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.
- Royal visit: Bel RTL, one of Belgium's leading French-speaking radio stations, interviewed our colleague Mathieu Ryckewaert about the royal visit to Oman and the UAE
- IMS (Luxembourg): BESIX RED becomes a member of the 'Inspiring More Sustainability' organisation in Luxembourg
2. International press (web) mentioning BESIX
- UAE: Gulf Construction Online publishes three articles; about the Uptown Tower, the Infinity Bridge and the Belgian Pavilion
- Vistula Spit (Poland): a storm has damaged a breakwater under construction, writes a Polish media
- Digital Twin: François Snoeck (Neanex) presents the advantages of digital twins with a Moroccan media
- New Zealand: BESIX Watpac has been accepted as a member of the New Zealand Construction Sector Accord Network
- Barangaroo (Australia): BESIX Watpac has engaged Pegasus to manage safety and workforce compliance
- Tour Triangle (France): The Journal de L'Architecte publishes a short article about the Tour Triangle
- Marina Tower (Greece): the choice of the contractor should be announced next month, write many Greek media.
- Egypt: Egyptian ambassador in Brussels discusses economic cooperation with Belgian authorities, mentioning BESIX
3. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects
- Henneaulaan - Fietsostrade (Brussels, Belgium): important weeks for the team, as they’re installing the cycle bridge over the ring road of Brussels to ensure a safe crossing for all cyclists
- A16 Rotterdam (The Netherlands): best way to see what the site looks like is from the air
- LPA (Antwerp, Belgium): 4 years progress is looking great
- Sluishuis Amsterdam (The Netherlands): the building is looking incredible during sunset + a closer look at the façade
- Lock of Lanaye (Belgium): rescue exercise happening on site with GRIMP
- Royersluis (Antwerp, Belgium): video overviewing the site
- BESIX Watpac is delivering an exhibition space at Brisbane Airport which will host the Vickers Vimy, an original plane from during the First World War
- Vanhout: workshop on using LEAN at the site of WTCB Zaventem
- BESIX Infra: great illustration of making sure safety is guaranteed at all times; a colleague helps a lady getting to the other side of the site safely
- BESIX Watpac: no less than five of their projects are nominated for the Master Builders Australia National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards 2022! Those are Deakin University’s Law School building, Herston STARS, James Cook University Ideas Lab and Brisbane Airport Domestic Terminal
- BESIX RED: feature in Trends Tendances’ special issue ‘Major actors in real estate’
4. Our people on Social Media
- Thank you for all your hard work over the past years, Bishoy!
- Good luck to Nico and his team on the renovation and expansion of the Polytoren in Zwijnaarde (Belgium)!
- Thank you for your commitment on the Dubai Uptown Tower, Mina!
- Thank you for being part of our family for over 4 years already, Maxim! On to many more to come!
- Our colleague Wim, who works at Vanhout, pitched on innovation in the construction sector for Voka Chamber of Commerce East-Flanders. Great job!
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