The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is a water and electrical power supply project implemented by the governments of Lesotho and South Africa to find new sources of supply to support development in both countries. This major undertaking is the largest water-transfer project ever launched in Africa. Our consortium was in charge of part of the project. Our work package included building hydraulic conduits 65 kilometres in total length and 5 metres in diameter, two water intake structures with siphons, and several shafts and installing a surge chamber.

En febrero de 2014, VINCI Construction Grands Projets firmó su primer contrato en la República Dominicana, con INAPA (Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados). El objetivo pasa por diseñar y construir un sistema de tratamiento de aguas residuales en las ciudades de Monte Cristi, Neiba, Azua, San José de Ocoa, San Cristóbal y Villa Vásquez. Este proyecto, en la modalidad de diseño y construcción, contempla el diseño, en 6 ciudades, de 400 kilómetros de redes de saneamiento, 10 estaciones de bombeo, 5 plantas depuradoras de tipo laguna así como de 1 planta de tratamiento de lodos activados. El proyecto también incluye la ejecución de 54 kilómetros de redes de alcantarillado en Monte Cristi, la construcción de 3 estaciones de bombeo (270, 170 y 11 m³/h) y de una planta depuradora de tipo laguna. En Villa Vásquez, implica la instalación de 36 kilómetros de redes de alcantarillado en Monte Cristi, la construcción de 1 estación de bombeo (270 m³/h) y de una planta depuradora de tipo laguna. En San Cristóbal, por su parte, el proyecto incluye la construcción de una planta de tratamiento de lodos activados. Finalmente, con la ayuda de WMI (filial de VINCI Construction Grands Projets), nos encargamos de establecer un diagnóstico técnico de la red de agua potable.

A entre 1.500 y 1.900 metros de altitud, en la región del Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins (Cordillera de los Andes), se encuentra el yacimiento de El Teniente, la mayor mina subterránea de cobre del mundo.
El proyecto para el que recibimos mandato por parte de Codelco incluía la excavación con explosivos de 2 túneles de 9 kilómetros cada uno, de 65 m² de sección media (uno para el transporte de los operarios y otra para el acarreo del mineral), así como la construcción de 2 galerías de acceso intermedias de 6 kilómetros en total. Estos túneles permiten crear un nuevo nivel en la mina de El Teniente, favoreciendo su explotación durante otros cincuenta años.

In operation since 1976, the Marne Aval (downstream) SIAAP water treatment plant in Noisy-le-Grand was entirely modernised in 2009. This wastewater treatment plant is compact, modern and highly advanced technologically. It features the most stringent techniques for high environmental quality in the construction sector. So, this modernisation doubles the wastewater treatment capacity of the Marne Aval plant and reduces the space required.

In order to supply the City of Faisalabad with drinking water, we were mandated by Pakistan’s Water and Sanitation Agency to increase drinking-water production capacity, renovate, improve, and expand the supply and distribution network, and optimize network performance. As part of a public utility project to supply an entire section of the city with water, this new treatment plant is designed to operate 24/7.

The Brussels South filtration plant, which was opened in 2000, is undertaking major upgrades to ensure compliant treatment of nitrogen and phosphorus. The project calls for the implementation of an entirely new water, sludge, and odour treatment equipment.

The Communauté d’Agglomération du Pays Ajaccien (CAPA Ajaccio urban district council) has been engaged in a voluntary effort to restore the quality of water. To sustain this initiative and create the required conditions for a regional development project, the state and the CAPA have signed the “Horizon 2013 – Contribution of Ajaccio to cleaning up the Mediterranean” agreement to upgrade the agglomeration’s sanitation system so that it meets the standards of the European Union’s urban wastewater treatment directive.

VINCI Construction Grands Projets was mandated by Sri Lanka’s national agency for drinking water and sanitation to rehabilitate and expand the drinking-water treatment plant in Kantale. The project calls for the construction of a new 1,500-cubic-metre raw water storage tank, new water-treatment capacity equal to 18,000 cubic metres a day, and a new 1,500-cubic-metre tank to store treated water. The project also covers the rehabilitation of all structures and buildings in the existing plant, including replacing process, electromagnetic, and electrical equipment. Also included in this project are the development of two water intakes and raw-water pumping stations and supply and installation of the equipment for the treated-water pumping station. Finally, the project also covers automation of the treatment plant and pumping stations and supervision of the drinking-water distribution system as a whole for the region of Trincomalee.

VINCI Construction Grands Projets was one of the entities selected by the National Stadium Company (a consortium of Chinese concession-holders for the Stadium) for a technical assistance contract to build the Beijing National Stadium specifically for the 2008 Olympic Games. The project involved offering assistance to the project management team, particularly in the organisation of the building plan and the site. Our success in obtaining this contract is due in particular to our Stade de France credentials.

As compared with the rest of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, the capital, is well-supplied in drinking water. However, this city with a population of 1.6 million is adversely impacted by uneven access to drinking water from one community to the next – a problem aggravated by its fast-paced population growth and industrial development. In response to this situation, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) decided, as part of its 2005-2020 Master Plan, to build a new treatment plant in Niroth to produce drinking water. The project includes a water-intake system in the Mekong River, a raw-water pumping station, a filtration facility, and a treatment plant that feeds potable water into the city’s distribution system. Given the project’s considerable scope, a decision was made to divide it into two phases, with each phase encompassing a capacity of 130,000 cubic metres a day. A call for tenders was issued for each phase, and VINCI Construction Grands Projets won the call for tenders for the second phase in 2014, one year after the entry into service of the initial phase.