BESIX Group Media Overview (August 26)

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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

BESIX Europe, BESIX RED & Regional contractors

Please find enclosed the media overview of the BENELUX daily (print) press.
Grotius Towers (The Netherlands): Avontuura reports about the delivery of the Grotius towers in The Hague
Louise Marie Complex (Belgium): a huge glass wall keeps the noise of the Ring Road down for the residents, writes De Standaard
With a distinction in Engineering, this college student has already secured a mechanical design apprenticeship at Franki Foundations, writes the Newark Advertiser
Ground Engineering reports that Martello Piling has won a piling contract for the foundations for the future sustainable City of London office

BESIX International

F Tower (Ivory Coast): Tower F, the tallest tower on the continent (to date), is currently built by giant BESIX, writes Afrique Magazine
Kitimat LNG (Canada): PowerInfo Today quotes our colleague Paul Callebaut, project director

BESIX Middle East

Waste-to-Energy (UAE): Arabian Gulf Business Insight relates that the future Dubai Waste-to-Energy plant, currently built by BESIX & Hitachi Zosen Inova, will dwarf the new Sharjah waste-to-energy project (1.9 million of waste treated annually vs 450K tonnes)
BESIX Group’s subsidiary Six Construct dominates the Middle Eastern market for Belgian building work, writes ShortList Dubai

BESIX Watpac

Geelong Civic Precinct: Build Australia reports that BESIX Watpac has completed the construction of the City of Greater Geelong’s new headquarters Wurriki Nyal.
BESIX Watpac joins the Australian Constructors Association

2. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects

Tour Triangle (France): Group Realis finish their part of the works
Mediavaert (The Netherlands): the first wooden elements are being installed
Underdale High School (Australia): the project wins the Master Builders (region South Australia) award in the category Commercial Refurbishment/Redevelopment over $5M
A16 Rotterdam (The Netherlands): the partners have developed a circular viaduct
Aquafin Water Treatment Facility (Belgium): Eubelius is proud to have juridically guided BESIX and Indaver in closing the contract
Atomium (Belgium): the monument is mentioned as part of a 365 days of steel thread
The Royal Atlantis (Dubai): the project is coming to an end and is looking beautiful
Kardinia Park Stadium Redevelopment Stage 5 (Australia): the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust staff visit the site
Westland Shopping Center (Belgium): our colleagues of BESIX Infra braving the heat wave in Belgium
BESIX Watpac is co-hosting a discussion about diversity and inclusion in the built environment to celebrate Wear it Purple Day and breakdown barriers in the workforce for young LGBTQ+ people
BESIX Watpac partnered up with TaskABLE, an organisation that is providing employment pathways for young adults with intellectual impairments
Jacques Delens is awarded the contract for the renovation and extension of the nursing home for CPAS d’Uccle together with Socatra
BESIX Unitec transported an automated tow track to the Maritime Research Center in Ostend (Belgium)

3. Our people on Social Media

Our colleague Hilal’s proud daughter has been posing with the Dubai Uptown Tower over the years, tracking its progress
Welcome to the BESIX family, Kenneth, Gaëtan, Ali, Mo & Vennela!
Our Vanhout colleagues Wim Pieters and Peter Bertels are talking about CIRCL at the Digital Construction Day
Two of our Belgian colleagues got married, Dylan and Kris

4. Social Media accounts of major entities

Media Overview