Sogea - 1999 annual report - Vinci

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HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
Several contracts to build purification plants were also
awarded to the company: in Boulogne, in Brittany, in
Aujany (in the Isère), in Tarare, in Douai and on the
island of Yeu.
In the areas of sewage and drinking water supply
systems the company has developed, particularly in
the South-East and in the Rhône-Alpes regions (two
regional locations which are almost exclusively focused
on hydraulic engineering), new niche activities related
to the industrial sector, particularly for Lafarge, Shell,
BP and GDF. In the west of France, finally, Sogea
acquired the SBTP company which is located in Saint-
Nazaire and specializes in hydraulic engineering and
road operations.
In the West Indies, Sogea Martinique won the
contracts to build several purification plants in Sainte-
Luce, Sainte-Anne and Dillon. Dodin Guadeloupe also
was awarded construction of the Saint-François
purification plant.
Finally, the award of the contract to build the Négril
purification plant in Jamaica prompted the West Indies
Department to set up a new branch office at the end
of 1999, Sogea Jamaica. This new branch confirms the
company’s determination to expand in the Caribbean as
already demonstrated several years ago by the contracts
won in Sainte-Lucie.
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1. Sogea started
works package 3 of
the agricultural station
at Doukkala, Morocco.
2. Sogea Sud’s
Hydraulique agency in
Montpellier performed
work to modify the sea
treated water discharge
system in Sète,
involving the laying
of a 3,000 m long,
1,000 mm diameter pipe.
In the Indian Ocean the development approach
undertaken several years ago at Sogea is beginning
to pay off, as witness the completion of a seawater
desalination plant, the construction now underway
of the Mamoudzou plant and the drinking water
supply works in Dapani, Mayotte. In Madagascar
the company won, among other things, the work
on the Lake Alaotra agricultural project.
On Reunion Island Sogea was awarded in 1999
the contract to build the purification station for the
municipalities of Le Port and La Possession (working
with the Sogea Water Process Department) as well as
the construction of a reservoir in Saint-Denis.
On the African continent, hydraulic engineering
accounts for nearly one-third of Sogea’s activity.
1999 was a particularly good year: continuation of
work on the Soukkala agricultural centre in Morocco;
new projects for the Ké Macina and Molodo
agricultural centres in Mali; water supply works for
Elf in Congo. Sogea also recently won contracts
to lay pipelines at Essouira and Agadir, Morocco.
In Nigeria, Saton began the water supply works
at Ibadan. Finally, SPC, a Sogea subsidiary in South
Africa, was awarded a contract for the renovation
of a 33 km long steel pipeline.
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