Balfour Beatty - VINCI joint venture is awarded the contract for HS2’s main civil engineering works packages lots N1 and N2 in the United Kingdom
15 April, 2020
The 50:50 joint venture between Balfour Beatty and VINCI* has been awarded the HS2 lots N1 and N2 phase 2 contract (construction) on 1 April 2020.
Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA joint venture awarded HS2 construction management contract for Old Oak Common station in London.
17 September, 2019
The Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA HS2 joint venture today announces its formal contract award for the management of the construction and delivery of HS2’s new c. £1 billion Old Oak Common station.
Artificial intelligence and its contribution to construction
09 September, 2019
The accelerating development of AI opens up many opportunities for tomorrow’s construction sites. From Big Data to robots, we bring you an overview of artificial intelligence applications designed to facilitate and accelerate the construction process and make it safer.
Geotechnics... an area of expertise fundamental to building the future
02 September, 2019
Building on bare ground, excavating, anchoring, containing, terracing or developing a site from the ground up: all these interactions with the natural ground and soil require the intervention of geotechnics. As essential as it is invisible, this set of construction techniques comes into play at the beginning of every construction project.
The Trail by VINCI Construction 2020
28 August, 2019
Like last year’s first edition, the second ‘The Trail by VINCI Construction’ student challenge once again challenges students from all over the world to “Envision the construction industry of tomorrow!”
Timber construction reaches for the sky
16 July, 2019
Universally praised for its ability to sequester atmospheric carbon, timber is making a strong comeback. Working through its subsidiary company Arbonis, VINCI Construction France is responding to the strong growth in demand for high-rise buildings by introducing innovative timber-based solutions.
Augmented reality will improve construction conformity
26 June, 2019
In partnership with other construction industry stakeholders, VINCI Construction has set up a new company called DISCERN to roll out the widespread use of augmented reality on construction sites.
3D printed concrete: an impression of the future
25 June, 2019
The 3D printing of concrete makes it possible to build complex composite shapes, facilitates bespoke design, and holds out the promise of a smaller ecological footprint for the construction industry. 2019 sees a dramatic increase in the initiatives and achievements of VINCI Construction in France and around the world.
Designed to withstand time and the elements: cable-stayed bridges
19 June, 2019
Not only do large cable-stayed structures successfully address extraordinary geographical and technical challenges, but they also require the most demanding and innovative levels of maintenance.
Work progresses on the project to enlarge and upgrade the Roland-Garros stadium
18 June, 2019
The 2019 French Open tournament runs from May 26 to June 9 at Porte d'Auteuil. This year, was the players’ first experience of the brand new 15,000-seater Philippe-Chatrier centre court built by the teams of VINCI Construction France.
Tunnel boring machine Amandine gets to work on the Grand Paris Express project
17 June, 2019
As part of the work on the T3C section of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express project, the second tunnel boring machine - Amandine - began work at the end of April to tunnel the 3.4 km from Arcueil-Cachan station to Villejuif Louis Aragon.