Week of 12 June
1. Progress on the Mohammed VI Tower project (Morocco)
Last week, our executive Vice-Chairman Johan Beerlandt visited the Mohammed VI Tower project site in Rabat (Morocco) to witness the progress of works. This was an opportunity for him to thank the teams and to encourage them for the next key milestones. It was also an opportunity to meet with the Client, Mr Othman Benjelloun, who expressed his satisfaction about the evolution of the project.
The work at the moment is concentrated on the interior finishings.
As a reminder, this 250-metre tower is composed of 55 floors that will house offices, flats, a hotel, and shops. The building was designed by the architects Rafael de la Hoz and Hakim Benjelloun and features high environmental quality with LEED Gold and HQE certifications, a particularly fine aesthetic and a range of innovations developed in particular by our BESIX Engineering department and the Façades team.
2. A fort under the sun (Montenegro)
Located in Montenegro’s Boka bay, a UNESCO world heritage site in the Adriatic sea, Mamula Island is a carefully restored 19th century fort, developed by Orascom Development Holding.
Works by BESIX to renovate the fort into an eco-friendly hotel have been completed; the hotel is now welcoming its first guests.
3. Wastewater treatment station in Putscheid now operational (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
On 9 June, the wastewater treatment station of Putscheid was officially inaugurated.
LuxTP and BESIX Environment worked together on the mechanical installations of the project, which also comprises three pumping stations and a water basin.
4. All struts removed from the Tour Triangle site (France)
Our colleagues in Paris have reached an important milestone on the Tour Triangle project, as they have now removed the last horizontal strut elements of the foundation works. Struts (the yellow cylinders you see on the pictures) are structural elements which hold back the walls of the excavation before the raft is poured. This dismantling work is not a contractual milestone, but always an essential one in such a project, requiring good planning and precision in execution, as strut elements weigh several tonnes. Great job Parisian team and up to the next milestone!
And then this… From June 2022 to June 2023
You want to know what 1 year of works looks like on a high rise? Then look at the picture below of the F Tower in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)! A titanic work has been done in one year’s time, congrats to the Abidjan team!
