlythe Construction (Eurovia) is widening North Carolina Highway 273 (NC 273) at Belmont to four lanes, on behalf of the state’s transport department.
Projects update and handover
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport continues to grow
16/06/2018 - News update - FranceThe new Terminal 1 at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, operated by VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions), is continuing to expand.
Projects update and handover
Implementation of an unusual project in the Paris region
13/06/2018 - News update - FranceThe teams from the Île-de-France Nord agency from VINCI Construction Terrassement are currently working on Placo Saint-Gobain’s gypsum quarries in the Seine-et-Marne department.
Projects update and handover
Voiron railway bridge
05/06/2018 - News update - FranceMay saw the joint venture composed of Campenon Bernard Régions (VINCI Construction) and VINCI Construction Terrassement successfully slide the Voiron railway bridge into place, on behalf of SNCF Réseau.
Projects update and handover
Installing double-track sections on a railway line in Guinea Conakry
01/06/2018 - News update - GuineaSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) and ETF (Eurovia) are currently working as a consortium on a project to install double-track sections on a railway line between Kamsar and Sangarédi, in the west of the country.
May 2018
Projects update and handover
VINCI Energies rolls out optical fibre in 37 of France’s administrative departments
23/05/2018 - News update - FranceBetween now and 2022, VINCI Energies will roll out FTTH (fibre to the home) to 900,000 French homes, enabling them to benefit from very high-speed Internet access.
Projects update and handover
Development works around a new tram line in Belgium
11/05/2018 - News update - BelgiumTeams from Eurovia Belgium (Brussels sector) have just completed the first phase of comprehensive development works (roadways and networks) around Line 9 of the Brussels tramway which, located in the north of the city, will link the Simonis metro station with the university hospital and, in the medium term, the future national stadium.
Projects update and handover
Works under way at the Condorcet Campus, by Paris
09/05/2018 - News update - FranceBeing undertaken on behalf of Adim Paris Île-de-France by Bateg and Sicra Île-de-France (VINCI Construction France subsidiaries), the works launched on the campus involve the construction of buildings with a surface area of 64,600 sq. metres, including the headquarters of INED (the national institute for demographic studies), research and training spaces, a conference centre, a residence for invited researchers, a project incubator, a Crous restaurant, facilities catering for the needs of campus life and 451 student homes.
Projects update and handover
Start of work at the Salvador da Bahia Airport
07/05/2018 - News update - BrazilWork inside the Salvador da Bahia Airport in Brazil, operated by VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions), is currently being managed by a local consortium made up of Teixeira Duarte Engenharia e Construções s. a, Alves Ribeiro s. a do Brasil and Actemium Transport Solutions (VINCI Energies International & Systems).
April 2018
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Restructuring the Hôtel Fauchon La Madeleine in the Paris region
13/04/2018 - News update - FranceOn 30 March, the teams from Plendi by VINCI Construction delivered the Hôtel Fauchon La Madeleine project, located in Paris’ 8th arrondissement, on which they carried out the decoration works.
Projects update and handover
Completion of works for Diori Hamani interchange in Niger
05/04/2018 - News update - NigeriaSogea Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) has completed the works of the basic contract for the Diori Hamani interchange in Niamey, the country’s capital.
Projects update and handover
Digital technology serving project implementation
03/04/2018 - News update - FranceWithin the framework of a project in Bailly Romainvilliers (Paris region), teams from the EJL Chelles offices (Eurovia and Eurovia Mitry-Mory) are collaborating with the Arforia start-up, which specialises in the development of virtual and augmented reality projects.
March 2018
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Transformation of Tottenham Court Road in London (UK)
29/03/2018 - News update - United KingdomEurovia Contracting South teams are currently working on improving traffic flow in Tottenham Court Road, one of the most congested roads in London.
Projects update and handover
Enlarging the Parc des Expositions in Bordeaux
27/03/2018 - News update - FranceTeams from GTM Bâtiment Aquitaine (VINCI Construction France) are currently enlarging the exhibition centre in Bordeaux (west of France).
Projects update and handover
Refurbishing a road in New Caledonia
18/03/2018 - News update - New CaledoniaJean Lefebvre Pacifique (VINCI Construction International Networks) has finished refurbishing a 2 km-long section, near the commune of Yaté, of a link road between two roads accessing the south of the island.
Projects update and handover
Raise boringon Romanche-Gavet project
17/03/2018 - News update - FranceAt the site in Gavet (south-east France), Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction), in a joint venturewith Spie Batignolles TPCI (leader),is deploying its raise boring expertise.
Projects update and handover
Creating a suspension bridge
13/03/2018 - News update - PeruFreyssinet (VINCI Construction) is pushing forward with the construction of a suspension bridge over the Rio Perené river, on the edge of the Amazon jungle.
Projects update and handover
Developing the bus stations in the Seine-et-Marne department
12/03/2018 - News update - FranceThe joint venture composed of Eurovia’s Mitry-Mory (leader) and EJL IDF Chelles offices is developing the bus stations of the Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy multimodal network.
Projects update and handover
New building on former hospital site in Toulon
10/03/2018 - News update - FranceTravaux Midi Var (VINCI Construction France), in a joint venture with Léon Grosse and Renaudat, is currently working on a project, on the site of the former Chalucet Hospital in Toulon (south of France), launched at the initiative of the Toulon Provence Méditerranée agglomeration community, the City of Toulon and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Var department.
Projects update and handover
Handover of a quay in New Zealand
06/03/2018 - News update - New-ZealandThe joint venture formed by HEB Construction (VINCI Construction International Network), Downer, Tonkin & Taylor, Aecom, NZTA and the DIA has just completed development works on the quay in Waitangi, in the Chatham Islands.
Projects update and handover
Multi-generational homes
05/03/2018 - News update - PolandSoletanche Polska (VINCI Construction) teams are creating the foundations for two buildings in Generation Park, a mixed-use development in the centre of Warsaw.
Projects update and handover
Warbud (VINCI Construction International Network) is moving ahead with its Mennica Legacy Tower project in Warsaw
04/03/2018 - News update - PolandWarbud (VINCI Construction International Network) is moving ahead with its Mennica Legacy Tower project in Warsaw (Poland): 115,300 sq. metres of office space, a 140 m-high, 34-storey tower and a 9-storey building – and aiming for BREEAM Excellent certification.
Projects update and handover
Rijnland Route: the works gather pace
02/03/2018 - News update - The NetherlandsThe Comol5 joint venture, composed of VINCI Construction Grands Projets,TBI Mobilis, Croonwolter&dros andDIMCO (DEME Infra Marine Contractors), is pushing ahead with the constructionof the Rijnland Route, in South Holland
Projects update and handover
Renovation of a railway line
01/03/2018 - News update - PolandETF Polska (Eurovia) will complete its works on the Polish rail network in August 2018.
February 2018
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Rebuilding bridges
27/02/2018 - News update - CanadaEurovia Québec is currently working on the deconstruction and reconstruction of the Île Bigras and Île Verte bridges in the Îles-Laval district, near Montreal.
Projects update and handover
Site preparation for the extension of a development zone
23/02/2018 - News update - New CaledoniaDumez GTM Calédonie and Jean Lefebvre Pacifique (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom subsidiaries), in a joint venture with SAS Keteveta and Citeos Nouvelle-Calédonie (VINCI Energies France), are currently carrying out site development works for an extension (surface area: 15 hectares) to the PANDA integrated development zone in Nouméa.
Projects update and handover
A9/A61 motorway fork
12/02/2018 - News update - FranceOn the VINCI Autoroutes network, the A9/A61 motorway fork to the south of Narbonne links the A61 motorway (Toulouse - Narbonne, South of France) to the A9 motorway (Perpignan - Orange).
Projects update and handover
2 m-thick diaphragm wall: a world first for Soletanche Bachy
12/02/2018 - News update - VietnamAs part of the project to build Line 1 of the metro (Bên Thành - Suôi Tiên) in Ho Chi Minh-City, Bachy Soletanche and the major projects division of Soletanche Bachy (VINCI Construction) are undertaking diaphragm wall works for a station and an underground tunnel.
Projects update and handover
Construction of a bottling plant for Clément rums
09/02/2018 - News update - FranceThe GBH Group has awarded Sogea Martinique (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) the structural works of a project to create an industrial site for the bottling and storage of rum at the Habitation Clément estate, in the commune of Le François, in Martinique.
Projects update and handover
VINCI Autoroutes payment badge moves into Spain
05/02/2018 - News update - SpainSince 1 February 2018, the VINCI Autoroutes electronic payment badge can be used to pay the toll on part of the Spanish AP-7 motorway, between the border (Le Perthus) and Barcelona.
Projects update and handover
Primméa L’EssenCiel project
02/02/2018 - News update - FranceIn January 2018, teams from GTM Hallé (VINCI Construction France) began work on the Primméa L’EssenCiel operation in the TGV Nancy Grand Cœur integrated development zone (east of France).
Projects update and handover
District heating in the Le Mans metropolis
01/02/2018 - News update - FranceEurovia Atlantique Le Mans, in a joint venture with GNT, is working on the project to deploy the Syner’gie district heating network in the Le Mans metropolitan area.
January 2018
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Renovating the town centre of Auch
26/01/2018 - News update - FranceTeams from the Eurovia Midi Pyrénées – STPAG office are currently working on the second tranche of the Town Centre project in the commune of Auch (south-west France), which involves reorganising the town centre, expanding the pedestrian areas and redeveloping the square in front of the Cathedral of Sainte-Marie.
Projects update and handover
Partnership for the design of made-to-measure new homes
22/01/2018 - News update - FranceIn line with its approach favouring innovation and sustainable development, VINCI Immobilier has been collaborating for several months now with a young start-up, HABX, winner of the Reinventing Paris competition in 2016.
Projects update and handover
Developing a new festival site
19/01/2018 - News update - ChileJanuary 2018 will see the Copiapó office of Bitumix (Eurovia) completing its development of a new site dedicated to the “Cruz de Mayo” (May cross) festival in the city of Vallenar (Atacama region, in the north of the country).
Projects update and handover
International lycée in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
18/01/2018 - News update - FranceOn 17 January 2018, CBC (VINCI Construction France) launched the redevelopment of the international lycée in Saint-Germain-en- Laye (Paris region).
Projects update and handover
Ground reinforcement for a retail complex
12/01/2018 - News update - SpainIn Seville, on the construction project for the future largest shopping and leisure complex in Andalusia, Menard Spain (VINCI Construction) has been carrying out soil improvement works since the last quarter of 2017 in preparation for the installation of the foundation slab.
Projects update and handover
Foundations for a new hospital complex
09/01/2018 - News update - ColombiaIn Bogota, work has just begun on what will be Latin America’s largest cancer treatment and research centre.
Projects update and handover
New section of the A304
08/01/2018 - News update - FranceIn late December 2017, after more than five years of works, the 8 km-long “Le Piquet-Rocroi” section of the A304, in the Ardennes, was opened to traffic in line with the completion deadlines laid down by the client, the regional environment, development and housing authority.
Projects update and handover
Transformation of Bay East Garden
05/01/2018 - News update - SingaporeOn a site in the Bay East Garden area that was originally reclaimed from the sea, Bachy Soletanche Singapore (VINCI Construction) teams have just finished creating a diaphragm wall – a project connected with the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL).
Projects update and handover
16,000 km equipped with GSM-R
03/01/2018 - News update - FranceIn early December 2017, Synerail, a company 30%-owned by VINCI Railways (VINCI Concessions) and VINCI Energies, definitively switched 16,000 km of railway lines in France over to operating using GSM-R.
December 2017
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Historic building in Toulouse for Primark
26/12/2017 - News update - FranceTeams from Bourdarios (VINCI Construction France) are currently rehabilitating, on a general contracting basis, a department store in the centre of Toulouse – Au Capitole – on behalf of Primark, the retail brand specialising in low-cost clothing.
Projects update and handover
Natitingou-Boukoumbé road
20/12/2017 - News update - BeninSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) is currently rehabilitating national highway 3 between Natitingou and Boukoumbé, in the north-west of the country.
Projects update and handover
Water protection works on the A10
15/12/2017 - News update - FranceUntil the end of December 2017, a Eurovia joint venture composed of Cognac TP (leader), Eurovia Niort and SEC TP will be working on a section of the A10 motorway (VINCI Autoroutes, ASF network) by the Niort Sud exit (western France) – an area where the water resources have been identified as being extremely vulnerable.
Projects update and handover
Trinity: work on the high-rise gets under way
14/12/2017 - News update - FranceIn the La Défense business district near Paris, Sogea TPI (VINCI Construction France) has completed the engineering structure and concrete slab on which the Trinity high rise will be built and Bateg, also a VINCI Construction France subsidiary, has started construction of the building itself.
Projects update and handover
Grand Paris Express: the biggest infrastructure project in Europe
04/12/2017 - News update - FranceWith 200 km of new metro lines – the equivalent of the existing network – forming a ring around the capital, the Grand Paris Express will bring Paris into the 21st century by transforming residents’ mobility and reshaping the different areas. For VINCI, and for all the players in the sector, it offers considerable opportunities: in the near term with the underground and civil engineering works and in the longer term with the urban renewal projects around the new stations.
Projects update and handover
New solution for the operational management of airports
01/12/2017 - News update - FranceSince November 2017, Nantes Atlantique Airport has been the first airport in the VINCI Airports network to use SITA’s AMS6 (Airport Management System) solution, an operational management tool that centralises, in real time, all information relating to flights and an airport’s resources.
November 2017
Projects update and handover
Refurbishment of the I/77 by Charlotte
24/11/2017 - News update - United States of AmericaBlythe Construction (Eurovia) completed refurbishment works on a section of Interstate 77 in Charlotte, in North Carolina, in early November 2017. The I/77, some 1,000 km in length, links the states of Ohio and South Carolina.
Projects update and handover
Dam reinforcement for Tricastin power plant
23/11/2017 - News update - FranceVINCI Construction Terrassement teams were hard at work in October 2017, reinforcing part of a dam located north of the Tricastin nuclear power plant, on the border between the Drôme and Vaucluse departments.
Projects update and handover
Renewing a drinking-water supply network for a new tram line
20/11/2017 - News update - FranceAfter undertaking several operations in connection with the construction of the Paris region tram lines T3 and T6, Valentin (Eurovia) is currently engaged in re-routing networks in the towns of Ivry-sur-Seine, Vitry-sur-Seine, Thiais, Choisy and Orly, by Paris, in preparation for the creation of Line T9.
Projects update and handover
Coastal development in Caldera
17/11/2017 - News update - ChileBitumix (Eurovia) will complete coastal development works in the port town of Caldera, in the Atacama region of northern Chile, in late 2017.
Projects update and handover
A quieter Hydrofraise® for the Thames Tideway Tunnel
16/11/2017 - News update - United KingdomIt’s a first! Within the framework of the East works package on the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, currently being implemented by a joint venture composed of VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Bachy Soletanche (VINCI Construction) and Costain, since late summer 2017 an electric Hydrofraise® has been at work creating the walls of the shafts at the Chambers Wharf, Deptford Church Street and King Edward Memorial Park sites.
Projects update and handover
New multimodal transport hub in Morlaix
15/11/2017 - News update - FranceA joint venture led by Eurovia Morlaix is currently completing the development of the public spaces of the new multimodal transport hub in Morlaix (Brittany).
Projects update and handover
Clearing a river bed
10/11/2017 - News update - FranceIn Normandy, teams from VINCI Construction Terrassement – as leader of the VINCI joint venture –, VINCI Construction Maritime et Fluvial and TPC (VINCI Construction France subsidiaries) and ALZEO Environnement are clearing the bed of a 13 km stretch of the Sélune (a coastal river flowing into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel) in the reservoir area upstream from the Vezins hydroelectric dam, built in 1931.
Projects update and handover
Development project for the port of Brest
09/11/2017 - News update - FranceIn Brest (Brittany), the joint venture notably comprising VINCI Construction Maritime et Fluvial (leader), VINCI Construction Terrassement, Menard and GTM Ouest (all VINCI Construction subsidiaries) is currently constructing a polder, in part won from the sea, that will be used for renewable marine energies.
Projects update and handover
New exhibition centre in Toulouse
08/11/2017 - News update - FranceWithin the framework of the project to build the new exhibition centre in Toulouse (south-west France), the Eurovia Toulouse office is undertaking the earthworks on the site of the future building as well as the access infrastructure works.
Projects update and handover
VINCI Highways successfully hands over phase 1 of the Regina Bypass
06/11/2017 - News update - CanadaOn 30 October 2017, VINCI Highways (VINCI Concessions) brought into service the first phase of the Regina Bypass project in Canada in a ceremony attended by David Marit, Minister of Highways and Infrastructure, regional elected representatives and the project teams.
October 2017
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Land-sea link-up
30/10/2017 - News update - CameroonIn the vicinity of Limbé, in the south-west of the country, Geocean (Entrepose/VINCI Construction) has just successfully finished installing a pipeline and a PLEM (pipeline end manifold) to link a conventional mooring buoy with the Sonara refinery, on land.
Projects update and handover
Water treatment plant at an altitude of 2,410 m
28/10/2017 - News update - FranceAs part of the total renovation of the Temple-Écrins refuge hut, located, at an altitude of 2,410 m, in the commune of Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans (south-eastern France), Perino Bordone (Eurovia) is undertaking works in connection with the hut’s drinking-water supply and wastewater treatment on behalf of the French federation of alpine and climbing clubs.
Projects update and handover
Launch of the project to widen the A63
27/10/2017 - News update - FranceOn 27 October 2017, Frédéric Perissat, prefect of the Landes department (south-west France), and Pierre Coppey, chairman of VINCI Autoroutes, formally launched the project to widen the A63 between Ondres and Saint- Geours-de-Maremne, a major 27 km-long development being undertaken within the framework of the French Motorway Plan.
Projects update and handover
Raising a roof for the Volgograd stadium
27/10/2017 - News update - Russian FederationThe Pobeda Arena (pobeda means victory in Russian) is a major sports facility, currently under construction in Volgograd, that will host numerous matches during the 2018 Football World Cup. Over the summer of 2017, teams from Freyssinet (VINCI Construction) assembled the cable roof and lifted it into place.
Projects update and handover
Creation of the new Paris region campus of AgroParisTech and Inra
16/10/2017 - News update - FranceCampus Agro, a project company created by AgroParisTech, Inra and the Caisse des Dépôts, signed a contract on 2 October 2017 with the joint venture led by VINCI Construction France and Engie Cofely for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the future Paris region campus of AgroParisTech and Inra.
Projects update and handover
Renewal of the A8’s wearing course
13/10/2017 - News update - FranceBetween 25 September and 13 October 2017, Eurovia’s Nice office undertook a resurfacing campaign on the A8 motorway (VINCI Autoroutes, Escota network), in both traffic directions, between the Saint-Isidore toll barrier and the Canta-Galet tunnel.
Projects update and handover
Welding of the first rail on first stretch of Bordeaux tramway’s Line D
06/10/2017 - News update - FranceThe Eurovia joint venture in charge since May 2017 of the construction of the first stretch of Line D of the tramway in Bordeaux (west of France) welded the first rail of the route on 4 October.
Projects update and handover
New waste-to-energy plant
02/10/2017 - News update - United KingdomThis summer, with the arrival of the first waste on treatment line No. 2, the VINCI Environnement (Entrepose/VINCI Construction) teams passed a key milestone on the project to build and commission the new waste-to-energy power plant in North Yorkshire.
September 2017
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Foundation stone laid for new international terminal at Santiago Airport
20/09/2017 - News update - ChileThe foundation stone for the new international terminal at Santiago Airport was laid on 12 September 2017 – marking the official start of the works – in the presence of Alberto Undurraga, the Chilean Minister of Public Works.
Projects update and handover
LED lighting for Hertfordshire
18/09/2017 - News update - United KingdomOver the next three years, Hertfordshire will be converting all its not-yet-converted public lighting devices to LED technology, in order to reduce its carbon footprint and its electricity consumption.
Projects update and handover
Renovation of the runway at Vilnius Airport
18/09/2017 - News update - LithuaniaEurovia Lietuva participated in the major works carried out over the summer of 2017 at Vilnius International Airport, the country’s leading airport, which is experiencing one of the highest growth rates in Europe – annual passenger traffic (3.8 million in 2016) has more than doubled in 10 years.
Projects update and handover
New asphalt for mountain roads
15/09/2017 - News update - FranceThis summer, on behalf of the Haute-Savoie department, Eurovia’s Annecy office created test slabs in Altivia®, a product currently under technical development.
Projects update and handover
Village Saint-Paul rehabilitation in Paris
11/09/2017 - News update - FranceGTM Bâtiment (VINCI Construction France) is to carry out the rehabilitation works in the Village Saint-Paul area, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, for the housing agency of the City of Paris (RIVP).
Projects update and handover
New reserved-lane network on Reunion Island
05/09/2017 - News update - FranceOn Reunion Island, August 2017 saw SBTPC (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) launch the development and asphalting works for the future reserved-lane public transport network in the commune of Bras-Panon, in the east of the island.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of the Le Richelieu office building in Paris
04/09/2017 - News update - FranceAlterea Cogedim is redeveloping the former Allianz head office, built in 1980 and located at 87 Rue de Richelieu, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
August 2017
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7,000 tonne slab successfully slid into place
17/08/2017 - News update - FranceAt the worksite for the future Fort d’Issy-Vanves-Clamart station of the Grand Paris Express line, the Horizon consortium – Bouygues Travaux Publics and Soletanche Bachy (VINCI Construction) – successfully slid the structure’s covering slab into its final position during the weekend of 15 August 2017.
Projects update and handover
Successful first drive for Valentin’s microtunneler
01/08/2017 - News update - FranceRachel, the microtunneling machine operated by Valentin (Eurovia), has carried out its first drive (632 lm) on the storm water segregation project at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport.
July 2017
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The SEA HSL – an example of VINCI’s integrated construction/concession holder model
03/07/2017 - News update - FranceDesigned, financed, built and operated by VINCI under a concession agreement that runs until 2061, the South Europe Atlantic high-speed line has enabled people to travel from Paris to Bordeaux in just two hours since it was commissioned in July 2017. It is the largest project the Group has ever worked on.
Projects update and handover
Further milestone passed for the Aqualagon
01/07/2017 - News update - FranceIn the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region), teams from Arbonis (VINCI Construction France) deployed on the worksite for the Aqualagon, the future biggest water park in Europe, have finished installing the ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concrete steps and the nets in polypropylene and stainless steel of the Air Tower.
Projects update and handover
Successful lifting operation in Yamal
01/07/2017 - News update - Russian FederationIn late June 2017, teams from Entrepose Contracting (VINCI Construction) lifted and installed the main stairway of storage tank Number 3 in Yamal.
June 2017
Projects update and handover
Ecological restoration of bed of Isère river
29/06/2017 - News update - FranceTeams from the Mancuso earthworks centre of VINCI Construction Terrassement and Benedetti-Guelpa, a company that has recently become part of the Group, are working on behalf of the joint Isère/Arc en Combe de Savoie association within the framework of the Restoration of the Bed of the Isère operation.
Projects update and handover
Opening of the multimodal transport hub at Bordeaux railway station
19/06/2017 - News update - FranceCreated by a joint venture composed of VINCI companies, the extension to Bordeaux Saint-Jean station (west of France) has been opened to users two months ahead of the arrival of the Sud Europe Atlantique high- speed line (HSL).
Projects update and handover
Modernisation of Roland Garros: second set under way
09/06/2017 - News update - FranceThe Roland Garros tennis stadium complex in Paris is being extended and modernised under a programme managed by VINCI Construction France. The project’s phasing is highly unusual, with a pause each year for the French Open tennis tournament to be played. Work recently started on the second phase and redevelopment work will end in 2020 with the inauguration of the new Philippe Chatrier court, complete with retractable roof.
Projects update and handover
Magenta aquatic centre in Nouméa
01/06/2017 - News update - FranceIn a joint venture with Cegelec New Caledonia (VINCI Energies France), Epureau and Madea Concept, SCB (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) is building the Magenta aquatic centre for the city of Nouméa, in New Caledonia. Extending over some 6,000 sq. metres, the complex will notably feature five pools, including a 25 m swimming pool, an artificial wave and an area with a slide.
Projects update and handover
Preparatory works for future station at Orly Airport
01/06/2017 - News update - FranceA joint venture composed of Cardem Paris (Eurovia), leader, Eurovia Massy and Demathieu Bard is implementing the preparatory works, on behalf of Aéroports de Paris, for the construction of the future Orly Airport station, which by 2024 will serve as the terminus of Lines 14 and 18 of the Grand Paris Express network.
Projects update and handover
Foundations for a retail centre
01/06/2017 - News update - PolandIn Warsaw, Soletanche Polska (VINCI Construction) is involved in the project to upgrade a site of almost 5 hectares on which the Młociny retail and leisure centre is to be built.
May 2017
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LUMA Arles: a large-scale project set to become a landmark of the city of Arles.
17/05/2017 - News update - FranceLUMA Arles, the 10-hectare cultural campus created by the LUMA Foundation, will open to the public in 2018. It comprises a park, six industrial buildings and a sculpture-like tower.
Projects update and handover
Handover of Casablanca’s new fishing port
12/05/2017 - News update - MoroccoMarch 2017 saw Dumez Maroc (VINCI Construction International Network) hand over the new fishing port in Casablanca, a project forming part of a total redevelopment of the port area.
Projects update and handover
Creation of a wetland
01/05/2017 - News update - FranceOn the outskirts of Reims, teams from VINCI Construction Terrassement’s Champagne-Ardenne centre, in association with Edivert, are creating a 10-hectare artificial wetland as part of the Azhurev project (development of a wetland in Reims for purification and living beings).
Projects update and handover
Construction of two new buildings at Le Mans hospital
01/05/2017 - News update - FranceSogea Atlantique BTP/VINCI Construction France has won the major works package (structural works, envelope and finishing works) for the construction of the two buildings that will form the new hospital in Le Mans (north-western France).
Projects update and handover
Freezing operation for underground metro stations
01/05/2017 - News update - FranceTo the north of Paris, on the project to extend the metro’s Line 12, teams from Chantiers Modernes Construction, Botte Fondations, Sogea TPI (all VINCI Construction France) and Dodin Campenon Bernard are building two new underground stations: Aimé Césaire and Mairie d’Aubervilliers.
Projects update and handover
Contactless payment at toll sites
01/05/2017 - News update - FranceTrialled for six months at Avignon North, on the A7 motorway, contactless payment is now possible at ten toll sites on the VINCI Autoroutes network, and is due to be gradually rolled out to the rest of the network between now and the end of 2017.
Projects update and handover
Operation Mascarin on Reunion Island
01/05/2017 - News update - FranceOcidim and SBTPC (both VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) are currently working on the Mascarin residential project in La Possession, on Reunion Island.
April 2017
Projects update and handover
Construction of new Saint-Gobain HQ
19/04/2017 - News update - FranceThe foundation stone for the Saint-Gobain Tower in the La Défense business district, by Paris, was laid on 19 April by Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman & CEO of Saint-Gobain, Gabriele Galateri di Genola, Chairman of Assicurazioni Generali and Xavier Huillard, Chairman & CEO of VINCI.
Projects update and handover
A further 1,300 km now equipped with GSM-R
01/04/2017 - News update - FranceSince late March 2017, the Synerail consortium, in which VINCI Concessions and VINCI Energies have a 30% stake, has been operating the GSM-R system on 11,600 km of the French railway network.
Projects update and handover
Track renewal in Lyon Perrache Station
01/04/2017 - News update - FranceLa Champenoise (ETF/Eurovia) has begun its 2017 programme of work for Vigirail (SNCF Réseau’s programme for the maintenance and upgrading of railway installations) with a major project: the renewal of 34 switches and crossings and almost 1,200 lm of track in Lyon Perrache railway station.
Projects update and handover
Soil improvement for Mexico’s new international airport
01/04/2017 - News update - MexicoHaving won a contract in late 2016, teams from Menard Mexico (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) are currently working on the project for a new international airport for Mexico City, to be built to the north of the city.
Projects update and handover
Construction of ‘Uranium House’
01/04/2017 - News update - NigerSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) is currently building the head office, in the capital, Niamey, of the Immeuble Uranium company: a complex of two 2-storey buildings providing a total surface area of 3,900 sq. metres.
March 2017
Projects update and handover
Creation of a wharf on the island of Ouvéa
27/03/2017 - News update - New CaledoniaOff the coast of New Caledonia, Jean Lefebvre Pacifique (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) is currently implementing two projects on behalf of the Loyalty Islands Province, as part of the creation of the new wharf in Hwadrilla, in the centre of the island.
Projects update and handover
Seven new automated dams brought into service on the Aisne and the Meuse
21/03/2017 - News update - FranceBAMEO, the project company composed of VINCI Concessions, SHEMA (EDF Group) and Méridiam, announced, on 15 March 2017, the bringing into service – with the approval of waterways authority Voies Navigables de France (VNF) – of seven new automated dams on the Aisne and the Meuse.
Projects update and handover
Launch of TO-LYON, one of the biggest building projects in Lyon
16/03/2017 - News update - FranceYesterday, during the MIPIM, the international trade fair for property professionals, Gérard Collomb, senator and mayor of Lyon and president of the Metropolis of Lyon, Olivier de la Roussière, chairman of VINCI Immobilier and Dominique Perrault, architect, will be presenting TO- LYON, a major project that will transform the Lyon-Part-Dieu neighbourhood.
Projects update and handover
Vert en vue operation in Strasbourg
01/03/2017 - News update - FranceUrban Dumez (VINCI Construction France) has just launched the works of the Vert en vue (Green Outlook) operation in Strasbourg (east of France).
Projects update and handover
Works beside Windsor Castle
01/03/2017 - News update - United KingdomEurovia Surfacing has just completed resurfacing works in Thames Street, which runs alongside one side of Windsor Castle and serves the castle’s main entrance.
Projects update and handover
Track and ballast renewal works
01/03/2017 - News update - PolandIn late 2016, ETF Polska (Eurovia) completed track and ballast renewal works on behalf of PKP PLK, the national company responsible for the maintenance of the rail network, on a 10 km section of Line 274, which links Wrocław, the country’s fourth-largest city, with Zgorzelec, on the German border.
Projects update and handover
Exceptional lifting operation for future Chlef cement works
01/03/2017 - News update - AlgeriaIn early February 2017, teams from Entrepose International Network (VINCI Construction) lifted into place the steel structure of the future building where cement will be pre-mixed at the planned Chlef cement works, 200 km to the south-west of Algiers.
February 2017
Projects update and handover
VINCI Autoroutes to implement 25 operations for better mobility in the territories on its network
13/02/2017 - News update - FranceAs part of the Motorway Investment Plan signed with the French state on 26th January 2017, VINCI Autoroutes is planning to implement 25 operations for better mobility in the territories on the ASF, Cofiroute and Escota networks.
Projects update and handover
Off-plan sale of the Le Belvédère Building in La Défense
01/02/2017 - News update - FranceOn 1 February 2017, VINCI Immobilier announced that an off-plan sale of the Le Belvédère Building, located in Puteaux, in the La Défense neighbourhood by Paris, had been agreed with AG2R La Mondiale.
Projects update and handover
Urban redevelopment in Nouméa
01/02/2017 - News update - FranceJean Lefebvre Pacifique (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) has just completed the redevelopment works – utilities, urban lighting, traffic lights, roadway, pavements and green spaces – in Rue Jules Ferry in Nouméa, in New Caledonia.
Projects update and handover
New quay for the port of Sète
01/02/2017 - News update - FranceFrom March to October 2016, Eurovia’s Juvignac office was involved, sub-contracting for Soletanche Bachy (VINCI Construction), in the construction of a new quay in the port of Sète (south of France).
January 2017
Projects update and handover
Three school contracts in Guadeloupe
30/01/2017 - News update - FranceDodin Guadeloupe and GTM Guadeloupe, subsidiaries of VINCI Construction Dom-Tom, have just won three contracts for the construction of schools in the centre of Guadeloupe.
Projects update and handover
Signature of the final contracts for the Meliã Hotel in Roissy
18/01/2017 - News update - FranceVINCI Immobilier has signed the final agreements with the ADP Group and Meliá Hotels International to develop the four-star Innside by Meliá Hotel at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Projects update and handover
Asphalting of the Kelo-Pala road in Chad
16/01/2017 - News update - ChadSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) started asphalting the road between Kelo and Pala, in the Mayo Kebbi region (south of the country), in January 2017, on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and accessibility.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of Sainte-Anne Prison in Avignon
11/01/2017 - News update - FranceGirard (VINCI Construction France) is to redevelop the Sainte-Anne Prison, in the historic centre of Avignon (south of France), into a vast urban and architectural complex.
Projects update and handover
Handover of technical facilities at a teaching hospital in Martinique
06/01/2017 - News update - FranceIn late 2016, Sogea Martinique and SIMP, both VINCI Construction Dom-Tom subsidiaries, and Cegelec Projets Antilles Guyane (VINCI Energies France) handed over the new 40,000 sq. metre technical resources centre at the La Meynard teaching hospital (CHU) in Fort-de-France.
Projects update and handover
Extending the A304
01/01/2017 - News update - FranceEurovia’s Ludres and Sedan offices have joined forces to implement the pavements works package of the A304’s “Ardennes Y” project, following on from the earthworks, engineering structures and reinstatement of road connections works package supplied by the joint venture comprising VINCI Construction Terrassement (leader), Dodin Campenon Bernard, GTM Lorraine (VINCI Construction France) and Eurovia Champagne-Ardenne.
Projects update and handover
Drinking water supply
01/01/2017 - News update - BurundiSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network), on behalf of the national water distribution authority (Regideso), is undertaking works for the supply of drinking water to three of the country’s towns: Ngozi, Kayanza and Muyinga.
Projects update and handover
Road junction on the Cracow – Slovak border road
01/01/2017 - News update - PolandA joint venture, within which Eurovia Poland is in charge of all the roadworks, is building an interchange at the junction of the DK47 and DW961 roads at Poronin.
Projects update and handover
Another key stage completed at Yamal
01/01/2017 - News update - Russian FederationOn the project to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks led by the Entrepose Contracting - VINCI Construction Grands Projets joint venture at Yamal, in Siberia, a further key stage was completed in late December 2016 with the lifting, and placing in position on the roofs of the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, of the platforms and pipe racks prefabricated at the Kaliningrad site.
Projects update and handover
First fill for Gabès gas tanks
01/01/2017 - News update - TunisiaIn Gabès, at the site created for the Société Nationale de Distribution des Pétroles for the storage of liquefied hydrocarbons (six sand-filled storage spheres, each with a capacity of 4,000 cu. metres), the Entrepose Contracting (VINCI Construction) teams have started filling operations.
Projects update and handover
Preparatory works for the Tarsus project
01/01/2017 - News update - TurkeyEntrepose Contracting (VINCI Construction) teams started carrying out seismic surveys for the Tarsus underground storage project in November 2016.
Projects update and handover
Motorway interconnection
01/01/2017 - News update - SpainLate December 2016 saw Probisa (Eurovia) teams complete works aimed at improving the link between the A30 motorway, connecting Madrid and Murcia, and the A7, which runs along the Mediterranean coast to link Barcelona with the south of the country.
Projects update and handover
Completion of the Escondida project
01/01/2017 - News update - ChileGeocean (Entrepose/VINCI Construction), as part of a joint venture including Soletanche Bachy Chile and Bessac (also VINCI Construction subsidiaries), completed the maritime works of the Escondida Water Supply project in the Antofagasta region, in northern Chile, in December 2016.
December 2016
Projects update and handover
Completion of works on the D8
17/12/2016 - News update - Czech RepublicOn 17 December 2016, Eurovia CS completed the construction of the final section of the D8 between Lovosice and Řehlovice. It was inaugurated on the same day.
Projects update and handover
Installation of noise barriers on the A63
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceOn the project to widen the A63 between Biriatou and Biarritz (south-west France), to protect local residents from the noise pollution associated with heavy traffic, teams from VINCI Construction Terrassement are creating, on a 20-km section, 50,000 sq. metres of noise barriers (between 1.5 and 6 m in height).
Projects update and handover
Rehabilitation of a railway viaduct in the Yvelines department
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceA VINCI joint venture notably comprising GTM TP Île-de-France, CMC, Freyssinet, ETF (Eurovia), Soletanche Bachy Pieux and Soletanche Bachy France is preparing to start rehabilitating the viaduct in Marly-le-Roi, in the Paris region, for the SNCF.
Projects update and handover
Refurbishment of an alpine motorway
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceA joint venture formed by Eurovia’s Grenoble (leader) and Chambéry offices has renewed the surface of the A41S – known as “l’Alpine” – between Crolles and Le Touvet (south-east France), on behalf of AREA (the local highways operating company).
Projects update and handover
Building a bridge in New Caledonia
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceNear Touho, on the north-east coast of New Caledonia, a VINCI Construction Dom-Tom joint venture composed of Dumez GTM Calédonie, Fondacal and Nord Equipement is currently building the Grand Kokingone Bridge, a 74 m-long girder bridge with an embedded deck.
Projects update and handover
New-generation wildlife crossing
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceTo the south of Tours (central France), on the A10, teams from VINCI Construction Terrassement have designed and built a new-generation crossing for large fauna on behalf of VINCI Autoroutes.
Projects update and handover
Renovation of the tramway in Nantes
01/12/2016 - News update - FranceOver the summer of 2016, the Nantes sector of ETF (Eurovia) renewed the tracks of the Nantes (west of France) tramway on Place du Commerce, the city’s busiest traffic area.
Projects update and handover
Linking tram and train tracks
01/12/2016 - News update - GermanyEurovia Germany’s Leipzig and Dresden offices are working on a project to group together tramway and railway tracks in Chemnitz (Saxony), the aim being to create direct links between the city and its outskirts.
Projects update and handover
Irrigation of a rice-growing area
01/12/2016 - News update - KenyaSogea-Satom (VINCI Construction International Network) has just been awarded the Mwea Irrigation Development Project, which aims to double annual production on 7,200 hectares of existing rice fields, by the National Irrigation Board.
Projects update and handover
Electrical installations for the IOC’s new headquarters
01/12/2016 - News update - SwitzerlandETAVIS TSA SA, a VINCI Energies Europe business unit, is carrying out the high- and low-voltage electrical installation works at the new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee.
November 2016
Projects update and handover
Chernobyl confinement: Unique worldwide
29/11/2016 - News update - UkraineIn 1986, an accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station released radioactive dust into the air, which contaminated the area north of Kiev (Ukraine) and then spread across Europe. In November 2016, a new confinement arch – which will envelop reactor
4 and the dismantling work on it – is sliding into its final position. This project is unique worldwide, was led by two French groups – VINCI Construction and Bouygues Construction – and cost €1.5 billion.
4 and the dismantling work on it – is sliding into its final position. This project is unique worldwide, was led by two French groups – VINCI Construction and Bouygues Construction – and cost €1.5 billion.
Projects update and handover
Renovation of the RN4 now complete
08/11/2016 - News update - FranceThe Bar-le-Duc sector of Eurovia’s Champagne-Ardenne - Vitry - Saint-Dizier office has finished its renovation of the RN4 trunk road, in the Meuse department (east of France), on which teams have been working since 2013.
Projects update and handover
Construction of a maritime hub in New Zealand
04/11/2016 - News update - New-ZealandHEB Construction (VINCI Construction International Network) has started work at the site of the future maritime hub in Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty, in the north of New Zealand.
Projects update and handover
Embankment for a nuclear site
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceAt Marcoule (south of France), on behalf of the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission), Eurovia Méditerranée’s Nîmes office is completing, after two years of works, the external works for a building for the storage of nuclear waste.
Projects update and handover
Two decks for Petit-Lay viaduct
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceFollowing the construction of the supports in 2015, in summer 2016 Eurovia Béton handed over the two decks of the Petit-Lay viaduct over a 25 m-deep valley on the RD 949B at Bournezeau (west of France) to the competent departmental authority.
Projects update and handover
Widening the RN 57
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceIn the east of France, teams from Eurovia’s Bavilliers office (leader) and VINCI Construction Terrassement Centre
Alsace Franche-Comté are working on a project for the Haute-Saône department (client and project manager) to provide 2x2 lanes on a 9 km section of the RN57 between Besançon and Vesoul.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of a toll plaza
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceOn the A81 motorway near La Gravelle (north-western France), Eurovia Béton is redeveloping a toll plaza for the Cofiroute network (VINCI Autoroutes), rebuilding 20 “islands” and creating the underground tunnel for the free flow toll lanes.
Projects update and handover
Removing a dam
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceVINCI Construction Terrassement and its subsidiary Navarra TS are once again demonstrating their ecological development expertise during the project to eliminate the Chat-Cros dam, in the Évaux-les-Bains region (central France).
Projects update and handover
Public spaces in the Nancy Grand Cœur eco-neighbourhood
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceWithin the framework of a call-off contract, since June 2015 Eurovia’s Ludres office has been carrying out the external works part (roadways, utilities) of the programme to redevelop the public spaces in the Nancy Grand Cœur neighbourhood (east of France).
Projects update and handover
New Zealand - Preparatory works for railway tunnels
01/11/2016 - News update - New-ZealandIn a 50/50 joint venture with Downer NZ, Soletanche Bachy International (VINCI Construction) has been awarded a contract by Auckland Transport for preparatory works for the City Rail Link project, i.e. the construction of two underground railway tunnels in the centre of the New Zealand capital.
Projects update and handover
Creating a bus lane
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceA joint venture notably comprising STRF’s Boissy-le-Cutté office (leader), Signature Grands Travaux and Chadel, three Eurovia subsidiaries, is currently developing the public spaces in the Grande Borne neighbourhood of Grigny (Paris region) on behalf of the Lacs de l’Essonne conglomeration.
Projects update and handover
The Bugatti Circuit refurbished in 18 days
01/11/2016 - News update - FranceFrom 10 to 27 October 2016, teams from Eurovia’s Le Mans office were at work renewing the surface of the famous Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans (north-west France), created in 1965; the track, over 4 km in length, had not been totally refurbished since 2004.
October 2016
Projects update and handover
Operation KOSMO: Redevelopment of a property complex
01/10/2016 - News update - FrancePetit, a VINCI Construction France subsidiary, has been appointed to implement, on a general contracting basis, and after site clearance and asbestos removal, the Kosmo project in Neuilly-sur-Seine, by Paris.
Projects update and handover
Water retention structure
01/10/2016 - News update - FranceNear Montbrison (central France), VINCI Construction Terrassement began work on the Villeroi hillside dam project in spring 2016.
Projects update and handover
Operation Mixy in Paris
01/10/2016 - News update - FranceIn the 13th arrondissement of Paris, GTM Bâtiment, a VINCI Construction France subsidiary, is to build, on behalf of
VINCI Immobilier, a 7-storey, 12,500 sq. metre office complex, a 185-room hotel and 4, 200 sq. metres of retail space
Projects update and handover
Reconstruction of a motorway service area
01/10/2016 - News update - FranceAfter creating the two Montélimar (southern France) motorway service areas for concessionaire Shell, Eurovia’s Drôme Ardeche office has been awarded the reconstruction of the northern Les Bréguieres service area, on the A8 motorway near Mougins (south of France), which it will undertake in association with Eurovia’s Nice office.
Projects update and handover
Horizontal directional drilling under the Loire
01/10/2016 - News update - FranceERDF has awarded HDI (Entrepose/VINCI Construction) and Sogea Nord-Ouest TP (VINCI Construction France), in a joint venture, the creation of a crossing beneath the Loire for two new HV power lines (20,000 volts each) between the communes of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and Rochecorbon, to the east of Tours (central France).
Projects update and handover
The A9/A61 fork at Narbonne
01/10/2016 - News update - FranceWorks aimed at improving safety and traffic flow at the extremely busy fork of the A9 and A61 motorways, managed by VINCI Autoroutes, were launched on 19 September 2016.
September 2016
Projects update and handover
Work starts on project to widen the A9
19/09/2016 - News update - France19 September 2016 saw the launch of the works to widen the A9 motorway between Le Boulou (south-west France) and the Spanish border, as part of the French Motorway Plan.
Projects update and handover
Works base for a railway project
01/09/2016 - News update - FranceA Eurovia joint venture composed of ETF Grands Projets RFN (leader), ETF Agence Caténaire, EJL IDF Chelles, Cardem Pyro (and Cardem Paris as a subcontractor of ETF) and Flan Terrassement is currently creating a works base in Chelles and Vaires-sur-Marne (Paris region) for the fourth “suite rapide” track-laying train which, as of January 2017, will start implementing the contract awarded to ETF (Eurovia) by SNCF Réseau in September 2015.
Projects update and handover
Civil engineering in substations
01/09/2016 - News update - Germanyeams from the new substation division at the Lindow office (Eurovia Germany) are currently working on six substations in eastern Germany, including the substation in Vierraden (Brandenburg), where they are due to supply, by 2018, several hundred concrete foundations, a firewall and two large oil separators as well as roadways and green areas.
Projects update and handover
ITER: Special arrangements on the A51
01/09/2016 - News update - FranceIn September 2016, VINCI Autoroutes teams were preparing to introduce new arrangements specifically for the passage of a convoy headed for the site of the ITER project, being implemented by VINCI at Cadarache (south of France).
August 2016
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of waterways on the A63 motorway
19/08/2016 - News update - FranceOn the A63 motorway widening worksite between Biriatou and Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), Cognac TP (Eurovia) and VINCI Construction Terrassement are currently completing works to reconnect waterways and improve hydraulic structures.
Projects update and handover
Team efforts on construction projects in Guadeloupe
01/08/2016 - News update - FranceDodin Guadeloupe (VINCI Construction Dom-Tom) has just completed the construction, on a general contracting basis, of the new headquarters of the Department for the Environment, Development and Housing in Saint-Phy, in the south of Basse-Terre.
Projects update and handover
Wheatstone project: handover of two storage tanks
01/08/2016 - News update - AustraliaIn August 2016, Entrepose (VINCI Construction), VINCI Construction Grands Projets and their partner Thiess handed over to their client Bechtel (representing oil company Chevron) two of the four structures making up the project, i.e. a 150,000 cu. metre liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank and a 120,000 cu. metre condensate reservoir.
July 2016
Projects update and handover
Installation of prefabricated slabs and stay cables on the Ohio River Bridge
28/07/2016 - News update - United States of America
Projects update and handover
First high-speed test train on the SEA HSL
28/07/2016 - News update - FranceFollowing the successful powering up of the catenary on 9 June, the first high-speed test train travelled on the tracks of the central section of the SEA HSL (high-speed line) on 25 July 2016.
Projects update and handover
Deep dredging at Luzzone
17/07/2016 - News update - SwitzerlandTeams from Tournaud/VINCI Construction France began deep dredging works in June at the Luzzone Dam, in Switzerland.
Projects update and handover
VINCI waves the flag for collaborative innovation
12/07/2016 - News updateVINCI embarks on the path of open innovation, through multiple partnerships with the players in its ecosystem – young entrepreneurs in particular. Proposing new services for users of its infrastructure, optimising the performance of its business activities and worksites, or integrating new technology bricks into its business solutions – many challenges await the Group and its entities as they speed up their digital transformation.
June 2016
Projects update and handover
Construction of a water treatment plant
17/06/2016 - News update - Burkina FasoProjects update and handover
Extending a retail centre in Seine-et-Marne
14/06/2016 - News update - FranceA Eurovia joint venture composed of Eurovia Sénart (leader) and EJL Cannes-Écluse is currently implementing the external works (roadways and utilities) and the car park external works works packages of the project to extend, by 30,000 sq. metres, the Carré Sénart retail centre in the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region).
May 2016
Projects update and handover
Rehabilitation of Penthémont Abbey, in Paris
13/05/2016 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Construction of the new Orsay conservatoire
09/05/2016 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Modernisation of a pan-European rail corridor
05/05/2016 - News update - Czech RepublicProjects update and handover
Refurbishment of parking areas at Rennes airport
01/05/2016 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Completion of first deck segments of the Wouri Bridge
01/05/2016 - News update - Cameroon
April 2016
Projects update and handover
Superstructure works for La Marseillaise
22/04/2016 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Pavement rehabilitation from the international airport in Douala
22/04/2016 - News update - CameroonProjects update and handover
Renovation of a major thoroughfare in Santiago
22/04/2016 - News update - ChileProjects update and handover
Handovers - Teaching hospital in Fort-de-France
22/04/2016 - News update - FranceMarch 2016
Projects update and handover
Confinement shelter for the Chernobyl sarcophagus : dual French engineering for an exceptional project
24/03/2016 - News update - UkraineNOVARKA, a 50/50 joint venture formed by VINCI Construction Grands Projets (leader) and Bouygues Travaux Publics, is currently building a new safe confi nement over the Unit 4 reactor at Chernobyl, which exploded on 26 April 1986.
Projects update and handover
Underground works for the Nice tramway
03/03/2016 - News update - FranceWithin the framework of the T2 tram line project in Nice (south of France), Soletanche Bachy (VINCI Construction), as part of a consortium, is supplying the civil engineering works of the underground section of the future line: a 3.2 km-long tunnel, four underground stations and the entrance and exit shafts.
Projects update and handover
Demolition of structures on the A9
03/03/2016 - News update - FranceA consortium notably comprising VINCI Construction Terrassement (leader) and Eurovia (joint contractor) is implementing a project to re-route the A9 motorway at Montpellier (south of France). On the eastern part of the worksite, Cardem (Eurovia) has been demolishing engineering structures on the present motorway, which is currently being widened, since late 2014 – these bridges have become inadequate for their task.
Projects update and handover
Rehabilitation works in Faisanderie estate
03/03/2016 - News update - FranceFebruary 2016
Projects update and handover
Urban refurbishment works in the centre of Cologne
24/02/2016 - News update - GermanyIn Cologne, in late January, the local Eurovia Germany office handed over two projects implemented simultaneously in a dense urban environment, at the foot of the cathedral.
Projects update and handover
Work starts on the superstructure of La Marseillaise
24/02/2016 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Winning synergies in Canada
11/02/2016 - News update - CanadaBy combining its concession and construction know-how, VINCI has won a major contract, the Regina motorway bypass in the province of Saskatchewan. The project will bring into play the complementarity between Eurovia's regional roots through its subsidiary Carmacks in the neighbouring province of Alberta, and the expertise of VINCI Construction Terrassement in major linear infrastructure projects.
Projects update and handover
Rennes Convention Centre : Concrete Consecrated Stone
11/02/2016 - News update - FranceThe transformation of the Jacobin monastery into a congress centre in Rennes combines new construction and heritage restoration in a technically complex project. The 14th century landmark, revisited with 21st century expertise, will embark on a new life in early 2017.
Projects update and handover
Sand ‘lining’ for energy storage tanks
09/02/2016 - News update - TunisiaJanuary 2016
Projects update and handover
Asbestos removal and demolition works at La Santé
28/01/2016 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
National sports centre for the Ministry of Defence
28/01/2016 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Creation of the track for the Race of Champions
28/01/2016 - News update - United Kingdom
Projects update and handover
Renovation of a century-old park in Roubaix
15/01/2016 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Redevelopment of a building for La Poste in Paris
11/01/2016 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Redevelopment of a city-centre street in Pilsen (Czech Republic)
11/01/2016 - News update - Czech Republic
December 2015
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of an area of Prague
15/12/2015 - News update - Czech Republic
Projects update and handover
Maintenance and refurbishment of trunk roads
15/12/2015 - News update - Romania
November 2015
Projects update and handover
The airport in Santiago de Chile, a key part of the VINCI Airports international expansion strategy
26/11/2015 - News update - ChileTogether with its partners ADP and Astaldi, VINCI officially won the concession contract for the Santiago de Chile airport on 21 April of this year and began operation on 1 October 2015. The construction of a new terminal building, to be carried out over the next five years, will double the airport’s capacity.
Projects update and handover
Soil improvement on a seaside site
24/11/2015 - News update - United Arab EmiratesProjects update and handover
Foundations for the Riviera-Chablais Hospital
24/11/2015 - News update - Switzerland
Projects update and handover
Inauguration - “Terres de Graves” motorway service station
24/11/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Handover of Le Corbusier’s Cité de Refuge in Paris
23/11/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Creation of the plenary room for the UN’s COP 21
04/11/2015 - News update - FranceOctober 2015
Projects update and handover
Hall for future ITER nuclear reactor: a further challenge successfully concluded
01/10/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Re-routing the A9: second bridge deck over the Lez
01/10/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Construction of a motorway interchange
01/10/2015 - News update - United States of America
Projects update and handover
Upgrade - A major step forward for the London Underground
01/10/2015 - News update - United KingdomProjects update and handover
New HQ for RouenNormandie urban community
01/10/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Incremental launch of steel structure of Bratislava bridge
01/10/2015 - News update - SlovakiaSeptember 2015
Projects update and handover
TOURS-BORDEAUX HSL End of infrastructure works
18/09/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Development of a new section of the RD9
01/09/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Back to the roots for the Place des Tapis in Lyon
01/09/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Completion of works at Paluel nuclear power plant
01/09/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Foundations for Downtown Santa Fe tower
01/09/2015 - News update - MexicoProjects update and handover
Better traffic conditions to the north of Warsaw
01/09/2015 - News update - PolandAugust 2015
Projects update and handover
Ten-year extension for operations and maintenance contract
11/08/2015 - News update - United Kingdom
Projects update and handover
FOUNDATION STONE Business terminal in Clermont-Ferrand
11/08/2015 - News update - FranceJuly 2015
Projects update and handover
Handover of new education authority building in Guadeloupe
01/07/2015 - News update - France
June 2015
Projects update and handover
Breakthrough in the Borne Romaine Tunnel
18/06/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Installation of first cables on bridge over Bosphorus
08/06/2015 - News update - TurkeySince April 2015, teams from Freyssinet (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) have been installing the 176 stay cables of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul (Turkey).
Projects update and handover
A new generation of stadiums for Euro 2016
06/06/2015 - News update - FranceFrance is building a new generation of stadiums in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016 that will give host cities state-of-the art sports and entertainment venues for decades to come. Just 100 days from the launch of Euro 2016, VINCI, which has rolled out its design-financing-construction-operation and maintenance expertise in this area in Paris, Nice, Lyon and Bordeaux, takes stock of these 21st-century stadiums.
May 2015
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Works in the historic centre of Pilsen, in the Czech Republic
27/05/2015 - News update - Czech RepublicProjects update and handover
A DIADEM for the CEA in the Southe of France
26/05/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
External works on a ZAC in the west of France
26/05/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
First station for Elaine on Line B of the metro in Rennes
26/05/2015 - News update - France
April 2015
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Protecting the Les Ponants site, exposed to the risk of rock falls
01/04/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Asbestos removal and demolition at paper mill
01/04/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Soil improvement works in the south-west of Australia
01/04/2015 - News update - AustraliaProjects update and handover
Maritime structures for the mining industry in Chile
01/04/2015 - News update - Chile
March 2015
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Enhanced setting for Vauban fortifications
20/03/2015 - News update - France
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Atlanta’s North West Corridor
20/03/2015 - News update - United States of America
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Completion of structural works for Grand Stade de Lyon
01/03/2015 - News update - France
February 2015
Projects update and handover
D-900: The SEA Tours-Bordeaux high-speed rail line is on track
04/02/2015 - News update - France
In 900 days, when the SEA Tours-Bordeaux high-speed rail line begins operating at the end of July 2017, the trip between Paris and Bordeaux will take only two hours and five minutes (while it takes 3 hours today). Track laying and railway equipment installation are under way and the railway offering is being sketched out.
Projects update and handover
Ground improvement for a freeway interchange in the United States
03/02/2015 - News update - United States of AmericaThe geotechnical and mechanical characteristics of soils change over time. MENARD (Soletanche Freyssinet/VINCI Construction) carried out ground improvement works for the I-29/US 275/IA92 interchange renovation project in the US state of Iowa. Menard installed 14,000 controlled modulus columns, one of many processes applied on a broad scale.
Projects update and handover
Redevelopment of western entry into Nice
01/02/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Demolition of industrial buildings in east of France
01/02/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
A sculpture-like building for the Luma Foundation
01/02/2015 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Puy-en-Velay Station to be transport interchange hub
01/02/2015 - News update - France
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Completion of civil engineering works on Tréauray Dam
01/02/2015 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Demolition in a densely populated urban area
01/02/2015 - News update - FranceJanuary 2015
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Special foundations for Brisbane Airport
16/01/2015 - News update - Australia
December 2014
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Chernobyl sarcophagus confinement structure successfully lifted into place
23/12/2014 - News update - UkraineProjects update and handover
In late July 2017, with the LGV SEA, Bordeaux and Paris will be just two hours apart.
23/12/2014 - News update - France
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HANDOVER Two geothermal wells in Villejuif
23/12/2014 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Discovery of pre-Neanderthal human remains
23/12/2014 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Rennes metro: France's largest civil engineering worksite
19/12/2014 - News update - FranceOn 19 December, the tunnel boring machine was baptised "Elaine" at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. The baptism was among the last preparations in the run-up to the construction phase of the 8 km tunnel for the second Rennes Métropole automated metro line, which is scheduled to begin operating at the end of 2019. The iconic project provides a preview of the upcoming Grand Paris programme.
November 2014
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Euro 2016: on the site of the new Bordeaux stadium
05/11/2014 - News update - FranceFollowing the Jacques Chaban-Delmas lift bridge in Bordeaux, VINCI is working on another flagship project for the city. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, this new enclosure with 42 000 seats represents a work of a new generation of multifunctional stadiums, perfectly integrated in the urban site. Zoom on the site of the stadium unique design, which is scheduled for delivery in spring 2015.
Projects update and handover
Upgrade at Paris- Charles-de-Gaulle Airport
01/11/2014 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Upmarket clearance and asbestos removal project
01/11/2014 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
First destruction of a structure on the A9
01/11/2014 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Wall enclosing second Yamal storage tank now complete
01/11/2014 - News update - Russian Federation
October 2014
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Completion of concrete foundation slab for Iter
01/10/2014 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Opening of The Peninsula Paris luxury hotel
01/10/2014 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Handover of biggest port terminal in Baltic countries
01/10/2014 - News update - LithuaniaProjects update and handover
International lycée in Nantes ready for new school year
01/10/2014 - News update - FranceSeptember 2014
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Pipeline in Papua New Guinea, an extreme project in the jungle
08/09/2014 - News update - Papua New GuineaIn 2014, Spiecapag, the specialised subsidiary of Entrepose Contracting (VINCI Construction), completed the construction of 450 km of pipelines over a distance of 300 km in Papua New Guinea for ExxonMobil - an exceptional project in an exceptional country.
Projects update and handover
Own-lane bus service starting in Martinique
01/09/2014 - News update - FranceAugust 2014
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Variable signalling for two tunnels
01/08/2014 - News update - LuxembourgJuly 2014
June 2014
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The Louis Vuitton Foundation, an extremely complex structure
25/06/2014 - News update - FranceThe Louis Vuitton Foundation building, which has been compared to a cloud, a chrysalis and a sailing ship, will open to the public in Paris in the autumn of 2014. The Foundation's building, a centre of art and culture designed by architect Frank Gehry, was a one-of-a-kind technological challenge. VINCI was selected to build it with the help of its many partners and to coordinate the project.
Projects update and handover
Demolition of Ambarès bridge on LGV SEA route
01/06/2014 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
Symphony in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
01/06/2014 - News update - France
Projects update and handover
The water’s flowing in the Dî irrigation area
01/06/2014 - News update - Burkina Faso
May 2014
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40 months of works for the Seine Aval ‘biological line’
01/05/2014 - News update - France
April 2014
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Works start at ENSM’s future site in Le Havre
01/04/2014 - News update - FranceMarch 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
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Prado Sud Tunnel: 7 months ahead of schedule!
23/12/2013 - News update - France
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
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4 September 2013: Breakthrough of the final tunnel at Hallandsås in Sweden
05/09/2013 - News update - SwedenDoes the name Hallandsås mean anything to you?
Ask a tunnel specialist about it. He will explain to you why this project, taken over in 2002 by the joint venture involving Skanska (60%) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets (40%), following two previous aborted attempts, is one of the best known among underground construction professionals throughout the world.
Ask a tunnel specialist about it. He will explain to you why this project, taken over in 2002 by the joint venture involving Skanska (60%) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets (40%), following two previous aborted attempts, is one of the best known among underground construction professionals throughout the world.
June 2013
Projects update and handover
Cyber-eco-neighbourhood in Issy-les-Moulineaux
19/06/2013 - News update - FranceMay 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
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Completion of the A89: Bordeaux-Lyon in 5 hours 15 minutes
25/02/2013 - News update - France
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
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Early delivery for Kenitra power station
14/09/2012 - News update - Morocco
July 2012
June 2012
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The Cité des Savoirs et du Sport pour tous à Montpellier
11/06/2012 - News update - FranceMay 2012
April 2012
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Completion of civil engineering in three A89 tunnels
25/04/2012 - News update - FranceMarch 2012
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The "Le Bayard" building in La Confluence
16/03/2012 - News update - FranceFebruary 2012
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Property development project in Les Abymes
16/02/2012 - News update - FranceDecember 2011
October 2011
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Mission accomplished for Montpellier boarding school
24/10/2011 - News update - FranceAugust 2011
May 2011
April 2011
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Carré Feydeau, an operation aiming for low-energy and NF Logement certification
30/04/2011 - News update - FranceMarch 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
September 2010
August 2010
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VINCI builds the visitor centre at the Château of Versailles in three months
11/08/2010 - News update - FranceJuly 2010
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Al Raha Beach: works completed
05/07/2010 - News update - United Arab EmiratesMay 2010
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Brest tramway: A flagship project for Eurovia Bretagne
11/05/2010 - News update - France
April 2010
Projects update and handover
Transformation process for the hospital in Argenteuil
15/04/2010 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Green light for London Gateway Port
15/04/2010 - News update - United KingdomMarch 2010
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Upgrade for 210 kilometres of regional lines
10/03/2010 - News update - FranceProjects update and handover
Modernisation of the Simone-Veil Hospital
10/03/2010 - News update - FranceFebruary 2010
Projects update and handover
Christening of the first Liefkenshoek TBM
12/02/2010 - News update - BelgiumJanuary 2010
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