News Vinci and Walsh team wins $2.9bn Chicago metro extension The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has chosen a team made up of French contractor Vinci and local company Walsh Construction to design and build the extension to the Red Line…
News Vinci raises $940m to manage Dominican Republic’s airports Vinci Airports has signed a $940m financing deal with a consortium of lenders to pay a concession fee to the Dominican Republic and build a $250m terminal at Las Américas…
News Vinci lands role on Germany’s first hydrogen-powered steel factory Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS has won a €74m contract for piping and mechanical works on a major hydrogen-powered steel plant Thyssenkrupp is building in Duisburg, Germany. Cobra IS was picked…
News Vinci, Siemens picked for €2.9bn North Sea converter stations A consortium of Vinci and Siemens has won a €2.9bn contract from German utility 50Hertz to design, build and install two converter stations to bring wind power from the North…
News Hungary takes over Liszt Ferenc airport from Vinci The government of Hungary has spent €3.1bn on renationalising Liszt Ferenc International Airport near Budapest by acquiring an 80% stake from owner-operator Vinci Airports. A handover ceremony was held on…
News Vinci wins €94m water contract in Cambodia Vinci Construction Grands Projets has won a €94m design-build project to enlarge a drinking water plant supplying Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. The customer is the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority,…
News Vinci buys two firms to bolster North American road-building French contractor Vinci has bought two family-run firms to add to its road-building capacity in North America. One is Newport Construction based in New Hampshire in the US, and the…
News Portugal to enter talks with Vinci over Lisbon’s €9bn airport Portugal will start negotiating with France’s Vinci about building and running Lisbon’s €9bn international airport in the next few days, Portuguese newspaper CM reports. Ground could break by the end…
News Seymour Whyte to build bridge at Melbourne Airport Vinci Construction’s Australian subsidiary Seymour Whyte has won a €96m contract to improve road access to Melbourne Airport. The contractor will upgrade the airport’s forecourt and build a 550m bridge…
Companies Vinci launches succession plan for outgoing chief Huillard French construction group Vinci, the largest in the world outside China, has activated its succession plan for the retirement of chief executive Xavier Huillard, due after the company’s annual general…
Companies Vinci buys into green energy firm, eyes expansion in US renewables French construction group Vinci has finalised a €50m investment NatPower, a renewable energy developer set up in 2019. The company, which is based in Milan, London and Washington, DC, has…
News Court rejects Vinci’s claim for €1.6bn over cancelled Nantes airport A French court yesterday rejected a claim of nearly €1.6bn in damages made by Vinci in relation to the cancellation of an airport project near Nantes, website BMF Business reports.…
Projects Vinci celebrates opening of 93km Coastal Road in Côte d’Ivoire Vinci Construction is celebrating the opening of a restored 93km stretch of Côte d’Ivoire’s Coastal Road between Dabou and Grand Lahou. It strengthens the link between the country’s two main…
News Vinci wins seven-year deal to upgrade French rail system French contractor Vinci has won a seven-year contract to renew 800km of track and ballast in the French rail network. The deal, which is expected to be worth about €700m,…
Companies Vinci buys concession for busy Denver toll road Vinci Highways has agreed to buy NWP HoldCo, the company holding the concession for Denver’s tolled Northwest Parkway, a 14-km section of the city’s ring road. NWP HoldCo is currently…
News Vinci subsidiary picked to decommission two reactors in Sweden Swedish energy company Vattenfall has hired Vinci subsidiary Nuvia to decommission two reactors at its Ringhals nuclear power plant. Nuvia will take down unit 1, a boiling water reactor shut…
News Vinci wins €200m transmission contract in Senegal Senegal’s electricity authority Senelec has awarded a €200m contract to France’s Vinci Energies to install 1,350km of high-voltage and very-high-voltage overhead and underground transmission lines. The project part-financed by France…
News Vinci to run Dominican Republic airports until 2060 Vinci Airports’ concession to run six airports in the Dominican Republic through its subsidiary Aerodom just got a 30-year extension. It began in 2016 and was due to run to…