Starting signal at the Le Vinatier hospital

30 November 2011 - New contracts - France

The consortium led by Lamy and including Pitance (both VINCI Construction France subsidiaries) began the construction and refurbishment works at the Le Vinatier hospital complex in Bron (central France) on 1st September 2011. The project forms part of the 2012 Hospital Plan. It is being implemented on a design-build basis, with the aim of achieving HEQ® (High Environmental Quality) certification and the Effinergie low-energy building label (maximum consumption: 50 kWhep/sq. metre/year).

The contract notably calls for the creation of a new, 333-bed building bringing together the hospital’s three adult psychiatry units, the construction of a 336-space underground car park and the refurbishment of an administration building. The major service-sector projects arm of Cegelec Centre Est (Cegelec France Division, Energy business line) is associated with the operation, handling the high voltage (generator, equipment) and low voltage (fire safety, patient call buttons, …) aspects of the project. " Worth a total of €66m, the works will take 39 months to complete.