• Acquisition of 100% of Seymour Whyte’s shares
• 2017 revenue of A$433 million
• VINCI Construction expansion in the Pacific area

On 23 October 2017, VINCI Construction finalised the acquisition of the Seymour Whyte company based in Queensland. The acquisition was finalised followed purchase of 100% of the shares of the company previously listed on the Sydney stock exchange.

Seymour Whyte employs 475 people and generated revenue of A$433 million in the fiscal year ended on 30 June 2017. Founded in 1987, Seymour Whyte is a well-known Australian company operating in the fields of civil engineering, earthworks and utilities, notably for the construction of roads, bridges and water and pipeline infrastructure.

Seymour White is made up of two entities: Seymour Whyte Constructions and Rob Carr Pty Ltd.

• Over the past decade, Seymour Whyte Constructions has completed more than 80 infrastructure projects in Queensland and New South Wales, including modernisation of the Ipswich motorway, the access roads to the Sydney airport and, more recently, renovation of a section of the Bruce Highway motorway.
• Rob Carr Pty Ltd is one of Australia’s leading water and pipeline infrastructure companies, specialising in microtunnelling and directional drilling.

This acquisition, added to that of HEB Construction in New Zealand in 2015, strengthens VINCI Construction’s operations in the Pacific area, where it generated 2016 revenue of €549 million, employs 2,000 people and delivers wide-ranging expertise in the highway construction, civil engineering, soil reinforcement and oil & gas sectors.

“Seymour Whyte is a company that resembles us, with a strong entrepreneurial culture. This acquisition will enable us to expand synergies with VINCI Construction’s existing expertise in Australia and more broadly in the Pacific area,” said Jérôme Stubler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI Construction.

• The project will be carried out in a joint venture with Canadian company Macro Enterprise Inc.
• Construction of an 85-km oil pipeline in British Columbia

Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. (TMP)* has awarded a contract to the joint venture formed by Spiecapag Canada Corp, a subsidiary of VINCI, and Macro Enterprise Inc., to build the Spread 5B section of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) in Canada.

The joint venture is in charge of building a 36-inch oil pipeline with a length of 85 km near Hope along the Coquihalla River Valley in British Columbia. The two-year project is scheduled for completion in November 2019.

“This contract marks Spiecapag’s return to Canada. Alongside our Canadian partner Macro and serving our new client, we are proud to be part of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and to deliver our expertise in oil pipeline construction”

Bruno Guy de Chamisso, Chief Executive Officer of Spiecapag.

The TMEP project is designed to double the oil pipeline capacity linking the Edmonton, Alberta region of western Canada with the Pacific coast near Vancouver. The project will boost access to the country’s oil resources and expand its exports by sea.

With more than 90 years of experience, Spiecapag is one of the world’s leading oil pipeline, gas pipeline and associated systems companies. Recent project references include participation in the huge PNG LNG project in Papua New Guinea in 2014. Spiecapag also played a notable role in the Incahuasi project in Bolivia at the end of 2015, and is currently involved in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project in Greece and Albania. Spiecapag is part of the Entrepose Group, which designs, builds and operates onshore, offshore and underground production, transport and storage infrastructure for the oil & gas and other energy industries.

*TMP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Canada Limited. TMP is in charge of project development, covering extension of the Edmonton storage terminal and construction of an oil pipeline between the Edmonton facilities and Burnaby, British Columbia, as well as offshore infrastructure.

IBA, the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, and VINCI Construction, a global player in building construction, today announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), effective immediately, to collaborate in offering dedicated design and construction support to selected proton therapy customers.

Under the terms of the collaboration, IBA will retain leadership of the design of the proton/carbon therapy equipment and VINCI Construction will lead in the design of the building and related technical elements. In addition, VINCI Construction will support IBA in the construction process, ensuring projects are delivered in line with all IBA quality standards, project specifications and timelines.  In due course, IBA and VINCI Construction plan to develop an optimized joint offer to customers. The financial terms of the collaboration are not disclosed.

“We are pleased to be collaborating with VINCI Construction and are confident that the combination of our respective expertise will enhance the whole project management process for our customers. The specialist team’s understanding of proton therapy project construction requirements, combined with its global reach, makes it a strong addition to IBA’s leading proton therapy offering.”

Olivier Legrain, Chief Executive Officer of IBA

“Following on from our current collaboration on the Archade proton therapy project in Caen (France), this partnership now enables joint developments on an international scale and strengthens the co-operation between our teams in order to combine complementary expertise, bringing innovative solutions to the leading medical players in the treatment of cancer.”

Jérôme Stubler, Chairman of VINCI Construction

This 110.000 sq. metre building, designed by architects Foster + Partners, will be the tallest in the European Union, with 50 storeys and a total height of 310 m (including an 80 m mast). Its four underground levels will connect with the central station and accomodate the car parks and technical premises as well as a retail and services zone. Warbud will also be responsible for the construction of Varso 1 (21 levels), another building close to the tower. The entire project aims to achieve BREEAM “Oustanding” certification.

VINCI Construction selected to build major new motorway connection in Auckland, New Zealand

The NCI Project Alliance comprises the New Zealand Transport Agency, HEB Construction, Fulton Hogan, Opus and Jacobs.

The project is an important link in helping to realize the full benefits of the Western Ring Route by giving users an alternative route to State Highway 1 and the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It will also create better travel choices for walkers, cyclists and users of public transport.

The Alliance is now tasked with finalising the detailed design and beginning construction early this year. The project will be undertaken in stages over the next four years. The first steps towards construction will include road resurfacing and the installation of moveable median barriers.

The Alliance has started recruiting for more than 150 new roles including surveyors, engineers, safety advisors, machine operators, drainlayers, carpenters and general construction field staff.

Since VINCI finalized the acquisition of HEB Construction in June 2015, the company worked in New- Zealand as a member of The North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery Alliance (NCTIR) on reconstruction following the earthquake that  struck the Kaikoura region in November 2016.

HEB Construction is also working on the Nga Puna Wai sports centre and on several marine works projects: Centreport container quay repair, Port Otago quay extension and Port of Lyttelton terminal construction.

“Eighteen years after the delivery of the Øresund tunnel and two years after the award of the Femern tunnel, it’s our honor to continue to work for the Danish people’s daily mobility with a new line of underground metro, especially with our historical partner HOCHTIEF”, says Eric Chambraud, Operations Director Northern Europe, British Isles and Americas at VINCI Construction Grands Projets.

“We are very pleased to have this opportunity of demonstrating our tunneling expertise in Copenhagen again. This contract continues our successful activities in the Danish infrastructure market. We are looking forward to working once again together with VINCI”, says Riku Tauriainen, Executive Vice President of HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH Europe West.

This design and build project for the southern metro line is a six-year mandate that calls for the construction of dual 4.4-kilometer tunnels using two earth-pressure tunnel boring machines (TBM) along with five underground stations and two crossover structures. The project also includes electrical and mechanical systems, architectural interior works, and in-tunnel ventilation.

The University of Malaya, Malaysia’s No.1 ranked higher education institution and VINCI Construction, a leading design and build construction company and a major global player in the construction sector, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work on a collaborative project to encourage and promote cooperation in research and development in the field of Capacity Building and Local Talent Development. This MoU is VINCI Construction’s first collaboration with a Malaysian University.

The MoU signing ceremony was held on 20th January 2016, 3:30pm at the Court Room, University Malaya. This partnership was led by University of Malaya’s Centre for Innovative Construction Technology (CICT) Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the collaboration between UM and VINCI Construction was facilitated by InvestKL.

The project spanning 3 years will focus on increased collaboration between the two parties, to facilitate mutual sharing of best practices and expertise in the area of construction and engineering. These include final year projects for undergraduates, internship and employment opportunities, joint research and development activities, participation in seminars and academic sessions, worksite visits and other areas agreed by both parties.

As VINCI Construction ranks among the world’s top design and build construction companies, the valuable exchange of professional and best practices with University Malaya will provide Malaysian talents an enhanced educational experience to build capabilities through transfer of knowledge and technology, insights, experience and skills and provide exposure to global markets and work opportunities. In addition, this strategic collaboration between private and local will continue to support Malaysia’s goal towards becoming a knowledge economy with a high income population by 2020.

“We firmly believe in strategic partnerships that can create an ecosystem that supports excellence and a performance-driven culture. This will ensure that our university and its graduates will not only be globally competitive but will be able to meet our nation’s aspirations to provide leadership in this region and beyond. This MoU with VINCI Construction will contribute to building a sustainable and stable platform from which we can continue to “soar upwards” as aptly put by the Ministry of Higher Education and serves to strengthen several thrusts of the Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint including ensuring talent excellence, creating an innovation ecosystem and building the university’s global prominence”

Prof. Dato’ Dr Amin Bin Jalaludin, Vice Chancellor of University of Malaya

With this in mind, we undertake to participate and build regional workforce by bringing onboard local talents. We nurture them by instilling values that encompass autonomy and innovation through transfer of knowledge, experience and core-trainings.