written by
Lore De Jonge

FROM LORE & HENRY---- BESIX Group Media Overview 13 August

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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 & Construction sector in the BENELUX press

See enclosed PDF.

  • De Groene Boog (the Netherlands): De Groene Boog & Rijkswaterstaat released a new animation explaining the A16 project to the public.
  • R4 Gent (Belgium): Wegenbouw writes about the appointment of consortium BRAVO-4 (BESIX, Epico, REBEL and I4B) as preferred bidder for the R4 Ghent project.
  • Bouwkroniek reports about the takeover of Agidens Infra Automation (AIA) by Van den Berg.

2. International press (web) mentioning BESIX

  • Damman West ISTP Outfall Pipeline: BESIX - Six Construct is mentioned by Saudi Gulf Projects as interested party to develop the project.
  • New Zealand Herald and News Talk ZB write about Christchurch City Council’s decision to add 5.000 seats to the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena, costing an additional $50 million.
  • Zawya takes over article of TradeArabia, reporting that work at Dubai W-t-E plant is in full swing.

Transport of King Khufu Solar Boat in Cairo, Egypt

The news of the transport was picked up quickly by media all over the world. A small summary: BBC, Euronews, Global Times, Reuters, ABC News, Interesting Engineering, Arab News, VRT NWS, HLN, and many others.
Our press release on Wednesday was picked up by several media: New Civil Engineer, Trade Arabia, Enterprise, Gulf Construction Online, Global Construction Review, ConstructConnect (Canada),

BESIX Watpac new project: Kardinia Park

3. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects

4. Our People on Social Media

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: My Company | LinkedIn

BESIX Watpac: Overview | LinkedIn

BESIX NL: Overview | LinkedIn

BESIX RED: Overview | LinkedIn

Franki Foundations: Overview | LinkedIn

Vanhout: Overview | LinkedIn

BESIX Infra: Overview | LinkedIn

Van den Berg: Overview | LinkedIn

SOCOGETRA Group : Overview | LinkedIn

Jacques Delens: Overview | LinkedIn

WUST: Overview | LinkedIn

6. NEW: magazines available on intranet

In order to remain informed about the latest developments in the building industry, Engineering can offer you a diverse range of magazines on daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly basis, which are available on intranet.

Click here to see which publications are available and register to be notified when the last digital issues are available. For more info, consult this page on the group’s intranet or contact Ilse Devos.

Thank you Engineering, for opening your library to our readers!

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