News Vinci lands 30-year concession for 594km Brazil motorway The highway subsidiary of Vinci has taken over a 594km stretch of the motorway between Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia after agreeing a 30-year concession with the Brazilian National Land…
News Vinci unit wins €92m water contract in Uganda Vinci Construction subsidiary Sogea-Satom has won a €92.4m contract in Uganda to update and extend the Kampala metropolitan region’s water supply network. Financed by the French development agency, AFD, the…
News Portugal asks Vinci for plan to build Lisbon’s €9bn new airport The government of Portugal has asked France’s Vinci to submit a proposal for the construction and operation of a new international airport for Lisbon, the Aviacionline website reports. Portugal wants…
News Jordan signs $5bn desalination deal with French-Egyptian consortium The kingdom of Jordan signed an agreement yesterday with a French-Egyptian consortium to build one of the world’s largest desalination plants, the New Arab news site reports. The Aqaba Amman…
News Vinci to build state-of-the-art waste-to-energy plant in the Dordogne Vinci Grands Projets is to team up with its sister companies GTM Sud-Oues and Chantiers Modernes Nouvelle-Aquitaine to design and build a waste-to-energy plant in the commune of Brive-la-Gaillarde, in…
News Vinci to buy UK’s FM Conway Vinci Construction has announced an agreement to acquire the long-established UK public works contractor, FM Conway, through a share purchase. Founded in 1961 by Francis Michael Conway, and still owned…
Companies Vinci buys two venerable Dutch firms to target electrical marine sector Vinci Energies has announced the purchase of two Dutch companies operating in the maritime sector for an undisclosed amount. The companies bought from the same shareholder are RH Marine and…
News Vinci-led JV wins €432m Queensland rail upgrade A joint venture of Vinci subsidiary Seymour Whyte and John Holland, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction, has won a €432m (A$695m) contract to upgrade an approximately 42km-long section of…
News Vinci wins second highway concession in Brazil Vinci Highways has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernise a 594km section of Brazil’s tolled BR-040 highway. It’s the company’s second in Brazil after taking a 55% stake…
News Vinci subsidiary wins two major road projects in Australia Seymour Whyte, the Australian subsidiary of French contractor Vinci, has won two road contracts worth a total of US$230m in Sydney and Melbourne. The first, awarded by Transport for New…
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…