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 & Construction sector in the BENELUX press
See enclosed PDF.
- Circl (Belgium): Bouwkroniek presents the modular and circular houses developed by Vanhout Group and KU Leuven university.
- Water (Belgium): the Walloon Region has created a cluster bringing together players in the water sector, including BESIX, report MSN and RTL.
2. International press (web) mentioning BESIX
- Abobo (Ivory Coast): BESIX is building the Abobo tunnel, write specialist press (World Highways, Tunnel & Infrastructure, Global Construction Review, International Construction, Sika Finance, La Chronique) and African media (Croissance Afrique, Abidjan TV, APR News, Bâtir Içi, Africazine, Intellivoire).
- Vistula Spit (Poland): the client publishes a new video of the project, which, according to the Minister of Infrastructure, should open to navigation in 2022.
- Jubilee Place (Australia): BESIX Watpac has completed Australia’s tallest diagrid building.
- Uptown Tower (UAE): Gulf Construction writes an in-depth article about the project.
- Belgian Pavilion (UAE): German media report on a press release from Facts & Fiction, mentioning its work on the Belgian Pavilion.
- Market Analysis (Qatar): this Korean report presents BESIX as one of the leading construction companies in Qatar.
3. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects
- Kennedyspoortunnel (Antwerp, Belgium): lots has been done in recent weeks
- Al Janoub Stadium (Qatar): visit time in the brand new stadium, one of the many where the FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place
- Nachtigal (Cameroon): the construction of the canal is progressing well
- Nice Airport Promenade (France): with the delivery in May, the buildings are looking stunning
- A16 Rotterdam (the Netherlands): having a discussion about safety on site in the context of Bewust-veiligdag (day of conscious safety) + more safety trainings at BESIX NL took place
- Uptown Tower (Dubai, UAE): video of the team installing panels at the top of the tower, at a height of 329 m + the tower was looking special this morning due to fog
- Liège Paradis Express (Belgium): works are progressing very well
- Zayed National Museum (Abu Dhabi): the workers received a SuperHydrate trial (electrolyte drink that has been developed especially for Industry)
- Sluishuis Amsterdam (the Netherlands): drone video of March, showing the progress they’re making on the beautiful building + great pictures
- Esprit Courbevoie (Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium): visit of the architect CERAU
- Grotius Towers (The Hague, the Netherlands): scaffolding is being taken down, resulting in impressive views of the towers
- Dubai (UAE): our projects in Dubai received a visit of Dutch professionals of Stichting Hoogbouw
- Jacques Delens putting circularity in construction into practice at the renovation and construction of 132 housing units in Brussels (Belgium)
- BESIX Watpac, together with its partners, is assisting in the flood recovery efforts on the Brisbane River (Australia) + they’re partnering with DIZ Footprints to empower Aboriginal youth through career pathways in building and construction
4. Our people on Social Media
- Welcome to the family, Sandy!
- Thank you, Guillaume, for you commitment at the Nachtigal project the last 2 years!
- This week, another Welcome Day took place, in person again after many virtual ones due to COVID-19: Hanne summarises her positive experience, Laura thanks everyone who contributed to the successful day, Rita congratulates the whole team,
- Jan Vangeel presents the BESIX Field Guide to Subcontractor Engagement, written by the man himself (available for free for employees and subcontractors)
- Valeria joined our Young Professional Day digitally and her dog brought her a very nice surprise + Kevin thanks us as well for the great YPD of last week + Lowie joined as well
- BESIX Group’s Chief People Officer, Geert Aelbrecht, visited the Lusail Plaza Towers project this week and thanks the team for their focus on safety + he represented BESIX at the Migrants Workers’ Right conference in Qatar
- BESIX Infra is looking back positively to their forum organised by site managers for site managers
5. This week’s statistics on social media:
- Check out our latest stories & posts on our official Instagram channel: @besixgroup_official
- Don’t miss all group’s entities account on digital channels, such as:
BESIX Watpac: Overview | LinkedIn
BESIX RED: Overview | LinkedIn
Franki Foundations: Overview | LinkedIn
BESIX Infra: Overview | LinkedIn
Van den Berg: Overview | LinkedIn
SOCOGETRA Group : Overview | LinkedIn