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.

Designed to resolve Hong Kong's seasonal flooding issues, the West drainage tunnel collects water from heavy rainfall thanks to its 32 wells and linking tunnels which expel the water directly into the sea. To carry out this 10.5 km project, two of the largest hard rock tunnel boring machines ever used in Hong Kong were needed in order to dig out the granitic and volcanic land. This particularly technical project, carried out in a very urban area, won the best underground project prize in 2011 at the International Tunnelling Awards.

Financed, designed, constructed and operated by Dragages Hong Kong for the past 25 years, the Asia-World Expo is a one-of-a-kind international exhibition centre. It offers almost 70,000 m² of usable floor space including ten halls, a conference centre and the island's biggest multi-purpose concert arena that can hold up to 15,000 people.  All of these areas adapt perfectly to the needs of the exhibitors and event organisers as they are very customisable. There is direct access to the international airport and even a subway station specially integrated into the centre to aid user access.

In a joint venture with China Harbour Engineering, Dragages Hong Kong and Bouygues Travaux Publics have built the main viaduct in East Tsing-Yi, the last section of the new Route 8 linking Sha Tin town to the international airport. Located 60 metres above the port, this six-lane, 1,250 metre-long viaduct was built using the specific 'Fei Long' launcher, required due to the pronounced curvature of the spans (125 m radius). This extremely technical project helped to ease road traffic in one of the world's biggest container ports.

The Trade and Industry Tower in Hong Kong, built by Dragages Hong Kong, is the embodiment of excellence as far as environmental standards are concerned. The project features numerous green innovations, including a photovoltaic power system, solar water heating, low environmental-impact materials, rainwater recovery, a fibre optics daylighting system, air-conditioning using the district cooling system and green walls and roof gardens that account for 30% of the surface of the building. Everything combines for this ultramodern structure, which houses offices for the government and several government departments, to qualify for double LEED® Platinum et BEAM® Platinum certification.

With a spire reaching a height of 200 m, the Incity Tower is one of the tallest in France. A symbol of the transformation of the city of Lyon, the project has successfully met a social challenge by keeping nuisance from the site to a minimum, and also an environmental challenge, because it is the first French city-centre HQE® tower applying for the BBC and BREEAM® Excellent labels. The project is also technologically innovative, requiring the use of cutting-edge technologies including a climbing formwork system, guided facade protection and high-performance concretes, an helicopter to set last elements of the spire.

For its first contract in Myanmar (formerly Burma), our subsidiary Dragages Singapore  has been in charge of designing and building Star City, a large residential complex situated on the banks of the Bago river in the suburbs of Yangon (Rangoon). The site will consist of 4,980 apartments, car parks and communal amenities. A joint venture set up by Dragages Singapore will carry out engineering and construction for five sets of buildings, along with the accompanying infrastructure. In all, more than 500 people have been hired and given training in modern construction techniques to work on this project on the basis of transfers of know-how. 

A symbol of the city’s dynamic economy, Hong Kong exhibition centre was designed and built by our subsidiary, Dragages Hong Kong, on the seafront in Wan Chai. On a 6.5-hectare site reclaimed from the sea, the two 8-storey buildings house three exhibition halls and a 4,500-seat conference centre equipped with innovative equipment for simultaneous translation, lighting and sound, as well as 26 meeting rooms, seven restaurants, an international business centre and a 1,300-place car park. Featuring a glass canopy suspended on the roof at a height of 30 metres, the principal foyer provides a panoramic view of Kowloon. The Exhibition Centre’s place in history is secure: on July 1, 1997, it hosted the ceremony for the handover of Hong Kong to China.

Bouygues Travaux Publics is a member of a consortium building an offshore viaduct forming part of the new coastal highway in the north of Reunion Island. Replacing the current cliff road between Saint-Denis and La Possession, which is overloaded and vulnerable to the risk of rockfall, the offshore viaduct will form an arc between Saint-Denis and La Grande Chaloupe. More than 95% of the structures used for the construction will be prefabricated on land and then for the most part installed at sea. This solution limits the use of concrete and steel and the need for marine construction equipment, which consumes fuel heavily, and will allow a 15% reduction in CO₂ emissions while ensuring greater durability.

Bouygues Construction is responsible for constructing the L2 bypass in Marseille, linking the A7 motorway to the north of the city and the A50 to the east. The bypass project, designed to relieve congestion in the centre of Marseille, takes the form of a 30-year public-private partnership signed with the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy covering the financing, design, construction, upkeep, maintenance and renewal of the engineering structures and equipment of the infrastructure, some of which dates back around twenty years. The new link deploys the most energy-efficient and eco-friendly lighting and ventilation systems.

In the framework of a public-private partnership, Norpac has converted the Arenberg colliery site, part of the UNESCO world heritage list, into a major scientific and cultural facility dedicated to audiovisual technologies. The project included the refurbishment of the buildings and the construction of a 300-seat auditorium as well as offices for University of Valenciennes DeVisu laboratory research teams, computer rooms, testing rooms and even a TV studio. Built in a breaking record time of 17 months, the project mobilized 100 workers and 70 companies, 40% of which are rooted in the Nord region. The overall of the site is operated by Bouygues Energies & Services for 25 years.

60 years after its timber ancestor was dismantled, VSL has built the Kwidzyn bridge, which crosses the Vistula River, in northern Poland. The structure links the city of Kwidzyn to the recently built A1 motorway linking entre Gdańsk et Łódź. The 808 metre-long infrastructure has been used to carry out full-scale trials of the innovative VSL SSI 2000 saddle system, thanks to which VSL won the contract. The subsidiary was also capable of meeting the considerable challenge of installing the stays in less than two months, compared to the three months initially scheduled, in spite of the harsh weather conditions of the Polish winter.

The Mary Rose Museum, constructed by Bouygues UK in Portsmouth, was named Project of the Year 2014 in the United Kingdom in recognition of its complexity and its excellence. The site accommodates the wreck of the Mary Rose, the iconic Tudor warship launched in 1511. A building with an elegant design evoking the shape of a ship, the Mary Rose Museum was designed around a frame that holds the wreck, which was raised to the surface in 1982. The biggest challenge to address during construction was not disrupting the process of conserving the hull, which had to be constantly kept damp and maintained at a temperature of 19° C once it had been brought from the water. 

Bouygues Travaux Publics, a member of a consortium with the Soletanche Bachy group and CSM Bessac, is working on the extension of Line 14 of the Paris metro, to the north of the city. Apart from boring a 2.2-kilometre tunnel, the project includes the creation of a new station, Mairie de Saint-Ouen, as well as four ancillary structures, including reinforcing the infrastructures of line C of the RER (Regional Express Network). Forming part of the Grand Paris development project, these works pose considerable technical challenges in a very dense urban environment, particularly taking account of the diversity of soils. This infrastructure project will help to relieve congestion on Line 13, improving travel conditions and access to Paris for people living in the northern suburbs.

Bouygues Construction subsidiary Losinger Marazzi breathed new life into an old industrial site in Basel, Switzerland, to create the Erlenmatt eco-neighbourhood. Designed to encourage greater social diversity, the Erlenmatt property complex comprises nearly 600 housing units, offices, and a senior community composed of 63 residences, 56 care units and one restaurant. The Erlenmatt neighbourhood relies on district heating and photovoltaic panels to provide 100% renewable energy for its power needs. It is well connected to the public transportation system and limits car traffic in favour of soft mobility. This eco-neighbourhood is the first 2,000-Watt certified site in Switzerland, a distinction reserved for projects designed and operated for sustainable use.

VCES Property Development, a subsidiary of Bouygues Bâtiment International, has been chosen by the city of Prague to revitalise the Radotín neighbourhood, a 3-hectare area in the south-west of the city. The company intends to make this brownfield site a benchmark for eco-neighbourhoods in Central Europe by attempting to obtain BREEAM^® Communities certification. For this high value-added project, devised in consultation with the city and its residents, approximately 200 new homes built along with communal amenities, shops, a pedestrian square and a boulevard.  

Constructed by Bouygues Bâtiment International, the 30-storey tower in Lima housing the new headquarters of the Banco de la Nación, is now the tallest building in Peru. For this project, the teams have had to face a major challenge in building this structure in this particularly seismic zone, surrounded by the Andes. The building, which was constructed on behalf of the United Nation, also required the continuous pouring of 5,300 m³ of concrete, a first in Peru. Built in partnership with a local contractor, Cosapi, in only 15 months, the tower will also accommodate the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. 

Bouygues Energies & Services is responsible for the maintenance of systems and equipment at Kelowna international airport, in British Columbia, Western Canada. Meeting all the specific requirements demanded by aviation infrastructure, Bouygues Energies & Services teams offer travellers a secure, clean and efficiently run airport. These facilities management services are linked with 24/7 assistance, provided 365 days per year, and are compliant with ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environment management standards. 

As a member of the Vélopolis consortium, Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France took part in the construction of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome, the largest in France. Just as imposing as the sporting events it will host, the complex contains unique features such as the world’s first 250-metre long, 8-metre wide cycle track and the first covered BMX track in Europe. The velodrome also houses the headquarters of the French Cycling Federation. Bouygues Energies & Services was chosen to manage the upkeep, major maintenance and renewal of the site for 30 years. A major technical challenge is posed by the pine-surfaced track: stringent monitoring of indoor temperature and humidity is essential in order to maintain its level of performance.  

The consortium headed by Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France constructed a new iconic cultural facility in Boulogne-Billancourt on the site of the former Renault plant. The only facility of its kind, this unique design by architect Shigeru Ban comprises a large modular concert hall with the capacity to accommodate audiences of 6,000 and up to three different events in the same day, a 1,100-seat auditorium dedicated to classical music, a training centre and recording studios, all linked together by a large foyer area containing restaurants and shops. A hub for all genres of music, the City will also serve as a public promenade along the banks of the River Seine. The project is awarded labels in recognition of its environmental excellence: HQE Excellence (High Environmental Quality), BiodiverCity® label and High Quality Usage level 3.

Bouygues Development and Bouygues UK are carrying out one London’s biggest regeneration programmes in Canning Town. The first phase of the project, launched in 2012, focuses on the Hallsville Quarter. It includes the design and construction of 179 private and affordable residential units, a supermarket, a number of shops and 450 car parking spaces. This tranche of the programme also involved the creation of an Energy Centre that will supply the entire neighbourhood. Sequenced in five phases, the project will breathe new life into Canning Town and create a more modern, dynamic and open environment for its residents.

Within the “Pont de Normandie” consortium, Bouygues Travaux Publics built what was when it opened in 1995 the world’s largest cable-stayed bridge in France. It has a total length of 2,141 metres and a span of 856 metres, crossing the River Seine at a height of over 50 metres in order to keep the road traffic flowing without interfering with river traffic heading towards Rouen. In 1995, the 856-metre central span raised the world record for such a span by 80%. For Bouygues Construction, this project provided the opportunity to patent a construction method developed in-house, which proved itself capable of pushing a 700-metre deck up a stepped 6% incline.

As part of the Chrysalis project, Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France was responsible for the full renovation of Paris Zoological Park, which first opened in 1934. Every care has been taken to ensure the well-being of the animals in the new zoo, with in particular the installation of heating from fake rocks and the construction of a tropical greenhouse which is heated to 25°C all year round. Visitors can observe animals living in virtual freedom in five vast bio-zones that include 16 ecosystems. Under the terms of a PFI contract, Bouygues Energies & Services is responsible for maintenance and cleaning for 25 years working alongside the veterinary staff and animal keepers.

A former military fortress in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside Paris, has been transformed into an eco-neighbourhood. The challenge was met by Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France, which constructed 1,211 apartments (all with the BBC - Effinergie^® low-energy label), a day-care centre for children and 1,590 m² of shops, all designed with the focus on comfort for residents. On the technological side, a cutting-edge building management system will enable residents to track their energy consumption and control a range of apartment functions from a touch screen or smartphone. This environmentally responsible neighbourhood makes use of renewable energies and it is linked up to Issy Grid^®, the first project for a smart energy network on the scale of a neighbourhood.

On behalf of the Cameroon Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Urban Development, DTP constructed the first 86-kilometre stretch of a road linking Garoua Boulai and Ngaoundéré. The purpose is to reduce the time and cost of transport on the unpaved final section of the Garoua Boulai – Ngaoundéré road network, providing access to the regional corridor linking the port of Douala to the capitals of Chad and the Central African Republic, which do not have sea access. The works consisted of asphalting the road over a 7-metre width and rebuilding five engineering structures.

A new-generation complex entirely devoted to shopping (120 retail outlets) and leisure activities (a 10-screen multiplex cinema), the new Beaugrenelle shopping centre, which has been awarded double HQE® and BREEAM® Very Good certification, took Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France  two and a half years to complete. With a stylish modern design, the centre consists of two precincts joined together by a metal pedestrian footbridge. A special feature of the centre is a 7,000 m² green roof which is home to thousands of plants and birds.

In the Congo, DTP teams are operating one of the largest gold mines in Africa for a period of ten years. In all, 200 million tonnes of rock and earth will be excavated from four pits of more than 700 hectares, for total production of 300 tonnes of gold. To meet this extraordinary challenge, DTP has included as many African-born people as possible in the management team and has set up a specific training programme to train local mechanics in carrying out maintenance operations on earth-moving and mining plant.

In the suburbs of Nantes, Quille Construction was responsible for refurbishing the Sillon de Bretagne, a rent-controlled housing complex which contains 580 apartments. The project also included redeveloping 6,000 m² of offices and building five public amenities. The aim was to guarantee the safety and daily well-being of some 3,000 people living and working in the complex. The programme was designed according to the precepts of sustainable development, with the use of solar energy to produce hot water and measures for offering work to people on social integration schemes.

Located a few minutes from downtown Miami, the Brickell City Centre includes two residential towers with 820 apartments, a hotel, shopping malls, etc. The main blocks are linked by a “climate ribbon”, which is a trellis composed of steel, fabric and glass whose role is to reduce the ambient temperature and protect users from the rain. The project is one of the largest in the United States to be LEED^® registered for Neighbourhood Development.

Roughly 100 kilometres south-west  of Madrid, à Talavera de la Reina, VSL took part in constructing a cable-stay bridge and the approach viaducts over the River Tagus. This spectacular bridge, 318 metres long, is the tallest in Spain. VSL supplied and installed 152 cable stays, the dampers and 890 tonnes of post-tensioning cables for the bridge, which soon became a benchmark for cable-stay bridges.
 

VSL was responsible for producing key elements for the Tran Thi Ly cable-stay bridge, a 731 metre-long, 6-lane structure that crosses the River Han in the city of Da Nang. In particular, the subsidiary supplied the 127 metre-tall central pylon, inclined at an angle of 12°, and installed the cable stays as well as with two bridge bearings with a record-breaking load capacity of 25,000 tonnes each. The new bridge helps relieve very heavy traffic and increase economic in the eastern part of the city.

Bouygues Travaux Publics has designed and built a new 6.7-kilometre highway linking the north and south of Abidjan. Among other structures, the highway includes an interchange and a 6-lane, 1.5-kilometre bridge, named the Henri Konan Bédié Bridge in tribute to the former Ivorian president. The new infrastructure results in a considerable improvement to traffic for the 100,000 vehicles that travel between the north and south of the city every day, and facilitates the transportation of freight to the port.

Bouygues-Thai and Bouygues Energies & Services joined forces to design and construct three photovoltaic solar power plants, located in north-east Thailand, and then to maintain and operate them for 5 years. They will enable energy producer Soleq Solar Thailand to generate approximately 45 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of a city of 90,000 people.  

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is capable of simultaneously berthing two super-liners with 4,000 passengers each. The building, which consists of a series of superposed, landscaped platforms on three levels, has been designed according to the principles of sustainable construction, with a focus on renewable energies: photovoltaic panels, thermal solar panels, etc. A collection system has been developed for rainwater which enables it to be recycled and used for watering the roof, which is entirely green.

Teams from Bouygues Bâtiment Equatorial Guinea, a joint subsidiary of DTP and Bouygues Bâtiment International, have built an 84-kilometre stretch of four-lane motorway linking the port city of Bata, in the west of the country, and Ayak Ntang, in the centre. One of the biggest challenges to overcome was the geotechnical diversity of the terrain (marshes, mangrove swamps and a mountainous region to cross). 2,000 workers and 1,000 items of plant and equipment were required for this imposing project.

Mont Saint-Michel has been imprisoned by sand for over two hundred years. If the sea cannot be brought back to surround the island by 2020, it could disappear altogether. DTP is responsible for the hydraulic engineering works designed to remove sand from the bay: the teams have created 2 channels, one to the east of the island and one to the west. They are also constructing a seawall divider that will channel and accelerate the flow of water released from the dam which will carry away the silt and help rescue Mont Saint-Michel from the sand.

In the framework of a 35-year concession contract, Bouygues Travaux Publics  constructed and now operates a 50-kilometre motorway – the principal one in the country – between the capital city, Kingston, and May Pen, a town in the centre of the island. Highway 2000 has divided journey times for motorists by four. A demanding Quality-Safety-Environment system was in operation during construction to safeguard the environment and natural riches in this protected zone.  

Incorporating lecture theatres, a library and private study spaces, the Rolex Learning Centre, at the heart of the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) university campus, has been designed to encourage discussions, meetings and work. The “wave-shaped” architectural concept was a major architectural challenge; it consists of two superimposed arched shells with openings, a smaller one and a larger one (the longer one spanning 80 metres). It called for a high degree of technical expertise in modelling and post-tensioning engineering. The challenge was well met by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe !

In partnership with Bouygues Immobilier Polska, Karmar was responsible for the construction of the head office of Orange Polska. The aim was to facilitate cooperation between the 3,300 employees, who had previously been spread over three separate sites. The head office has been designed as five buildings connected together by an interior gallery. Designed according to the principles of sustainable construction, the site was awarded BREEAM^® Very Good certification at the design stage. The complex is now recognised as one of the most high-performance buildings in Poland.