BESIX Group Media Overview (20-26/05)

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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, Global Construction Review, India Shipping News, Plant & Equipment Magazine and Pressbee report about the Port of Neom being open for business, mentioning BESIX and Boskalis as the first European contractors to be involved.
UAE: Construction Business News reports on the Uptown Tower project winning three globally-acclaimed Health & Safety accolades.
Australia: IQ Industry Queenland, Mackay and Whitsunday and Build Australia report on the $250 million Mackay Base Hospital expansion project in Queensland.
Australia: Build Australia, and Hospital Management report on BESIX Watpac being awarded the contract for the A$710m Ipswich Hospital Stage 2 Expansion.
Australia: Inside Construction reports about the CSL/Seqirus' vaccine and antivenom manufacturing facility reaching the highest point, with a ceremony in the presence of BESIX Watpac CEO Mark Baker.
Australia: Engineering and Consulting report on future engineers gaining sneak peak of the new Barangaroo station.
Egypt: Egyptian Al Akhbar reports on the Grand Egyptian Museum, mentioning BESIX and Orascom as contractor.
Portugal: ITO NETTHINGS reports on BESIX RED digitizing the sale process of the DUUO residential real estate development with UNLATCH technology.
France: Le Moniteur de Seine-et-Marne reports on the future Deloitte EMEA University as a sustainable project, using low-emission concrete, mentioning BESIX.
Denmark: Build in Digital and Civil and Structural Engineer report about the groundbreaking ceremony at the Nordhavn tunnel in Copenhagen, mentioning the JV with BESIX & MT Højgaard.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Toots Thielemans metro station (Brussels, Belgium): video of the excavation works for the new metro tunnel.
Car-T (Zwijnaarde, Belgium): this project of Vanhout for Alinso was certified with the LEED Silver sustainability certificate.
ICÔNE (Belval, Luxembourg): the project has won an award in the category 'Office Development' for Luxembourg in the 2023-2024 European Property Awards by International Property Awards.
Deloitte EMEA University Centre (France): CEMEX presents its low-carbon concrete used on the project.
Dubai Waste-to-Energy (UAE): video of the first waste firing which took place recently.
Te Kaha Stadium (Christchurch, New Zealand): video update of May.
BESIX Watpac has been awarded the contract for the Ipswich Hospital Stage 2 Expansion and the Mackay Base Hospital Expansion.

3. Our people on social media

Colleagues Stijn Willems & Pierre Mengeot of BESIX Engineering will be talking during the Day of Constructors event on 1 June.
Chief People Officer Geert Aelbrecht is honoured to have launched the Executive Leadership Programme for BESIX Group management this week.
Driss looks back positively on the Global Safety Time Out that was held on the Saint-Denis Pleyel site.
Laith is proud to be a BE SAFE ambassador!
Welcome to the BESIX family, Sana & Marwane!
Axelle looks back positively on the first Smart Coffee debate, which took place this week at BESIX Group HQ.

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview