BESIX Group Digital Media Overview (10-23/08)

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

UAE: Several media report on the financial close of the Khalifa University Student Accommodation PPP, such as Zawya, ME Construction News, IPE, SaudiGulf Projects, and Global Construction Review, as well as Flemish media De Vlaamse Ondernemer.
Saudi Arabia: Several media report on the progress on Oxagon port infrastructure, such as Zawya, MEP Middle East, and Trade Arabia.
UAE: The Construction Technology Conference 2024 held a panel on digital adoption in the contruction sector; colleague Benoit Meulewaeter represented BESIX in the panel.
Australia: BESIX Watpac has been selected to deliver two new hospital projects, Shellharbour and Werribee Mercy.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Karel de Grote Hogeschool / Meir Corner (Antwerp, Belgium): underground level construction is ongoing with the installation of Solo-skin.
Project One (Antwerp, Belgium): Flemish formateur Matthias Diependaele visited the site as part of the ‘Zomerstages’ (Summer Internships) of VOKA.
Redevelopment Cogels-Osylei (Antwerp, Belgium): Prefarails is proud to participate in this project, led by BESIX Infra + more pictures.
Oosterweel link - TM ROCO (Antwerp, Belgium): the consortium’s employees have moved into their new office Oosterweelcampus.
POST Rotterdam (the Netherlands): the tower has reached the 23rd floor.
Mediavaert (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): the client DPG Media Nederland highlights the project’s landscaping.
Saint-Denis - Pleyel Station (Paris, France): architectural photographer Jad Sylla publishes a series of pictures of the station on LinkedIn, such as here, here, here, here, here, here & here.
Riga Rail Baltica Central Station (Latvia): Latvian Ambassador to Belgium visited the site + pictures were posted as part of World Photography Day.
Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt): Orascom Construction’s Excellence Award Ceremony took place at the museum.
GPO Hotel Marriott (Adelaide, Australia): the hotel has been opened + also here & here.
St John of God Ballarat Hospital (Ballarat, Australia): the expansion has reached its practical completion.
Barangaroo metro station (Sydney, Australia): the station has been opened to the public, multiple pages post about, such as here, here, here & here + a 200-year-old boat was uncovered during excavations and conserved in the promenade at the station.
Werribee Mercy Hospital (Melbourne, Australia): a sod-turning ceremony took place for this hospital’s emergency department expansion project.
Kangaroo Point Bridge (Brisbane, Australia): a passers-by photographed the bridge during a foggy morning + a dynamic monitoring project was conducted to finetune the mass damper + a video showing the bridge’s progress.
Te Kaha / One New Zealand Stadium (Christchurch, New Zealand): picture of the stadium during a foggy morning.
BESIX will be an exhibitor at the Global African Hydrogen Summit 2024 in Namibia on 3-5 September 2024.
BESIX is mentioned as one of the eight contracting companies that are in the top 1% companies in the civil and marine construction sector.
BESIX Infra Nederland: the infrastructure project Via Venray to upgrade the N270 road has been symbolically kicked off.
BESIX Watpac has been awarded the contract for the Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services project in Sydney (Australia).

3. Our people on social media

Welcome to BESIX Group, Manfred, Fayaz, Finnegan & Julien!
Congratulations with your BESIX anniversary, Mahmoud, and thank you for your commitment!
BESIX Infra employee Thijs is proud to having contributed to the promotion film of his employer.
Operations Director at BESIX Middle East Bram is reminiscing about the start of his construction career during a sunset.

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview