The Bouygues Travaux Publics subsidiary of Bouygues Construction built the bridge from La Rochelle to Ile de Ré. The engineering structure means that the island is now less isolated from the mainland. It took only 20 months to build the 2,926 m-long, 15.50 m-wide structure — in other words, a spectacular feat!

The Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France subsidiary of Bouygues Construction refurbished architectural features and structures in the former Orsay train station, converting it into an approx. 45,000 m² space for art and exhibitions. The museum was built in a spectacular fin-de-siècle style. The RER line running under the site meant that Bouygues Construction had to strengthen foundations and build new vertical structures to separate the RER station from the museum building.

La Maison de l’écriture is located in Montricher in the heart of the Jura mountains, Switzerland, facing onto Lake Geneva and the Alps. It was designed like a small-scale city, with individual residences suspended from a canopy like cable cars. The site also includes a library, exhibition hall, chapel, and an auditorium. Energy performance is one of the complex building’s other remarkable features. Architects Vincent Mangeat and Pierre Wahlenont made Janet Vera Michalski's dream for a cocoon-like structure dedicated to literature a reality. The solid oak shelves today hold over 80,000 works!

The Ecovert subsidiary of Bouygues Construction was tasked with building the King's College campus in Waterloo, south London. The first British university campus to involve Bouygues Construction was built as part of a public-private partnership (PPP) signed in 1999. The university handed over responsibility for maintenance work on the campus to an on-site operator for a 25-year period.

The Hale Street Link was co-designed and built by Bouygues Construction Australia in Brisbane, in the centre of the Queensland capital. This road project across the Brisbane River consists of 3 viaducts of which the main one is 280m long. Various works have also been carried out on both banks, including a 52-space parking lot, a street extension, an underpass for pedestrians and cyclists, and the renovation of drainage systems and networks.

Chosen for the tender of the EcoCité project launched in 2009, the Chengdu school group located in the “Parc Marianne” neighbourhood in Montpellier was designed by the Coste architecture agency. Built in a record time (16 months, of which 10 months for works) by Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, this energy-plus building now accommodates 300 nursery- and primary-school children. The project combines energy performance and comfort thanks to its innovative, efficient equipment.

The AGP consortium asked Bouygues UK to demolish, design and build the “new” British Home Office. Located in the centre of London on the former land of the “Three Ugly Sisters” in Westminster, the building forms part of the project to modernise the historic centre of London. Its avant-garde design is the work of British architect Sir Terry Farrell, DEGW interior decorators, and artist Liam Gillick, who co-produced the resolutely innovative plans. The flamboyant architect who is famous for the numerous prizes he has won, including the MIPIM Award in 2006, breaks away from tradition. Unusual interior decoration for the 3,500 civil servants of the Home Office.

Bouygues Bâtiment International, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, was the general contractor for the construction of a two-storey shopping arcade in the Jabi Lake business district in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. It now houses over 100 shops, 14 restaurants, a cinema on the mezzanine level and approximately 750 parking spaces.

The 100,000 m² site for the future Nigeria LNG head office is located on the Niger delta near to Port Harcourt and production sites. 22 buildings will be constructed covering a 37,214 m² surface area. Bouygues Construction Nigeria, a Bouygues Construction subsidiary, is undertaking the construction of the large new head office. The project will also include renovating some buildings and mammoth infrastructural works with the end goal of accommodating 400 employees from the Lagos head office by 2018.

The Royal Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a hospital for sick children. As part of construction and operation work on the centre, Bouygues Energies & Services has been tasked with multi-modal maintenance and end-of-life replacements for 25 years following the construction phase at the site, which will be completed in summer 2017. The centre will extend across 51,156 m² including nine operating theatres and 234 beds.

The London hospital, designed by the Scott Talion Walker architecture agency and Edward Williams Architects, was built by Bouygues UK, a Bouygues Construction subsidiary. The ultramodern building will offer the latest cancer treatments and surgery using cutting-edge technology. The new hospital is located nearby to the UCLH cancer centre and radiotherapy department, creating a major hub for cancer treatment in the heart of London. The centre will be one of the first of its kind in the UK.

In Bangkok, Bouygues-Thai delivered a residential complex along the banks of Chaophraya River in 2012 called The River. The complex, which includes a 73-floor tower and a 43-floor tower, offers nearly 900 luxury apartments with a wide range of services such as landscaped gardens, a gym, a multi-purpose sports area, pools, and parking lots, as well as a magnificent view of central Bangkok. At 258 metres tall, The River South Tower is one of the tallest in Bangkok. It is surpassed by MahaNakhon Tower (314 metres), which was also built by Bouygues-Thai.

In Strasbourg, the consortium led by Bouygues Travaux Publics is constructing a design-build Bridge over the Rhine. Its form and dimensions make this an impressive cross-border project. It will be a double-decker bowstring arch bridge and will measure 290 metres long and 16 metres wide. Entirely dedicated to environmentally-friendly modes of transport, this new bridge over the Rhine will relieve traffic congestion over this frequently used Franco-German route and will connect the centre of Strasbourg to the Kehl train station in Germany by tramway starting in 2018.

In Bangkok, Bouygues-Thai and VSL have combined their expertise to build the new Australian Embassy complex which will include the ambassador's residence, diplomatic services, reception rooms, a conference centre and an event space. The embassy, built in the Pathum Wan district near Wireless Road, will give its employees new work spaces that are bigger and more efficient, more modern recreational areas and better safety standards. Bouygues-Thai and VSL will also build technical facilities to treat wastewater, generate power in the case of emergencies and store potable water and water to be used in the case of a fire.

The Tour Allianz One is easily recognisable on the La Défense skyline with its triangular design standing at 100 metres tall. Currently the headquarters of Allianz France, the Tour Allianz One underwent from 21012 to 2014 a full restoration and energy renovations to respond to the most demanding environmental requirements. It is outfitted with a new façade and photovoltaic panels, reducing its energy consumption by 40%. It is one of the only buildings in La Défense to have four certifications: HQE, BREEAM, LEED and BBC Effinergie Rénovation. The interior design was created by the architect Gabriela Raible and was also designed by the consortium led by the Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France. As a modern and simple building, it offers redesigned work spaces that favour collaborative work, digitalisation and the cooperation of the 1,700 employees currently working in the building.

In Dolní Břežany, near Prague, VCES delivered one of the most sophisticated laser centres, the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) Beamlines, almost three and a half months early. With its unique laser system, this prestigious project developed in cooperation with the famous American Lawrence Livermore laboratory will give the international scientific community access to unprecedented multi-disciplinary research opportunities in a number of areas, including bio-medicine, new materials, medical imaging, optics and nanotechnologies. The ELI Beamlines centre was financed by 40 institutions from 13 European Union member states, making it a leading centre for cutting-edge pan-European research.

As part of a public-private partnership, Bouygues Building Canada and Bouygues Energies & Services have combined their skills to design, construct and operate the new E Division headquarters of the Royal Canadian Police in Surrey, British Columbia. They will also provide maintenance over a 25-year period. The project includes three buildings with Leed Gold and Bomas Best certification, the most demanding North American energy performance standards, a Datacenter and a 1,800-space car park. This ultra-modern complex houses 2,700 police officers and civilians on some 20 sites in the province.

In Nantes, the consortium led by Bouygues Bâtiment Grand Ouest and including the specialist company CMB Bois have joined forces to design and deliver the 30 BEPOS Grand Carcouët housing units. The keywords in this project: less energy expenditure! The technical design of the housing was extremely advanced so as to obtain energy performance that allowed tenants to significantly reduce their heating and hot water bills: photovoltaic panels, energy recovery system for grey water, Heliopac system for producing hot water, etc. This exemplary project won the EDF Low Carbon contest in 2012 and won a prize at the 2015 National Wood Construction Awards in the Collective and group housing category.

As part of a contract that includes funding, design and construction, Bouygues Building Canada and its partner Kenaidan Contracting Ltd have delivered several leading sports infrastructures in Ontario: the Milton Cisco Stade Vélodrome (3,000 seats), the Canadian football stadium in Hamilton (22,500 seats) and the athletics and rugby stadium at York University in Toronto (5,000 seats). The Milton Cisco Stade Vélodrome has a 250 m Siberian pine track that meets the requirements of the International Cycling Union (ICU); it was delivered in summer 2015 and hosted the cycling events at the 2015 Pan-American and Parapan American Games.

Through its subsidiary - Dragages Macao - Bouygues Construction has created and delivered the brand new six-star luxury hotel designed by Zaha Hadid Architects on behalf of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited. The unique architecture and technical prowess involved in the project will make this "tower with holes" the new symbol of the Macau City of Dreams entertainment complex.  A total of 738 rooms, including 10 villas, a casino, restaurants, conference rooms and a roof-top pool, are built on 39 floors with a surface area of almost 151,000 m².

Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has expertise in the development of new modes of mobility, such as urban cable-cars. This new method of transport helps reduce traffic and the carbon impact of cities.

Bouygues Construction and BMF are building France’s first urban cable car in Brest. The new cable car will travel a distance of 450 metres, linking the two banks of the Penfeld River in just 3 minutes, and connecting the new eco-district of Les Capucins and its 4000 new occupants to the rest of the city. The infrastructure is capable of resisting wind speeds of up to 108km and is equipped with cable cars each designed to hold the equivalent of half a busload of passengers, meaning that it could carry up to 675,000 passengers per year. This innovative solution is cheaper than building a bridge, blends into the historic heart of the city and will also have a very low carbon footprint. The CO2 emissions per kilometre and per passenger will be 30 times less than for the same journey by car!

In Sydney, Bouygues Construction Australia and Lend Lease are designing and building NorthConnex, which is a 9 km-long twin tunnel motorway connecting the west and the north of Sydney. The new infrastructure will bring huge environmental benefits and ease traffic congestion on the outskirts of Sydney by taking almost 5000 trucks off the Pennant Hills Road each day. Drivers taking this tunnel will be able to avoid some twenty sets of traffic lights and reduce their travel time by 15 minutes. The work, due to last four years, will create 2500 jobs.

In Stratford, east London, Bouygues UK is building Manhattan Loft Gardens, an emblematic tower rising 143 metres above the ground. Designed by the architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it will have 42 storeys, containing 248 apartments and lofts, a hotel with 150 rooms, a spa, a triple-height lobby, and two restaurants. Its unique, double-cantilevered structure, supporting three sky gardens, will offer a new take on green spaces and London garden squares while creating an environment that encourages a sense of community and boosts urban diversity.

Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est has been commissioned by Aéroports de Lyon to design and build the future Terminal 1 at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. The new infrastructure, comprising 70,000 sq. metres spread over three floors, will double the airport’s total surface area and allow it to welcome 15 million passengers per year in 2020, and to offer new services including a 10,000 sq. metre shopping complex. The building, which will be HQE© certified, has been designed with the help of a 3D digital mock-up and will be built according to a sustainable construction approach. The project also aims to reduce energy and water consumption thanks to passive solutions and the building’s high-performance outer shell.

Crossing the Rhone just upstream of its confluence with the Saone, the Raymond Barre bridge connects the Confluence and Gerland districts. Only open to trams, pedestrians and cyclists the tied-arch bridge is special in that it has a main span of 150 m at an angle to the river's flow, in echo of the metal Mulatière railway bridge that crosses the Saone nearby. Seen from the banks and the A7 motorway, the Raymond Barre bridge is the new gateway to Lyon over the Rhone. Especially at night, when the lights installed by Bouygues Energies & Services enhance it slenderness twinned into the waters of the river.

A few kilometres outside of the capital of Port of Spain, Bouygues Bâtiment Trinidad & Tobago is working on behalf of the Urban Development Corporation to build the leading cancer treatment centre in the independent Caribbean islands. Designed by Farrow, the Canadian architect firm, the building will span 7,000 m2 over three storeys and will be entirely devoted to the treatment of cancer, kitted out with the most cutting-edge medical equipment. This key national project is part of the country's renewal programme for its ageing healthcare infrastructure, which is now almost 30 years old. 
 

Developed by Cirmad and constructed by Bouygues Bâtiment Nord-Est, the Ile de Corse project is situated in a strategic location in Nancy, between the historic centre and the new district of Rives-de-Meurthe. Spanning an area of 28,000 m2, it combines social cohesion with diversity of supply, containing 262 social and affordable housing units, tourist accommodation, 1,120 m2 of office space. Since its inception, the programme has taken an ambitious approach to environmental certification (HQE for the offices, H&E Cerqual for the housing units, and BBC Effinergie for the entire project), which led to it being selected by Ademe as part of its national tender for brownfield regeneration. With its bioclimatic facades, external insulation and green roofs, the Quai Ouest building that houses the Bouygues Bâtiment Nord-Est regional offices is itself HQE and BBC certified.

As part of the vast Dunkirk methane terminal project, EDF has commissioned Bouygues Travaux Publics and Entrepose Contracting to design and construct three prestressed concrete LNG reservoirs. With a 570,000 m3 capacity, a diameter measuring 91 m and a height of 50 m, these reservoirs will be some of the biggest in the world. Located on a fragile coastline, the construction site has to meet extremely stringent environmental protection requirements. For example, a concrete plant has been especially built on the site itself in order to reduce lorry noise and traffic. Since the very start, Bouygues Travaux Publics, along with its public and community partners, has conducted a large-scale inclusion project to integrate the long-term unemployed into their roster of locally-engaged staff.

Within the framework of a public-private sector partnership, Bouygues Construction is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of the New Paris Law Court complex in Paris. Designed by Renzo Piano, the high-rise building (standing 160 m tall) brings  all of the services for the Paris Court of First Instance, public prosecution service, police court and district courts under the same roof. And thanks to its 90 courtrooms, it is capable of holding 8,000 people every day. With thermal inertia, natural ventilation, the use of photovoltaic panels on the facade, a rainwater recovery system, and terraces planted with trees covering a combined area of one hectare, the building that Bouygues Energies & Services is responsible for operating and maintaining for the next 27 years sets the benchmark for energy performance in the Greater Paris.

Made up of 98 wooden modules, the high school in Clisson uses innovative construction processes. Entirely designed and built in workshops using the Lean Management method, the modules were transported to the site and then assembled to form the building. In addition to simplifying construction processes, this technique enabled time and money to be saved, as well as reducing the site’s environmental impact. The project includes an environmental approach with an RT 2012 performance objective of -10%.

Home is the first residential tower since the 1970s to exceed 50m in height, following the decision by the city of Paris to remove height limits in order to address housing issues. The two towers that make up the project contain 188 homes including 92 social housing apartments, as well as shops and car parks. The tiered design allows both optimum brightness and uniqueness for every apartment, in order to focus on the comfort of inhabitants. Home is also an RT 2005 "Climate Plan" operation and has obtained several environmental certifications.

The Kluster consortium notably comprising Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France and Bouygues Energies & Services is building a property complex of approximately 25,000m², primarily intended to house the school’s educational and research activities. Built under a Public Sector-Private Sector Partnership contract, use of the complex will be managed for 26 years by Bouygues Energies & Services, who are committed to limiting electricity and heating consumption.

Built in a year and a half, today the new Bordeaux city council offices centralise most services to citizens and accommodates 850 employees previously spread over fifteen sites. Part of the building is a cantilever overlooking the tram, a real technical challenge for the teams at Bouygues Bâtiment Centre Sud-Ouest. BEPOS-certified, the Cité Municipale operates under a Public Sector-Private Sector Partnership contract; site maintenance will thus be taken care of by Bouygues Energies et Services for a period of 20 years.

Located in the centre of Monthey, M Central is an urban response to the development of shopping centres on the outskirts of cities. Made up of six buildings, this complex built by Losinger Marazzi provides 4,750m² of retail space as an extension to the existing Migros store retail space, 1,300m² of office space and 130 rental apartments, as well as a senior citizens residence. Built in accordance with Swiss Minergie standards, the buildings are connected to the remote heating system installed by the city of Monthey, which uses heat produced through the incineration of household waste.

Bymaro  built the vast Marina Shopping Centre in Casablanca. Located on the seafront, between the port and the Hassan II Mosque, it is situated at the heart of the new Marina pole, whose ambition is to help the city of Casablanca become one of the major economic and tourist cities in the region. The project is being developed in an area of over 40,000m² and includes a hypermarket, shops, an entertainment area, a plaza and four office towers, all above two stories of parking. The shopping centre itself extend over two 6-metre floors, while the four office buildings have 6 floors.

Bouygues Building Canada and Sintra have been in charge of the design and construction of this new 10,000m² airport terminal and a 4,500m² service building, as well as the renovation and extension of approximately 400,000m² of runways asand aircraft parking areas. Located in Canada’s largest territory, the airport plays a strategic role: the plane is the only mode of transport that can be used throughout the year to serve this territory, which is as big as Western Europe, and to connect its 25 communities! The project includes an ambitious employment and training programme for Inuit employees, in the understanding and respect of their culture. The project included a cogeneration power plant and is aiming for LEED® Silver certification.

The SBK Line, which is the new 51km-long public transport main line in Kuala Lumpur (80% of which consists of overhead lines), was commissioned at the end of 2016 and serves 1.2 million inhabitants. It relieves traffic congestion in this multimillionaire metropolis and reduces travel time. Based in Malaysia, our subsidiary VSL is in charge of the structural assembly of 24km of bridges on the line, from the north to the south of the city. To meet deadlines and limit the impact of the site, VSL used 9 launchers simultaneously, a first in the company's history!

In Ardmore Park, one of the most prestigious neighbourhoods in Singapore, stands Sculptura Ardmore, a very upmarket 36-story residential tower, designed by renowned architect Carlos Zapata and built by our subsidiary Dragages Singapour. The technical challenge of this project was the construction of 4 private 15-metre cantilever swimming pools on the facade, which give the sensation of swimming in the clouds. Designed using a sustainable building approach and awarded the Green Mark label, the curtain wall of the tower is equipped with a sophisticated system of adjustable sunshades to regulate light and heat depending on the position of the sun.

After being closed for 25 years, the Molitor swimming pool rose from its ashes in 2014 after 2 years of work. Renovation work transformed it into a high-class hotel and sports complex, while respecting the Art Deco spirit of its designer, Lucien Pollet. The indoor winter swimming pool, its double glass roof and its two levels of blue cabins were rebuilt, as was the outdoor swimming pool. The outdoor pool is bordered by a 5-star hotel, the MGallery, with 124 rooms on 3 floors and a 90-seat lounge restaurant. The hotel was put on springs boxes to absorb vibrations from the nearby metro line. All this work was subject to acceptance by the Historic Monuments architect.

The decision to extend the Bata stadium was made when Equatorial Guinea was chosen to host the 2012 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), and the extension of the stadium was entrusted to the local subsidiary of Bouygues Bâtiment International in 2010. On the works programme: an increase in capacity from 20,600 to 35,000 places, construction of a galvanized covered crown protecting 15,000 seats, installation of a VIP area and international standard-compliant lighting, all in 11 months! Football fans were thus able to experience the AFCON opening ceremony and the semi-final matches in a completely modernised stadium.