BESIX Group Media Overview (November 19)

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.

See enclosed PDF.

BuildUp (Belgium): Vanhout acquires a stake in BuildUp, a company specialising in sustainable modular construction, report TV channels Canal Z and Kanaal Z, as well as specialised media.
Safety: The Flemish Construction Federation publishes three videos on the use of digital tools to improve safety on site: one video was shot on a BESIX site and the second on a Franki Foundations project.
Sluishuis (The Netherlands / BESIX RED): Stad en Groen dedicates an article to the Sluishuis, in particular to its green aspects.
Terraced Tower (The Netherlands) : BESIX built the impressive Terraced Tower in Rotterdam.
De Groene Boog (The Netherlands): the launching ramp of the Terbregseplein bridge was inaugurated.
Guggenheim (UAE): BESIX constructs the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, reports De Vlaamse Ondernemer.
BE Pavilion (UAE) : BESIX built the Belgian Pavilion, a showcase for the Belgian regions, and the Burj Khalifa, writes Bruxelles News.
Simac ICT (Vanhout / Belgium): ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Simac ICT HQ in Leuven.
Volta 3 (EJD / Belgium): the Volta 3 buildings built in Brussels by EJD have been inaugurated.
aug.e: BESIX and Proximus take a stake in i.Leco and create aug.e, a platform for smart buildings.

NIOA (Australia): the Australian Minister of Defense officially inaugurates the NIOA timber building built by BESIX Watpac.
Master Builders (Australia) : BESIX Watpac won three major awards at the Master Builder Awards with the STARS (Best Health Facilities), Ideas Lab (Best Education Facilities) and Domestic Terminal Retail (Excellence in Workplace Health & Safety) projects.
KPGB (Australia): Work on the Kangaroo Bridge, which BESIX Watpac designs and builds, is expected to start in the coming months.
Waste-to-Energy (UAE): the UAE is investing in waste-to-energy projects, of which the one being implemented by BESIX in Dubai is a major example. Société Générale also writes about the project.
Tour Triangle (France): the construction of the Tour Triangle in Paris is about to start.
Vistula Spit (Poland): a passage for animals has been built across the shipping channel.
Cai Mep Ha (Vietnam) : BESIX is mentioned among the potential candidates for the construction of the Cai Mep Ha infrastructures.
Other: BESIX director P. Padmanathan joins Heliogen's board, multiple US media report.

Uptown Tower Dubai (UAE): reaching 310 m high, almost at the top!
Waste-to-Energy (Dubai): beautiful mornings on site including an incredible sunrise
ICÔNE (Luxembourg): project almost reaching its end
BESIX Group is investing in BuildUp through its subsidiairy Vanhout
Port Macquarie (Australia): delivery of the project, including retirement living boutique apartments
Expo 2020 (UAE): Walloon delegation visiting the Belgian Pavilion and W2E
Nachtigal hydroelectric project (Cameroon): update
Warandeberg (Brussels): nominated for the Precast in Buildings category of the FEBE Elements Awards 2021
Post Rotterdam (The Netherlands): demolition works have started
Grand Egyptian Museum (Egypt): nice picture of the site
Sluishuis (The Netherlands): weekly update + video update
Manhattan (Brussels): take a look inside the building
James Cook University (Australia): first major concrete pour of the project
Socogetra: video of the project of rehabilitation of the N4 road in Tenneville (Belgium)
Wust: works are going well on the AXS residential project in Namur (Belgium)

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