VINCI - 2005 annual report

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The Granite Tower in La Défense,
scheduled for handover in 2008.
On the construction site, the
structural works teams are building
the underground levels.
In Chile, The Chiloé bridge (synthetic
image) will be built by VINCI
Construction.
At the end of December, the fi rst
phase of the restored Hall of Mirrors
at the Château de Versailles was
unveiled for the public.
JUNE ➤ In signing the Apprenticeship Charter, together with some one
hundred other French companies, VINCI Chairman and CEO Antoine Zacharias
made a commitment to increase the number of apprentices joining the Group’s
subsidiaries by 20% over a two-year period.
➤ Following an experimental phase, Eurovia applies its warm mix with
Aspha-Min ® process on the Champs-Elysées in Paris and on many other
projects worldwide (the process substantially cuts energy consumption and
pollutant emissions by reducing coating temperature by 30°C).
JULY ➤ Cofi route achieves record sales of 1,700 Liber-t motorway remote toll
payment passes per week. During the summer, the 100,000 active badge mile-
stone was exceeded, marking a 33% increase in one year.
AUGUST ➤ VINCI Concessions acquires France Handling, the French leader in
cargo handling services to airlines and freight forwarders. Expanding the WFS
international network to some 60 cargo facilities, of which 27 are located in
Europe, the move bolsters the company’s leading position in the sector worldwide.
SEPTEMBER ➤ On 19 September, VINCI was included in the DJSI
(Dow Jones Sustainability Index), which tracks the performance of the leading
sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
OCTOBER ➤ VINCI Construction wins the €135 million contract to build the
launch pad and ground infrastructure for the Soyuz project in French Guiana.
➤ VINCI Energies begins operations in Portugal with the acquisition of
the Sotécnica company specialising in design, implementation and maintenance
of technical facilities for industry, the service sector, airports and the energy
infrastructure sector.
NOVEMBER ➤ As part of the Talents des Cités competition organised by the
French Senate and Ministry of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing, in
which VINCI is a partner, the VINCI Foundation for the Community recognised
a national award winner, Mamadou Beye, who created the Paris-area
Agence de Gestion de l’Intérim d’Insertion job-creating temporary employment agency.
DECEMBER ➤ On 14 December, the French government announced its
decision to sell its 50.4% interest in Autoroutes du Sud de la France to VINCI.
With this acquisition, VINCI becomes the world’s leading integrated transport
infrastructure concession-construction group and the European leader in
transport infrastructure concessions.
➤ On 19 December, VINCI and the Château de Versailles unveil the fi rst phase
of the restored Hall of Mirrors for the press and the public. Under an innovative
skills-based sponsorship operation, VINCI is funding the entire €12 million
restoration and making available to the project the expertise of its companies
specialising in the restoration of historic buildings.
➤ VINCI Park wins the contract to manage 30,000 on-street parking spaces
in Madrid, Spain.
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