BESIX Group Digital Media Overview (1-6/9)

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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

Saudi Arabia: Zawya, Trade Arabia, Construction Week and Saudi Gulf Projects report on BESIX breaking ground on Damman Stadium (known as Aramco Stadium).
UAE: Gulf Construction comes back on BESIX’s role as equity provider in Khalifa University housing project.
Australia: Build Australia reports on the Marriott hotel opening above the historic GPO building, by BESIX Watpac (Adelaide). Inside Construction and Hospital Management report on the topping out of Eastwood Private Hospital, also by BESIX Watpac (South Australia). Australian Manufacturing and military news website Contact Air, Land & Sea discloses works by BESIX Watpac to build a giant aircraft hangar for the maintenance of the Australian Defence Force’s Boeing 737 range of military aircraft (South Australia).
Belgium: Specialised media Grond/Weg/Waterbouw reports on Franki Foundations’ expertise in trench shoring technique, while Wegenbouw highlights BESIX Infra’s effort to diverge road transport of asphalt toward transport on water.
The Netherlands: Stedenbouw calls the control centre the city’s new eyecatcher in their article.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Oosterweel link - ROCO (Antwerp, Belgium): the client Lantis published their monthly ‘O Nieuws’ featuring ROCO’s concrete plant and an update on the works of the Bypass + the first girders for the Bypass are installed.
Beveren tunnel (Kallo, Belgium): works are progressing well.
PALLAS construction pit (Petten, the Netherlands): after months, the water will be pumped out of the pit.
Aramco Stadium (Dammam, Saudi Arabia): several accounts post about the recent progress on site, such as here, here, here, here, here, here, here & here.
Zayed City Schools (Abu Dhabi, UAE): the project has been completed and the schools officially opened.
Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE): the tower is featured in The B1M’s post for World Skyscraper Day.
Barangaroo Metro Station (Sydney, Australia): a delegation including an employee of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency visited the project.
Military aircraft hangar - Deep Maintenance and Modification Facility (Adelaide, Australia): a groundbreaking ceremony took place this week, also here, here & here.
Eastwoord Private Hospital (Adelaide, Australia): a topping out ceremony took place last week, see also here.
One New Zealand Stadium - Te Kaha (Christchurch, New Zealand): work is well underway on the erection of the radial trusses that will support the roof.
Socogetra and BESIX are organising the roadshow ‘The Digital Future in the Construction Industry’ on 7 November in March-en-Famenne with Conneqtr.
BESIX Middle East is a strategic partner of the 2024 MENA PPP Forum taking place 10-11 September 2024.

3. Our people on social media

Welcome to BESIX Group, Pieter, Luka, Quentin, René, Maurice, Kathleen, Moneer, Mathias, Georgia, Ilias, Raymond, Anne-Sophie & Thierry!

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview