BESIX Group Digital Media Overview (16/9-22/9)

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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

Belgium: Colleague Christophe Bauduin was interviewed on Belgian Dutch-speaking radio VRT about the engineering behind dams, following the breaks of dams in Libya.
The Netherlands: GevelBouw features the Grotius towers (now known as The Roofs) in an article about low CO2-footprint façade.
Saudi Arabia: New Civil Engineer mentions BESIX in a short article featuring Port of Neom.
Latvia: Latvian website Diena publishes an article and a series of pictures showing the installation of the first arch of the future Riga Central Railway Station.
Poland: The waterway Vistula Spit (built & delivered by BESIX) has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Polish event “Construction of the Year”.
UAE: Atlantis The Royal in Dubai ahs ranked 44th in a list of the World’s 50 Best Hotels, The National News reports.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Scheldt Tunnel (Zeebrugge, Belgium): MK4 is happy to participate in the project and install the posttensioning with its multi-stranded bonded system.
DPG Media Nederland (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): façade works are ongoing, the first floor will be delivered on September, 26th + interior finishing are underway.
A16 - De Groene Boog (Rotterdam, the Netherlands): last weekend, the concrete for one of the access roads to the highway was poured + more pictures.
De Nieuwe Meer junction (the Netherlands): the consortium has removed all greenery around the junction for soil testing and to make place to lay cables and pipes.
Rail Baltica Riga Central Station (Latvia): the installation of the initial arch footprints for the railway station building has begun.
Nachtigal Hydro Power Project (Cameroon): the project’s progress is at 89.2 %.
Microsoft Data Centre (Tullamarine, Australia): the Construction Students Association of University of Melbourne organised a site visit.
Kangaroo Point Green Bridge (Brisbane, Australia): the first two lower mast legs for the bridge arrived by barge.
BESIX Infra Nederland: the transformation of the Van Grunsven square in Heerlen (the Netherlands) is finished.

3. Our people on social media

BESIX Group: On 21 Sep 2023, the annual BESIX CleanUp Day took place. All over the world, colleagues cleaned their environment, such as Sami, Akhil, our colleagues from LuxTP and Abdallatif.
Our colleagues of BESIX Infra Support have visited BESIX Infra’s site in Bilzen (Belgium) as part of their team event.
Thank you for your commitment in these past 2.5 years, Stefan. Good luck with your next challenge!
Welcome to the BESIX family, Shankar, Boban, Arthur, Sharon, Tijs, Olav, Mariame, Andjela & Milena!
Our colleague Pauline celebrates the 1st day of mobility week... by coming to the office by bike! Well done!
Our Australian colleague Katie took part in Oxford Economics Australia’s panel discussion in Melbourne (Australia).
General Manager of BESIX Belgium-Luxembourg, Mark, proudly visited the site of the Scheldt Tunnel.
Our colleagues of BESIX Watpac in Adelaide (Australia) celebrated the company’s 40th anniversary this week.
Thank you for your commitment in Abidjan, Youness. Welcome to the Triangle-team, good luck!

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview