BESIX Group Media Overview (9/12)

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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.

1. BESIX in the press

Please find enclosed the media overview of the BENELUX daily (print) press.
For digital press, see below:
A10 Amsterdam (The Netherlands): BESIX Netherlands is expected to start works on the De Nieuwe Meer intersection on the A10.

Sydney Circular Quay Renewal: Several media, like the Urban Developer, Property Tribune, Infrastructure Magazine, Rail Express and Roads & Infrastructure report on the recent win by BESIX Watpac to participate to the revitalisation of the Sydney waterfront, for Transport New South Wales.
Ipswich Hospital: Ipswich News Today reports about progress made on the new Mental Health Unit at Ipswich Hospital. Watpac’s teams reached a significant milestone last week, lifting the 55t, 32m-span pedestrian bridge into place.
Wurun Senior Campus: Engineering News Record reports on the Wurun Senior Campus (Melbourne), nominated for Best Project in Education/research.

UAE: Belgian Ambassador to the UAE speaks to Trends MENA about Belgian companies operating in the UAE, and takes BESIX as an example.

Bridge over Ave. Henneau (Zaventem, Belgium): Belgian Minister of Economy and Employment Pierre-Yves Dermagne visited the site to talk about safety and social law.
BESIX Infra: the fourth Onument, a monument in remembrance of Covid victims, was installed in Aarschot (Belgium). It is made of ironstone extracted by BESIX Infra.
BESIX NV/SA signed the so-called Betonakkoord (Concrete Agreement) together with other construction companies and authorities.
A16 Rotterdam (the Netherlands): drone video overviewing the works + a new Sennebogen crawler crane was put into service (vlog in Dutch about how this crane works).
Mediavaert (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): it’s been 1 year since the works started (drone video) + more pictures.
Nordhavn Tunnel (Denmark): the partners and client visited the old tunnel.
Mohammed VI Tower (Rabat, Morocco): engineering company Bernabeu Ingenieros visited the site.
Nachtigal hydroelectric project (Cameroon): our partner NGE gives an update about the works + they posted several ‘before and after’ pictures.
Barangaroo Metro Station (Sydney, Australia): representative of the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency visited the site.
BESIX Watpac has been awarded the contract to build the Garden Drive Microsoft Data Centre and hosted a site blessing and sod turning this week.

Colleague Benoit explains on French-speaking TV news some of the measures taken to cope with cold weather conditions on site.
Chief People Officer Geert talks about trust as one of the key behaviours of our Better Together culture.
Colleague Jean Cédric took the opportunity to visit Tour F during his holidays in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
Welcome to the BESIX family, David, Bote, Hayley & Björn!
Colleague Karim presents the last edition of ‘Smart Coffee’ he hosted about timber as a construction material on Mediavaert project.
Colleague Thijs is grateful for the opportunity to participate in the BPA 1 programme.
BESIX Watpac’s People Manager Jessica looks back happily to the stadium visit this week.
BESIX RED colleague Raphaël took the floor at the Paris La Défense conference to present the project The Cosmopolitan.
Colleague Parvez received an award for Beste Incident Response on the Waste-to-Energy project.

Media Overview