BESIX Group Media Overview (27/05-02/06)

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: Construction & Maintenance, International Construction , Archinect, New Civil Engineer report on the contract for the first phase of the Port of NEOM development being awarded to BESIX, MBL and Boskalis.
Egypt: Finance Investment Group, AlBorsaa Newspaper, The Middle East North African Financial Network and several other local news sites reports on ‎Orascom Construction quarterly results 2023, mentioning BESIX.
Australia: Build Australia reports on the $250 million Mackay Base Hospital expansion project in Queensland warded to BESIX Watpac; The National Tribune, Industry Queensland, and Inside Construction report on BESIX Watpac’s award for the $530 million contract to deliver the Townsville University Hospital expansion; Ipswich News Today reports on the Ipswich Hospital Stage 2 expansion contract being awarded to BESIX Watpac.
Australia: The Urban Developer reports on the environmental and design challenge of the Wurriki Nyal Civic Centre building’s cladding, mentioning BESIX Watpac bringing the project to life.
Latvia: Italia Oggi reports on the Riga Central Station project.

2. Social media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Karel de Grote Hogeschool campus (Antwerp, Belgium): the permit for the new campus, which will be built by BESIX, has been issued.
La Roche Fatale (Brussels, Belgium): the Jacques Delens team welcomed some young visitors on site as part of BESIX Foundation’s Kiddybuild initiative.
Mediavaert (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): the site is opening its doors on 17 June during Dag van de Bouw (Construction Day).
A16 Rotterdam (the Netherlands): Peter congratulates his colleagues with the great performance on the project last weekend.
Nachtigal Hydroelectric Project (Cameroon): the sealing tests on the canal were successful + a sports walk was organised along the 3.3 km intake canal.
Abobo Tunnel (Abidjan, Ivory Coast): Groupe Hydrogeotechnique is happy to assist BESIX on the project.
Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt): a representative of the Embassy of Belgium in Cairo looks back on the celebration of the near-completion of the museum a couple of weeks ago.
Infinity Bridge (Dubai, UAE): the bridge is looking colourful, thanks to the stunning lighting casting.
GPO Marriott Hotel (Adelaide, Australia): a Trade Commissioner at Wallonia Export & Investment Agency says that he’s looking forward to spending a night in the hotel when it’s finished.
Townsville University Hospital expansion (Australia): BESIX Watpac has been awarded this new $530 mio project.
Jubilee Place (Sydney, Australia): the building secures two prestigious industry awards (People’s Choice at the Greater Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards + Urban Design Award).
Banksia (Melbourne, Australia): the new manufacturing facility of CSL has topped out.
BESIX Infra: an employee of Topcon Positioning Belgium admired the company’s asphalt works + works started on a new project in Antwerp (Belgium).
Vanhout: the company’s entity, CIRCL, presented its first two model houses in Diest (Belgium), which focus on circular and sustainable construction.
BESIX Unitec has set up a temporary office at the train station of Barendrecht (the Netherlands) to ensure safe operations.

3. Our people on social media

Eveline talked about sustainability during BESIX Radio, which took place on Thursday.
Welcome in the BESIX family, Amani & Michael!
Laith is proud to be a BE SAFE ambassador for BESIX Group!
Muriel looks back positively on the SDG awareness workshop that was held this week.
Rachel was selected as finalist in the BIM Champion of the Year Award.
Benoît shared insights on 3D, realistic and immersive reality site capture at the CONFEX event of Ventures Connect

4. Social media statistics

5. Social media accounts of major entities

Media Overview