Dear colleagues,
Please find enclosed the traditional media overview of the BENELUX daily press, as well as the international web press, as the social media review.
Due to the current circumstances, the media overview is sometimes shorter than usual and/or less regular. Our apologies for this.
#StaySafe #TakeCare
1. BESIX & Construction sector in the BENELUX press
See enclosed PDF.
2. International press (web) mentioning BESIX
- First quarter results (1st Jan. - 31 March): Q1 2020 backlog at BESIX hits $5.2bn, despite net loss of $11.4m
- ICÔNE, Belval (Luxembourg): project breaks ground in Belval
- Saint-Denis Pleyel (France): BESIX wins €100m contract to build Saint-Denis Pleyel station
- Scheldt Tunnel (Belgium): BESIX contribute to the crown jewel of the Oosterweel link
- Suurhoffbrug (the Netherlands): special test - freight train makes an emergency stop to see how long the bridge can last
- Suurhoffbrug (the Netherlands): BESIX and partners will install a temporary steel arch bridge to protect the current Suurhoff bridge
- Rail Baltica (Latvia): master design is complete
- Moelv Bridge (Norway): Nye Veier (Road Authority) has selected the offer made by JV comprising BESIX and RdE
- SWRO desalination plan: construction site clocks three million man-hours without injuries
- Qatra Water Solutions: recycled water filling station project to be completed in June
- Qatra Water Soltions: Qatra reveals plans to expand the treatment capacity of its wastewater treatment assets by 2022
- French Pavilion (Expo): 60% of the pavilion completed
- New techs at the Dubai Uptown Tower: WakeCap, ‘unlikely hero’ to help trace COVID-19 on construction sites
- Vistula Spit (Poland): this strategic project for Poland also have opponents such as the Kaliningrad region (Russia)
3. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects
- Three pedestrian bridges Dubai: milestone reached with erection third steel bridge structure
- Refuse Derived Fuel plant Umm-Al-Quwain: T-minus 3 months until completion
- Duqm Liquid Bulk Berths: throwback video shared by SixCo
- A16 De Groene Boog Rotterdam: amazing pic taken from the air
- Stationspostgebouw BESIX NL: installation steel construction
- Suurhoff bridge BESIX NL: welding the temporary steel construction
- Vanhout: start project Fierensblok Antwerp
- Franki: at work in East London for major house builder
- BESIX Infra: opening of renewed railway platforms in Aalter
- Cobelba: first pics of Braine-Le-Château site & Jambes
4. Other BESIX Group news on Social Media
- BESIX Red: Nicolas Goffin, Head of Portugal, explains Lisbon’s opportunities
5. Our People on Social Media
- RDF plant Umm-Al-Quwain: farewell lunch of colleague engineer Ebraam Gerges
- Watpac Limited: team video