BESIX Group Digital Media Overview (16/11-22/11)

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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

Denmark: Specialised media Ground Engineering covers progress on Nordhavn Tunnel in Copenhagen.
The Netherlands: PI online features a piece on innovation with sustainable timber construction and focuses on DPG Media headquarters, recently inaugurated.
Belgium: Chief People & ESG Officer Geert Aelbrecht gave an interview in Zig Zag on why and how HR can be a driving force behind ESG.
Australia: BESIX Watpac CEO Mark Baker has been appointed at the Board of the Australian Contractors Association.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Oosterweel link - COTU (Zeebruges, Belgium): video explaining the status of the works.
Quatuor (Brussels, Belgium): AGC Active Glass highlights their work on the project.
Sludge Processing Plant Aquafin (Ghent, Belgium): extraordinary progress has been made since the financial close of a few weeks ago.
Railway crossing project (Bilzen, Belgium): a press visit was organised.
Meadow (Herent, Belgium): master’s students in Civil Engineering of University of Liège visited the project + construction of Kavel K is halfway.
Châtelet train station (Charleroi, Belgium): the lighting was installed on this site of Socogetra.
GO4ZERO (Obourg, Belgium): BESIX and Denys announced their partnership for Holcim’s state-of-the-art decarbonised cement production facility.
POST Rotterdam (the Netherlands): behind-the-scenes video by ventilation subcontractor R-Vent Netherlands.
Nordhavn Tunnel (Copenhagen, Denmark): concrete work is ongoing + the site at night.
Mohammed VI Tower (Rabat, Morocco): drone video of the tower, with a special focus on the podium’s ongoing finishing work.
Nachtigal Hydropower Project (Cameroon): the project is 97.1% completed.
Tour F (Abidjan, Ivory Coast): new picture of the tower under construction.
Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt): waterproofer XYPEX highlights its work on the Ramses II statue’s concrete base.
Lusail Towers (Doha, Qatar): video of the towers from the air.
Ajman Sewerage Plant (UAE): BESIX Belgium-Luxembourg visited the site.
Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE): Belgian athlete Marten Van Riel becomes the Triathlon 100 World Champion with the tower standing tall in the background.
One New Zealand Stadium (Christchurch, New Zealand): the roof is starting to take shape fully + see also here.

3. Our people on social media

A couple of colleagues at our HQ in Brussels participated in BESIX Foundation’s Operation Thermos and prepared meals for the homeless in Brussels (Belgium).
Pauline proudly looks back on the 2024 BESIX Supplier Forum which focused on sustainability.
On 28 and 29 October, a safety day was organised on BESIX France’s sites.
Welcome to BESIX Group, Oussama & Jerom!
Geert, our Group’s Chief People Officer, was invited for the King of Belgium’s visit to Capital, a non-profit organisation in Brussels that aims at empowering the Brussels youth through various projects + see also here.
Lexi, Joinery Apprentice with BESIX Watpac, has been named Female Apprentice of the Year at the My Gateway Annual Apprentice & Trainee Awards.
BESIX Infra welcomed students of Hasselt University on their site in Genk (Belgium) + the company’s BIM Modelers were guided around on-site to enhance collaboration.

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview