BESIX Group Media Overview (October 1)

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.

Belgian Pavilion (Belgium): Olivier Crasson was interviewed by La Première and Peter Lembrechts by Radio 1, two major Belgian radio stations. RTBF television also devoted a report to the Expo, with a short intervention by Olivier Crasson. Construction media Bouwkroniek and La Chronique present the building.
Oosterweel (Belgium): the signing of the Right Bank contract for the Oosterweel link is reported in various Belgian and foreign media.
E411 (Belgium): Socogetra completes its roadworks on the E411 and E25 motorways.
People (Belgium): BESIX is one of the companies surveyed on how to encourage diversity and inclusion in companies.

CSR (UAE): Emirati media report on the 21 companies, including BESIX, that have been awarded the CSR Label for the period H1-2021.
Belgian Pavilion (UAE): Many construction, engineering and business-oriented media as well as press agencies report on the delivery of the building.
Deep Water Storm Tunnel (UAE): China Railway supplied the tunnel boring machines for the project, writes a Chinese media.
Barangaroo (Australia): the excavated station was handed over to BESIX Watpac, which will now build the station.
Vistula Spit (Poland): the assembly of the lock gate has started, one of the largest structures of its kind in Poland. The infrastructure will allow ships to avoid passing through Russia to reach the Baltic.
Grand Egyptian Museum (Egypt): an Italian media publishes a short article presenting the GEM.
Waste-to-Energy (UAE): Konecranes will supply cranes to the project.
aug.e: telecom media present aug.e, created by BESIX and Proximus.

The Middle East: the BIM Coordinators Summit awards a “BIM hero” prize to our colleague Rania Shawky.
The Middle East: BESIX is an ‘exceptional construction company’ writes the AWEX in Ryadh in a post about the Belgian Pavilion.
The Middle East: GSTIC will hold conferences in the Belgian Pavilion, an impressive example of circular construction”.
International: the ambassador of Ghana visited the BESIX offices in Brussels.
International: NGE published a video of the ongoing works in Nachtigal.
International: Xbloc published a video and pictures about the XblocPlus installed by BESIX in Poland.
Australia: BESIX Watpac completes the mass timber structure of the Geelong Ceivic Precinct “ahead of the actual schedule”.
BESIX RED: Pro Real Estate presents BESIX RED’s latest project in Namur.
Europe: Lantis announces the signature of the Right Bank contract.
Europe: the Sluishuis building has reached its highest point. Barcode Architect also visited the site to see the progress of the facilities around the building.
Europe: Belgian photographer publishes new pictures of Quatuor.
Europe: BESIX participated in a round table on the future dismantling of Belgian nuclear installations, writes a journalist from L’Echo.
Europe: BESIX is one of the best Brussels-based construction companies regarding innovation, says Estate Innovation.
Regionals: Socogetra reinforces the banks of the river Ourthe.

Global: Geert Aelbrecht and Victor Antunes published pictures of the BESIX Cleanup day.
Europe: Josefien Vanhuyse (Neanex) and Bart Gentens (BESIX / aug.e) participated to Realty Belgium.
Europe: Geert Aelbrecht participated with some of our colleagues to the Flanders Ride 2021 Leuven.
Regionals: Jean Polet congratulates Vanhout for the Z33 building.
Regionals: Jelle Van Aelst (Van den Berg) publishes photos of the team preparing to lay high voltage cables.

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