BESIX Group Media Overview (10/06-16/06)

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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

Zaventem (Belgium): Several media report on the spectacular placement last weekend of the new bridge across the Brussels Ring Road, such as Wegenbouw and Nieuwsblad.
Brussels (Belgium): French-speaking TV broadcaster RTBF visited the Toots Thielemans metro station project and went down in the underground construction pit; while the Client publishes this nice video of the project.
Riga (Latvia): The history of Riga central station since its inception in the 19th century is featured in this interesting article.
Rabat (Morocco): Various media report that the Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat was awarded the prize for "Best performance in terms of engineering projects" awarded by the Madrid College of Civil Engineers, like News Day, le Petit Journal du Maroc, or Maghress.
Lisbon (Portugal): Market Screener reports that Real Estate player Atenor partnered up with BESIX RED in Lisbon, for an office project of 25,000+ sqm currently under construction.
Copenhagen (Denmark): Several media report on the progress in the marina to prepare the construction pit of the Nordhavn tunnel that will partially run under water, like Lynetteholm News.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Huccorgne Viaduct (Wanze, Belgium): The council of Embuild Wallonia held their meeting on the site.
H. Henneaulaan (Zaventem, Belgium): the second bridge was successfully installed last weekend + timelapse of the installation.
Constitution / Toots Thielemans metro station (Brussels, Belgium): video about how the roof slab of the metro tunnel is built + post about the so-called ‘Brussels method’ which is used to build the metro tunnel.
A16 - De Groene Boog (Rotterdam, the Netherlands): the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management visited the site + first part of the project has been put into use.
Portonave (Navegantes, Brazil): the consulate general of Brazil visited the site, together with a representative of BESIX and hub.brussels.
Tour F (Abidjan, Ivory Coast): supplier Simpra is happy to participate in the project.
Atlantis The Royal (Dubai, UAE): video showing the progress of how the project became reality.
Te Kaha Multi-Use Arena (Christchurch, New Zealand): representatives of Mott MacDonald, a civil engineering company, and the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office visited the site.
BESIX Infra Nederland participated in the ‘Bouw & Infra Festival’ (Construction and Infrastructure Festival) in Beek (the Netherlands).
LuxTP & BESIX Environment: two projects on which the companies have worked together have been inaugurated, namely the water treatment stations of respectively Putscheid and Nachtmanderscheid in Luxembourg.
BESIX RED joins forces with Atenor for the WellBe office project in Lisbon (Portugal):

3. Our people on social media

Our colleagues from Aug.e look back happily to the BYC Football Tournament, organised by the BESIX Young Community two weeks ago!
Welcome to the BESIX family, William, Refki, Khalid & Redouane!
Hélène, who works for Moalajah (joint venture between BESIX and Veolia), was guest in Veolia’s new podcast. She talks about how the Ajman sewage treatment plant brought back biodiversity in the region and became the second hotspot for migration birds in the area.

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview