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.
- CMUA (New Zealand): BESIX Watpac enters the New Zealand market with the design and construction of a 25,000 seat stadium.
- A16 (the Netherlands): BESIX and its partners use two fully electric concrete mixers at the A16.
- Rochefort (Belgium): Socogetra renovates the central road of the city of Rochefort.
2. International press (web) mentioning BESIX
- Montenegro: In a press release following his meeting with the Belgian ambassador, the Montenegrin President expressed his interest in intensifying cooperation with Belgium "following the good experiences with BESIX".
- Vistula Spit (Poland): The work is already over half way through and is proceeding according to schedule (new video + pictures). The project is on track for completion by the end of next year.
- Rail Baltica (Latvia): railway works carried out by BESIX and its partners have started in Riga.
- City of Greater Geelong (Australia): Martin Cutter, head of the City of Greater Geelong, talks about the council’s new centre by BESIX Watpac and the company's commitment to working with local businesses.
- Ipswich Hospital (Australia): Construction will begin next week on this new $91 million, 50-bed Acute Mental Health Unit (AMHU).
- Natura (Australia): BESIX Watpac project team hosted a ‘topping out’ ceremony on the roof of the 21 storey East Tower.
- Underdale High School (Australia): BESIX Watpac delivers the creative arts building, built in a live environment which enabled the school to remain safely open during construction.
- CMUA (New Zealand): BESIX Watpac and partners have been selected to design the new stadium.
- Pavillon France (UAE): CNN presents the French pavilion in Dubai.
- La Mé (Ivory Coast): The plant, built by BESIX, will treat 240,000 m³ of drinking water per day and represents real progress for the local population.
- The Royal Atlantis (UAE): in its GPS navigation system, Google subsidiary Waze has renamed the Royal Atlantis: "The Royal Atlantis - Besix"!
3. Social Media posts mentioning BESIX projects
- BESIX mentioned during visit between Montenegrin Minister and Belgian Ambassador
- Nachtigal (Cameroon): video
- LNG Terminal (Canada): update and pic
- Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo): won project of the year CBNME MEP Awards 2021 and here
- Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo): almost finished
- Belgian Pavilion (Dubai): a virtual tour
- Dubai Uptown Tower (UAE): visit (client welcomes tennis legend Boris Becker on site)
- Tower Mohammed VI (Morocco): new progress video
- Vistula Spit (Poland): video and pics
- Sluishuis (the Netherlands): pic and here and here and here and here
- Terraced Towers (The Netherlands): Update and pics and here
- Grotius Tower (the Netherlands): update and pic
- BNP Paribas Fortis HQ (Brussels) : pic and info and here
- Brucargo (Brussels): opening of complex
- Liège Paradis Express (Belgium): update and pic
- Quatuor (Brussels): pics
- BESIX Watpac: visit of South Australia’s Education Minister John Gardner at Underdale High School
- BESIX Watpac: video of HQ Jubilee Place
- BESIX Watpac: Natura project update and pics and here
- BESIX NL: info about Rijkswaterstraat’s circular viaduct arch
- BESIX Infra: milestones at Aalter-Beernem
- BESIX Infra Nederland: snowy pic of Geuljanslaan in Roermond
- BESIX Infra Nederland: Maasgouw municipality issued an asphalting contract
- Van den Berg: article about horizontal directional drilling in Zeebrugge
- Vanhout: renovation of WTCB-CSTC-BBRI office building
- Vanhout: update and pic Louise Marie (Antwerp)
- Socogetra: timelapse Bridge 10 (Thuin)
- Wust: start of works for Socogetra’s HQ
4. Our People on Social Media
- Geert Aelbrecht: article about rights of Migrant Workers in the Middle East
- Geert Aelbrecht: Ramadan post
- BESIX Middle East: Ramadan post and BESIX 3D
- Deloitte University EMEA (Paris): some lovely team pics shared by engineer Mark Szabo
- BESIX Watpac: post about Janelle Campbell’s graduation
- BESIX Infra Nederland: testimony of trainee
- Smart Breakfast Session SCIA: subscription link
5. This week’s statistics on social media:
- LinkedIn: 10,5 K impressions - 3.21 % engagement rate - 115 clicks
- Facebook: 2,1 K people reached - 169 engagements
2. French Pavilion Dubai ready to welcome visitors
- LinkedIn: 14,6 K impressions - 16.4 % engagement rate - 2,256 clicks
3. #PicOfTheWeek : Quatuor ready to open its doors
- LinkedIn: 41 K impressions - 4.26 % engagement rate - 821 clicks
- Facebook: 4,1 K people reached - 226 engagements
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