VINCI - 2005 annual report

ÉDITORIAL
A BUILDING OF THE FUTURE FOR THE EIB HEADQUARTERS
In Luxembourg, a consortium comprising VINCI Construction Grands Projets and CFE is building a new 72,000 sq. metre
building for the European Investment Bank under a contract with a value of €135 million. The building has nine storeys of offi ce space
and three heated atriums. It will be surrounded by a cylindrical glass enclosure and have three naturally ventilated winter gardens. These two features will
reduce the building’s energy consumption and atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions. Work got under way in February 2005 and will take 28 months to
complete.
Bottom left. Structural renovation in the heart of Paris covering four buildings in the rue Saint Honoré and a mansion in the Place Vendôme,
of which only the 30 metre long, 23 metre high facade has been kept.
Bottom right. Construction of the City Inn in Manchester, in the United Kingdom - a 284 room hotel with 6 suites, which is to open in 2007.
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