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Tuesday November 15th, 2016
Since 7 November, the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) has been taking place in Marrakesh. The objective of this 2-week conference is to continue and to intensify the fight against climate change. Outside of the summit that brings together diplomats and heads of state from the entire world, the Bouygues Group, through its subsidiaries Bouygues Construction, Bouygues Immobilier, and Colas, is presenting its sustainable construction innovations.
Bouygues Construction has been present in Africa for several decades, particularly in Morocco through the BYMARO subsidiary (Bouygues Bâtiment International). That means that the company’s presence at the COP22 is a natural extension of its commitment to the environment and its involvement on the African continent. While BYMARO is positioning itself today as a sustainable development leader on the Moroccan market, all Bouygues Construction entities have the expertise to support Africa’s development and energy transition, in the form of solar farms, eco-designed buildings, sustainable neighbourhoods, and more. The COP22 provides a showcase for the company’s expertise in different fields as Bouygues Construction reaffirms its vision based on the importance of shared innovation in service of everyone.
For the occasion, some big names stopped at the Bouygues booth and learned about two main ideas for tackling major climate challenges: sustainable neighbourhoods and smart cities.
On Thursday, 10 November, French Minister of Housing, Emmanuelle Cosse paid us a visit. She was welcomed by Christian Nacquard, R&D and Innovation Director at Bouygues Bâtiment International, and Olivier Bobenrieth, Operations Director at Bouygues Immobilier Morocco.
On Friday, 11 November, Michèle Pappalardo met several Bouygues directors at the booth. This former General Commissioner for Sustainable Development and senior magistrate at the Court of Auditors is today responsible for uniting French actors—public and private—around Vivapolis, the French “sustainable city” brand launched by the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Bouygues, a Vivapolis partner, supports the brand and shares its idea of the city of tomorrow through its integrated approach and collaborative promotion of French “smart city” know-how outside of French borders.
At a lecture organized at the Bouygues booth, Christian de Nacquard, R&D and Innovation Director at Bouygues Bâtiment International, also presented innovation solutions to production and energy performance issues. “As we confront the energy challenges of the 21st century, improving building and infrastructure energy performance is the best way to save the planet’s natural resources.”
Until 18 November, visitors can see the latest innovations and creations related to renovation, low-carbon construction, eco-neighbourhoods, soft mobility, and city management. A model of the Faubourgs d’Anfa project (BYMARO/Bouygues Immobilier) is also on display.
On Tuesday 19th of June, an epic milestone for the Bouygues UK's UCLH site in central London took place. The cyclotron, the device that will supply the power for the proton beam therapy (PBT) centre at UCLH, was successfully delivered and installed.
After intriguing locals and music lovers for three years, the Seine Musicale is finally being unveiled. The new cultural centre of the Hauts-de-Seine department, which marks the renewal of the Ile Seguin, will be officially inaugurated on Saturday 22 April. Guided tour of this liner dedicated to all music genres, a real technical feat for […]
Twenty years ago, the stands of the Stade de France buzzed with the first chants of football supporters during the 1998 World Cup. As the 2018 World Cup gets underway in Russia, let's take a look back at the construction of this legendary stadium with a few pictures.
Building and Civil Works generates 250 million tonnes of waste per year. Today, only 40% of this waste is reclaimed, yet the Energy Transition Act imposes a threshold of 70%, to be reached by 2020. Transitioning from a traditional, linear economy toward a circular economy means entirely rethinking how we manage a worksite's materials in order to produce in a more sustainable and sensible way.
After "Wizom Connected", Bouygues Construction's connected housing solution, the group is now launching an adaptable housing offer called "Wizom for Life". Presented during a trade show for mayors from the Paris region, it rounds out the Wizom housing offer and paves the way for a more flexible and modular home.
Sharing information so that all players on the project have a single vision of the construction. Welcome to the BIM age! See the innovative use we make of BIM on one of our sites. Today, we are in Églantines, in Morges (Switzerland), by Losinger Marazzi.
Following our series on FabLabs, those novel laboratories promoting creation and collaboration in support of an innovation ecosystem.
Challenger, which was built in 1988 to house all Bouygues’ business activities, has been the window onto the Group’s know-how for 30 years. Between 1988 and 2018, the headquarters have transformed, mirroring the change in the company. Here is a picture review of thirty years of constant progress.
Bouygues Energies & Services, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, was the first company in its sector to implement a disability agreement.
