BESIX Group Digital Media Overview (01-07/07)

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Dear colleagues,

Please find below the international media overview and the social media review.

/!\ Note that the media overview covering Belgian print press has moved to another platform. Refer to the email from “Belga.press” you have received if you are concerned.

1. BESIX mentioned on the web

Report on Nextensa CEO Michel Van Geyte replacing Gabriel Uzgen as head of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Belux.
Brussels (Belgium): Global Construction Review reports on the contract awarded to BESIX by BNP Paribas Fortis for the circular renovation of the ‘the Hive’ office building (Marais).
Antwerp (Belgium): Bouwkroniek reports on the first Antwerp policemen moving into the POST X building, and an insight on the DBFM contract (interview Johan Bel and Koen Peeters).
Brussels (Belgium): Engineering.Net reports on Ph.D. student getting support from BESIX for research on self-healing concrete.
Amsterdam (The Netherlands): InfoGreen.lu reports on Sluishuis being a 49,000 m² floating neighbourhood.
Poland: Polska Morska reports on the fact that since the opening of the new waterway, nearly a thousand vessels have passed through the Vistula Spit.
Dubai (UAE): Forbes Middle East, ME Construction News, Trade Arabia, Sharghdaily, Fast Company Middle East, GCC Business News, Emirates News Agency report on Dubai Waste-to-Energy facility achieving first fire milestone and inauguration by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
Dubai (UAE): GA Global Architecture reports on Atlantis The Royal being among the winners of the 2023 CTBUH Global Best Tall Building Awards.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

H. Henneaulaan (Zaventem, Belgium): video showing how Sarens installed the 1,600-tonne bridge.
Post X LPA (Antwerp, Belgium): the first police agents are moving into the building, which was delivered in April.
The Hive (Brussels, Belgium): BESIX is adopting an ECI approach at this recently awarded project.
De Nieuwe Meer (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): technical managers Bram & Jeroen talked about the project in Land+Water (Dutch only).
Andermatt (Switzerland): The Andermatt Concert Hall has won the DNA Paris Design Awards 2023 in the category of Cultural Architecture.
Nachtigal Hydroelectric Project (Cameroon): explanation of the leak tests that are being performed on the site.
Dubai Waste-to-Energy (UAE): HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated the facility.
Barangaroo metro station (Sydney, Australia): the site welcomed Sydney University’s Civil Engineers’ society.
Poly Centre (Sydney, Australia): Advanced Precast Australia is proud to work together with BESIX Watpac on the project + the project received the Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter Awards.
Brisbane Grammar School (Australia): the site welcomed 17 students from St James College during the Try’a Trade event.
BESIX Infra Nederland: pictures of their work in collaboration with Bloem Infra BV in Weert (the Netherlands).
BESIX Unitec shared pictures of their works at Elia’s high voltage installation in Willebroek (Belgium).

3. Our people on social media

Welcome to the BESIX Family, Gust, Yvan, Edis, Christof, Patrick, Marcio & Prabir!
Our colleagues from BESIX RED participated in the Immo Run last week.

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview