CFE - 2006 annual report - Vinci

(in millions of EUR) 2006 2005
Order book 33.4 19.8
as of December 31
Activity 32.5 15.1
Both companies continued their respective growth in
Hungary and Slovakia. The “Centre Point II” office building
was delivered in the middle of 2006 to GTC and resulted in
GTC winning the 2006 “Best Overall Development” prize.
The first residential project, Corvinus Palace, was almost
complete at the end of 2006, as were the new office block
of National Instruments in Debrecen, whose delivery was
scheduled for February, 2007 and which was completed in a
record time of eight months.
In Slovakia, the “Park One” project was enclosed before
winter, and a contract for tenant fit-out work was signed at
the beginning of 2007, which will ensure continued activity
in 2007.
August 2006 was marked by the signing of two major
contracts. The first was for the construction of the “Aréna
In May 2006 CFE Hungary obtained the contract for the
construction of the offices of National Instruments in
Debrecen. This building comprise of 4 floors with base-
ment, with a total area of 3,500 m 2 .
László Lehoczki, 45 years
Project Manager
Our task included shop drawings and general construc-
tion, with a deadline of 7 February 2007. Debrecen is the
third largest city in Hungary but the 230 km distance from
Budapest was enough to make the integration with the
local contractors and subcontractors difficult.
Eniko ´ Köteles
Corner” office building for Raiffeisen Real Estate (47,000 m 2 )
while the second was for the construction of “Aréna Plaza”,
the largest shopping and entertainment centre of central
Europe with a total surface area of 186,000 m 2 .
Following an initial design contract for the new Ergon fac-
tory in Ploiesti, a decision was made in December 2006 to
establish a presence in Romania.
Nevertheless the most difficult task was to select the local
subcontractors and make CFE known in that new area.
Deadline and quality were a high priority for the client during
the whole construction due to the fact that the opening of
the new office building was fixed at the beginning. Moreover,
our weekly time schedules were tracked in Texas.
We handed over the project in due time to the satisfac-
tion of both the client and the project architect. Thanks
are due to the local subcontractors and, significantly, to
the ‘spring-like’ winter. Personally I have been working on
different projects at CFE for 11 years. Basically each
project consists of similar modules but they are different
in detail and have to be adapted according to the project
needs. Every project brings an experience. Construction is
a continuous study for me.
Bernard Cols
Péter Rapkay, Patrick Dubruille,
Georgia Kacimbarisz, Pascal Steens,
“Aréna Plaza”
Shopping and
Entertainement
Centre.
Design: Casiopea.
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